Search for dissertations about: "social class"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 471 swedish dissertations containing the words social class.

  2. 6. Childhood class, body height and adult health : studies on the relationship between childhood social class, adult height and illness and mortality in adulthood

    Author : Maria Nyström Peck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body height; Health status; Mortality; Morbidity; Social class; Social medicine; Mortalitet; Hälsa; Klasskillnader; Sverige; Sociala förhållanden; Kroppslängd;

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  4. 7. A class of origin : The school class as a social context and health disparities in a life-course perspective

    Author : Ylva Almquist; Viveca Östberg; Michael Gähler; Bjørn Holstein; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Children; School class; Social structure; Social networks; Health inequalities; Longitudinal; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : The aim of the present thesis is to examine various aspects of the school-class structure and their links to health in a life-course perspective. The empirical studies are based on two longitudinal data materials of cohorts born in the 1950s, followed up until middle age. READ MORE

  5. 8. Vulnerability and inequalities in health and wellbeing : the role of social policy

    Author : Björn Högberg; Anna Baranowska-Rataj; Mattias Strandh; Espen Dahl; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social policy; Welfare state; Vulnerability; Inequality; Social stratification; Health; Wellbeing;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the moderating role of social policies for the association between vulnerable social positions and health and wellbeing. Vulnerable social positions are identified in relation to age-related transition points in to or out of the labour market. READ MORE

  6. 9. Worse than Complex

    Author : Petter Törnberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Developmental Theory; Complexity; Transitions; Naturalism; Innovation; Wicked Systems; Social Movements; Digital Trace Data; Innovation Society; Critical Realism;

    Abstract : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. READ MORE

  7. 10. Making their minds up : Students´ choice to study social work in Iraklio, Greece

    Author : Vasileia Papadaki; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social service; educational choice; occupational choice; social work students; practice tutorials; habitus; field; gendered habitus; turning points; routines; misrecognition; educational fetishism; Socialt arbete; Social work; Socialt arbete;

    Abstract : The present thesis examines the possible reasons social workers have for entering and eventually graduating from the Social Work Department in Iraklio, Greece. It is a three-phase study, consisting of three distinct but related research parts; each research part is built upon knowledge, issues and questions derived from the preceding part. READ MORE