Search for dissertations about: "orphanages"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word orphanages.

2. 1. After Asylums and Orphanages

   Author : Katren Rogers; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; partisan politics; multidimensional politics; deinstitutionalisation; welfare state; care;

   Abstract : In this dissertation, I investigate the effect of partisan politics on the types of care policies that replaced asylums and orphanages between 1950 and 2015. Combining insights from the historical-sociological literature on party formation and theories of welfare politics, I formulate a theory of the partisan politics of care and apply it to two uniquely old care policy areas. READ MORE

4. 2. On Voyage with Cristóvão Colombo : The Privatization of Catholic Orphan Care in São Paulo City, 1892-1922

   Author : Marianne Wifvesson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Latin American History; Brazil; Catholic Church; privatization; abandonment; childhood; education; delinquency; institutional childcare; orphanage; Barnhem; Historia; Brasilien; 1892-1922; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : In 1890, the military overthrew the monarchy, separated the Church from the State, and installed a Federal Republic in Brazil. The decentralization of political powers enhanced the abilities of each federal state to shape its own politics of childhood. READ MORE

5. 3. Visuo-motor performance in children visually impaired due to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

   Author : Kristina Gummel; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Purpose: To investigate the ophthalmological characteristics and to evaluate the magnocellular function in Russian orphanage children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Methods: In the study 100 children aged 10-16 from Russian (St Petersburg) orphanages were examined: 50 with FAS and 50 control children. READ MORE