Search for dissertations about: "social exclusion"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 217 swedish dissertations containing the words social exclusion.

2. 6. Mutual benefit : Rethinking social inclusion

   Author : Lina Martinson; Göran Cars; Judith Allen; KTH; []
   Keywords : Social sciences; Social inclusion; integration; segregation; social exclusion; social capital; governance; value-creation; value-creating processes; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : geography, where segregation and social exclusion of neighbourhoods and marginalised groups are mounting problems. Concurrently, globalisation and structural changes have altered the conditions for the national state and the public sector as well as for other actors. READ MORE

4. 7. Childhood Social Exclusion and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

   Author : Yerko Rojas; Sten-Åke Stenberg; Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Bernice A Pescosolido; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Suicide; Attempted Suicide; Social Isolation; Loneliness; Social Capital; Social Integration; Social Recognition; Poverty; Gender-role Constraints; Life-course; Inequality; Power; Injustice; Durkheim; Bourdieu; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : In this thesis I analyze, with the help of social epidemiological theories, childhood risk factors behind suicidal behavior in adolescence and young adulthood. The data comes mainly from the Swedish “Stockholm Birth Cohort Study” (SBC) consisting of 15,117 participants. A total of four separate studies are included. READ MORE

5. 8. The Coloniality of Taste : A political ecology of middle class food practices in a Bolivian city

   Author : Sarah Kollnig; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cochabamba; middle class; white; coloniality; chicken meat; taste;

   Abstract : Cochabamba city, also referred to as the “gastronomic capital of Bolivia”, is a place where different cultures and tastes meet. Indulging in rich culinary traditions is a part of everyday life, but so are social differentiations reproducing long-standing inequalities between the indigenous and the non-indigenous population. READ MORE

6. 9. Creation of Social Exlcusion in Policy and Practice

   Author : Mayeda Jamal; Patric Humphrey; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Exclusion; Social Policy; Children’s Rights; Social Construction;

   Abstract : Social exclusion of vulnerable children and families is a serious concern for policy-makers and practitioners alike. This doctoral thesis explores the social construction of exclusion in the UK. The thesis explores both historical and current processes of interactions between the socially excluded populations and policy agents. READ MORE

7. 10. Falling through the cracks. A study on young adults with intellectual disability not involved in employment, education or daily activity

   Author : Renee Luthra; Sara Högdin; Magnus Tideman; Niklas Westberg; Chris Hatton; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intellectual disability; Not in Employment; Education or Daily activity NEED ; post-school occupations; ecological systems theory; social exclusion; belonging; Intellektuell funktionsnedsättning; Not in Employment; Education or Daily activity NEED ; sysselsättning; systemteori; social exkludering; tillhörighet;

   Abstract : The time after finishing secondary school is marked by changes and milestones of adulthood. There is increased attention and knowledge that for some individuals in the general population, the time after secondary school consists of not participating in an occupation. READ MORE