Search for dissertations about: "marginalized people"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words marginalized people.

  2. 1. A stranger in my homeland : The politics of belonging among young people with Kurdish backgrounds in Sweden

    Author : Barzoo Eliassi; Masoud Kamali; Lena Sawyer; Paulina de los Reyes; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; young people with Kurdish backgrounds; postcolonial theory; identity formation; belonging; citizenship; ethnic discrimination; gendered racism; Kurdish nationalism; social work; culturalization; strategies; resistance.; Social work; Socialt arbete; Socialt arbete;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines how young people with Kurdish backgrounds form their identity in Sweden with regards to processes of inclusion and exclusion. It also sheds light on the ways these young people deal with ethnic discrimination and racism. READ MORE

  4. 2. Towards Roma Empowerment and Social Inclusion Through Work-Integrated Learning

    Author : Kristine Crondahl; Leena Eklund Karlsson; Karin Ringsberg; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roma people; Work-integrated Learning; health; Work Integrated Learning; Arbetsintegrerat lärande; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : The Roma people are the largest ethnic minority group in the EU and all over, they have been subject to prejudice, stigma, discrimination and oppression. Thus, Roma are the most economically and socially excluded and marginalized group in Europe. READ MORE

  5. 3. Religion and politics among the Chin people in Burma (1896-1949)

    Author : Lian H. Sakhong; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; American Baptist Chin Mission; Buddhism - Burma; Chin; Chin Baptist Association; Christians - Burma Chin; ethnicity Chin; indigenous church; missionaries; na-tionalism and religion; politics and religion Burma Chin; religion and culture Chin; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : In many Asian countries today, there are potential conflicts between the majority religionand culture and ethnic minorities who practice another religion or religions. Problems areeasily aggravated if the government applies a confessional policy on religion, which favorsthe majority religion, while minority religions are marginalized or even suppressed. READ MORE

  6. 4. Dignity in the end of life care : what does it mean to older people and staff in nursing homes?

    Author : Lise-Lotte Dwyer; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Lennart Nordenfelt; Ingegerd Fagerberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Vårdvetenskap; Nursing Science;

    Abstract : The discussion of a palliative care and a dignified death has almost exclusively been applied to people dying of cancer. As people are getting older and are living longer, nursing homes have become an important place for end-of-life care and death. Dignity is a concept often used in health care documents but their meaning is rarely clarified. READ MORE

  7. 5. Political Dimensions of Entrepreneurship : Exploring Competing Discourses in a Marginalized Urban Community Aspiring for Social Change

    Author : Amelia Olsson; Christian Maravelias; Karin Berglund; Pascal Dey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; critical entrepreneurship studies; social entrepreneurship; the political; resistance; co-optation; social change; post-politics; discourses; chains of equivalence; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship is a celebrated phenomenon in today’s society. Students are taught to become entrepreneurial and governments develop policies to support entrepreneurship based on the belief that it generates economic growth and societal development. READ MORE