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  2. 1. Doing informal care : Identity, couplehood, social health and information and communication technologies in older people’s everyday lives

    Author : Frida Andréasson; Elizabeth Hanson; Tina Mattsson; Lennart Magnusson; Anna Strömberg; Anna Dunér; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Informal care; carers; older people; carer identity; ill bodies; social health; couplehood; Information and Communication Technology ICT ; ethnography; co-design; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis has been a) to analyse how informal care influences the identity of carers and care recipients, their sense of couplehood and social health, and b) to explore the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the context of informal care and the everyday lives of older people. Study I focused on how older carers conceptualised their identity as carers on a Swedish online social forum, using a netnographic methodology. READ MORE

  4. 2. Supporting knowledge management with information technology : the significance of formal and informal structures

    Author : Karin Dessne; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; knowledge management; km; cscw; cscl; communities of practice; cop; military; lessons learned; experience; learning; knowing; formal; informal; structures; knowing wheel; preconditions; it support; collaborative work; communication; Datalogi; Computer and Systems Science; Teknik;

    Abstract : Knowledge Management (KM) is a relatively young field of research. It has traditionally aimed at managing work in organisations often by the assistance of supporting Information Technology (IT).In this thesis, the definition of KM is expressed as facilitating the intertwined process of learning and knowing in an organisation. READ MORE

  5. 3. Informal Finance and Microfinance in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago : An Institutional Study

    Author : Akhil Malaki; Ulf Jonsson; Thorbjörn Engdahl; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; informal institutions; informal finance; microfinance; institutional study; institutions; Jamaica; Trinidad Tobago; Roscas; Credit Unions; NGOs; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : This study is about informal institutions in informal finance and microfinance in Jamaica and Trinidad-Tobago. Informal institutions as understood in this study are unwritten social norms that cater to specific needs in the society, and can be indirectly captured and measured in their outcome. READ MORE

  6. 4. Outside the Law : An Ethnographic Study of Street Vendors in Bogotá

    Author : Ana Maria Vargas Falla; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Control; Sociology of Law; Well-being; Street Vendors; Rickshaws; Ethnography; Bogotá; Colombia; Informal Economy; Informal Workers; Formalization; Rule of Law; Legal Empowerment.; Social Norms; Informal Control; Negative Social Capital; Legal Pluralism; Labor Law; social kontroll; rättssociologi; well-being; gatuförsäljare; rickshaws; etnografi; Bogotá; Colombia; informell ekonomi; arbetsliv; formalisering; rättssäkerhet; empowerment; sociala normer; informell kontroll; socialt kapital; juridik; normer; rättspluralism;

    Abstract : Millions of people worldwide work outside the law as street vendors in order to earn a living. However, they often work in fear of police evictions and confiscations since their work is in many places considered illegal. READ MORE

  7. 5. Unpacking the Welfare Technology Solution Discourse : An analysis of society’s perceptions of formal and informal care of older people

    Author : Maria Nilsson; Elizabeth Hanson; Lennart Magnusson; Stefan Andersson; Teppo Kröger; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Welfare technology; discourse; older people; informal carers; informal care; elder care; policy analysis; local health and social care policy of older people; Nordic welfare state model; healthy ageing; Välfärdsteknik; diskurs; äldre; anhöriga; anhörigomsorg; närstående; policy-analys; äldreomsorg; lokal policy; pensionärsorganisationerna; välfärdsstaten; hälsosamt åldrande; Health and Caring Sciences; Hälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis is to examine how the welfare technology solution discourse can provide insights into society’s views of formal and informal care for older people.  The thesis employs a qualitative inductive design based on social constructionism and discourse analysis. READ MORE