Search for dissertations about: "social capital conflict"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the words social capital conflict.

  2. 1. Rural development through social capital? An inquest into the linkages between social capital and development in war-torn villages in Sri Lanka

    Author : Dhammika Herath; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bonding social capital; bridging social capital; natural assets; rural development; and conflict;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis concerns the potential causal relationship between social capital and rural development in war-torn villages in the north of Sri Lanka. The social capital thesis centers on the notion that social relationships matter to development-related outcomes and reconstruction of war-torn societies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Social capital and well-being in the transitional setting of Ukraine

    Author : Kateryna Karhina; Malin Eriksson; Nawi Ng; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mikael Rostila; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social capital; social support; volunteering; transformation; crisis; military conflict; transitional; well-being; health; inequality; Ukraine; socialt kapital; socialt stöd; volontärarbete; omvandling; kris; militär konflikt; övergångssamhälle; Ukraina; välbefinnande; hälsa; ojämlikhet; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Abstract : Background: The military conflict in Ukraine that started in 2014 was accompanied with many changes in the political, economic and social spheres. It brought informal volunteering activities (i.e. one form of social capital) to emerge, function and later to be formalized, in order to support soldiers and their families. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sweet Battlefields : Youth and the Liberian Civil War

    Author : Mats Utas; Ovesen Jan; Alcinda Honwana; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Liberia; anthropology; civil war; youth; children; child soldiers; street children; conflict; violence; women in war; West Africa; liminality; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents an ethnography of youth in Liberia and of how their lives became affected by a civil war which raged in the country between 1990 and 1997. The focus is on the experiences, motivations, and reflections of young combatants who fought for a variety of rebel factions. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Nordic sport social work in the context of refugee reception

    Author : Tony Blomqvist Mickelsson; Jani Turunen; Hanna Bertilsdotter-Rosqvist; Noora Ronkainen; Åsa Kneck; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ukraine; migration; sports; social work; Ukraina; migration; idrott; socialt arbete; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Idrotten antas gynna positiva utfall, såsom god hälsa, utökat socialt nätverk med mera, och har alltmer kommit att ta plats som en aktör som adresserar sociala frågor. Den här avhandlingen, som består av sex publicerade artiklar, undersöker de förutsättningar som krävs för att svenska idrottsföreningar ska kunna inkludera underrepresenterade grupper, såsom människor med migrantbakgrund. READ MORE

  7. 5. Managing yards and togetherness: living conditions and social robustness through tenant involvement in open space management

    Author : Pål Castell; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; housing management; urban neighbourhoods; participation; resident involvement; territoriality; social exclusion; social cohesion; collective action; open space management; social capital;

    Abstract : The subject of this thesis is tenant involvement in open space management in the context of Swedish rental housing areas. When tenants become involved in the management of the shared open spaces in their housing area, it affects their relationships to the place, to each other, to the landlord and to the city in different ways. READ MORE