Search for dissertations about: "social connections"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 203 swedish dissertations containing the words social connections.

  2. 1. Gender and Social Practices in Migration : A case study of Thai women in rural Sweden

    Author : Natasha Alexandra Webster; Gunnel Forsberg; Eva Andersson; Halldis Valestrand; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; social practices; migration; rural; translocalism; micro-geographies; mobilities; spatial relations; case study; narrative interviews; life course; feminist epistemology; Thailand; Sweden; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Abstract : Set within discussions of gender, migration and social practices, this thesis explores the ways in which Thai women migrants to Sweden build connections between rural areas through their daily activities. Arriving in Sweden primarily through marriage ties, Thai women migrants are more likely to live in Swedish rural areas than in urban areas. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sense of place and culture in the landscape of home : Understanding social-ecological dynamics on the Wild Coast, South Africa

    Author : Vanessa Anne Masterson; Maria Tengö; Thomas Elmqvist; Marja Spierenburg; Katrina Brown; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agricultural abandonment; circular migration; community lands; Eastern Cape; narratives; place attachment; place meaning; photovoice; stewardship; Transkei; win-win conservation; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Development for sustainable poverty alleviation requires engagement with the values and cultural frames that enable or constrain communities to steward ecosystems and maintain their capacity to support human well-being. Rooted in a social-ecological systems (SES) perspective, this thesis explores the concept of sense of place to understand how emotional and cultural connections to place mediate human responses to change and influence interventions for development. READ MORE

  5. 3. Från arbete till hobby : En studie av pedagogisk filantropi i de svenska arbetsstugorna

    Author : Ole Olsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; History of childhood; child care; child labour; child saving; education; philanthropy; social welfare; welfare state; profession; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this study is to examine why the arbetsstuga unlike other philanthropic projects, did not survive the introduction and establishment of the Swedish welfare state. The aim formulated for arbetsstugor by their initiators was to provide meaningful after-school activities for the poorest children between seven and fourteen years of age who attended public elementary schools. READ MORE

  6. 4. Governing street and market vending in Kitwe, Zambia : Shifting rationalities and vendors' individual and collective agency

    Author : Lennert Jongh; Ilda Lindell; Andrew Byerley; Amin Kamete; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban informality; informal economy; street vendors; market vendors; vendors’ agency; urban space; collective organizing; vendors’ connections; gray spaces; government rationality; assemblage; Kitwe; Zambia; sub-Saharan Africa; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the governing of street and market vending in the Zambian city of Kitwe. Street and market vending has often been studied in relation to neoliberal urban developments. Such studies have shown how governing practices are driven by ambitions to create “world-class cities” and to attract (international) investment. READ MORE

  7. 5. Essays on China’s Economic Development : Innovation, Public Debt and Social Connections

    Author : Xueping Sun; David Strömberg; Torsten Persson; Ekaterina Zhuravskaya; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Accountability; Political Horizon; Innovation; Public Debt; Social Connections; COVID-19; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The Innovation Cost of Short Political Horizons: Evidence from Local Leaders’ Promotion in ChinaI digitize the career histories of Chinese city leaders and link them to economic policies and innovation outcomes. I exploit political connections formed through previous work ties to generate variation in leaders’ promotion expectations. READ MORE