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2. 1. New motives for migration? : On interregional mobility in the nordic context

   Author : Emma Lundholm; Gunnar Malmberg; Kerstin Westin; Allan Findley; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interregional migration; migration motives; migration outcomes; commuting; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : The subject of this thesis is migrants’ motives and the outcomes of interregional migration, as well as how the propensity for interregional migration has changed for different groups over the past three decades. The background consists of a discussion on the role of the labour market in long-distance migration decisions and a discussion on how social and economic change affect the context in which migration decisions are made. READ MORE

4. 2. Moving again : Studies of international return and onward migration

   Author : Andrea Monti; Eleonora Mussino; Karen Haandrikman; Hill Kulu; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Repeat migration; re-migration; return migration; onward migration; register data; survey data; Sweden; Romania; Senegal; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Abstract : Contemporary international migration is characterized by increasingly complex migration patterns, with high shares of re-migration, i.e., return and onward migration after an initial move. READ MORE

5. 3. Governing the Unaccompanied Child - Media, Policy and Practice

   Author : Live Stretmo; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Unaccompanied children and minors; forced migration; Governmentality; programs of governing; discourse; media and policy analysis;

   Abstract : Through three different case studies, this thesis analyzes how unaccompanied minors are constructed and governed as a specific group of refugees in Norway and Sweden. The first study investigates the Norwegian and Swedish media debate from 2000-2008 by examining how incidences of so-called “missing unaccompanied children” were highlighted on the media agenda. READ MORE

6. 4. Disease, Death, and Displacement : The long-term effects of early-life conditions on income, education, and health in Sweden, 1937-2011

   Author : Luis Serratos-Sotelo; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vaccine; polio; migration; forced migration; Yugoslavia; refugees; parental death; Early-life; income; education; health; Sweden;

   Abstract : How are people’s lives shaped by what they experience during infancy, childhood, and adolescence? How are their adult lives impacted by a sudden improvement or worsening in their early-life conditions?This dissertation aims at providing some insights about how specific changes in early-life conditions can affect individuals’ lives in the long-term. It focuses on three very different shocks to early-life conditions: (1) exposure to disease and vaccination, studied through the case of polio and the vaccine against it, (2) experiencing forced migration, studied through the case of Yugoslavian refugees in Sweden, and (3) losing a parent during the childhood years. READ MORE

7. 5. Migration and Perceptions of War : Simultaneous Surveys in Countries of Origin and Settlement

   Author : Jonathan Hall; Ashok Swain; Cochrane Feargal; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil war; migration; refugees; gastarbeiter; family reunification; exile; trauma; coping; nostalgia; conservation of resources; terror management theory; social identity complexity; assimilation; acculturation; surveys; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to post-war public opinion research by examining the perceptions of migrants – the gastarbeiter, the refugee, the family reunited after war – and the local population in comparative perspective. Existing surveys of post-war populations are typically conducted in a single country affected by war. READ MORE