Search for dissertations about: "residence permit"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words residence permit.

2. 1. Seeking Asylum - Finding a Home? A qualitative study on asylum seekers' integration in two different housing contexts

   Author : Lina Sandström; Magnus Boström; Christine Roman; Åsa Wettergren; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Refugee; migration; residence permit; belonging; work; social capital; integration policy; housing policy; segregation; dispersal; Sweden;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to contribute to our sociological understanding of integration by exploring how asylum seekers in Sweden make sense of their own position in relation to the society they are living in. Integration is conceptualised as a mutual process, the end goal of which is equal participation and belonging to a given society. READ MORE

4. 2. Time Warps : Refugees and the Experience of Waiting in Rural Sweden

   Author : Rikard Engblom; Oscar Pripp; Don Kulick; Mahmoud Keshavarz; Kristine Synnøve Nepstad Bendixsen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; refugees; migration studies; rural studies; waiting; temporality; humanitarianism; securitization; ethnology; ethnography; integration; immigration control; hospitality; vulnerability; Etnologi; Ethnology;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the ways in which refugees’ experience of time is warped when they come to Sweden. It is based on fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Avesta, a small municipality in rural Sweden. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Educational Choices and Integration

   Author : Elisabet Olme; David Seim; Jonas Vlachos; Robert McMillan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School Choice; School Segregation; Information; Refugees; Human Capital; Immigration; Language Training; Performance Bonuses; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Are Parents Uninformed? The Impact of School Performance Information on School Choices and School Assignments. We study the impact of providing information about schools' performances on households' choice of school. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Labor Economics : The Role of Government in Labor Supply Choices

   Author : Niklas Blomqvist; Peter Skogman Thoursie; Martin Olsson; Björn Tyrefors; Spencer Bastani; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Involuntary Part-time Employment; Labor Supply; Tax Elasticity; Refugees; Immigration; Integration; Natural Resource Extraction; Family Resources; Health; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : "Right to Work Full-time" Policies and Involuntary Part-time EmploymentThis paper investigates the effect of right to full-time policies implemented to decrease involuntary part-time work for public care workers employed by Swedish municipalities. Taking advantage of a staggered decision process, these policies are evaluated using a difference-in-differences approach. READ MORE

7. 5. Controlling the Swedish state : Studies on formal and informal bodies of control

   Author : Isabel Schoultz; Tove Pettersson; Åström Karsten; Penny Green; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parliamentary Ombudsman; Chancellor of Justice; United Nations; European Court of Human Rights; NGOs; control of the state; accountability; state crime; Sweden; techniques of neutralizations; problem representations; immigration; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Abstract : The dissertation aims to develop an understanding of the outcomes and limitations of formal and informal control of the Swedish state, and of the positions and strategies of the social agents involved in this field. The dissertation contributes with new perspectives on controls directed at the state, comparing various control organs (the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the Chancellor of Justice, the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights and NGOs) and focusing on a wide range of wrongs and harms by the Swedish state. READ MORE