Search for dissertations about: "othering problem"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words othering problem.

2. 1. The quest for cultural sensitivity : how cultural sensitivity can be practised while mitigating othering in Swedish eldercare

   Author : Carl Johansson; Ildikó Asztalos Morell; Daniel Lindberg; Lena-Karin Gustafsson; Finnur Magnusson; Mälardalens universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Older adults with immigrant background; cultural sensitivity; eldercare; welfare theory of health; active ageing; othering; social work; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : The need to provide culturally sensitive care for older adults with immigrant backgrounds has been expressed by care professionals. Meanwhile there is a lack of consensus about how this should be done, and critical perspectives in research highlight the danger of causing this group to be viewed as problem bearers. READ MORE

4. 2. "Women", welfare, textual politics and critique : different categories of "women", the making of welfare states and emancipation in a Nordic welfare state context

   Author : Mona Livholts; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic social work; social categorisation; marginalisation; different categories of women; feminism; the Nordic women-friendly welfare states; emancipation; social construc¬tionism; discourse analysis; individual memory work; academic writing; forms of knowledge; critique; social change; Social work; Gender studies;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to analyse and interpret the relationship between the social construction of different categories of 'women' and the making of welfare states in specific mo­ments of textual politics in a Nordic welfare state context. Furthermore, the aim is to develop a methodology for critical self-reflection in the process Of producing academic knowledge. READ MORE

5. 3. The "strangers" among us : The social construction of identity in adult education

   Author : Ali Osman; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult education; ethnicity; culture; multiculturalism; social constructionism.;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to critically examine the labelling practices in the multicultural discourse in two adult education settings. The theoretical perspective used in order to understand and interpret the actors' labelling practices is social constructionism. READ MORE

6. 4. Fair Enough? : Ecologically Unequal Exchange, International Trade, and Environmental Justice

   Author : Martin Oulu; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capitalism; ecologically unequal exchange; environmental justice; ecomodernism; Global South; Global North; international trade; LCA; neoliberalism; political ecology; postcolonial; socio-metabolism; sustainability; science; world-system;

   Abstract : The theory of ecologically unequal exchange (EUE) posits that contemporary international trade facilitates a net flow of resources from the peripheral global South to feed industrial processes and capital accumulation in the core North. This situation, it is argued, imperils the development of the South. READ MORE

7. 5. Men and Masculinities in Sexual Healthcare: Exploring Notions and Discourses among Healthcare Professionals

   Author : Tommy Persson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Masculinity; ; Sexual Health; Attitude of Health Personnel; Focus Groups; Gender; Qualitative Research;

   Abstract : Aim: Healthcare professionals (HCP) have been described as vital for men’s experiences of sexual healthcare (SHC). However, HCPs in SHC have to a low extent been included in research on men and masculinity. The aim of this thesis was to explore HCPs’ attitudes, notions and discourses on men and masculinities in the SHC context. READ MORE