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2. 1. "Women", welfare, textual politics and critique : different categories of "women", the making of welfare states and emancipation in a Nordic welfare state context

   Author : Mona Livholts; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic social work; social categorisation; marginalisation; different categories of women; feminism; the Nordic women-friendly welfare states; emancipation; social construc¬tionism; discourse analysis; individual memory work; academic writing; forms of knowledge; critique; social change; Social work; Gender studies;

   Abstract : The overall purpose of this thesis is to analyse and interpret the relationship between the social construction of different categories of 'women' and the making of welfare states in specific mo­ments of textual politics in a Nordic welfare state context. Furthermore, the aim is to develop a methodology for critical self-reflection in the process Of producing academic knowledge. READ MORE

4. 2. Making the Poor Work : Social Assistance and Activation in Sweden

   Author : Anders Giertz; Socialhögskolan; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unemployment; social assistance; activation; welfare-to-work; marginalisation; social exclusion; Social problems and welfare; immigration; national insurance; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring;

   Abstract : Management of poor relief and work demands have been controversial questions in social policy during the workhouse era of the nineteenth century as well as in current discussions on social assistance and activation of recipients. The first part contains a discussion on the concepts of poverty, marginalisation, and social exclusion, and continues with an overview of activation policies for recipients of social assistance. READ MORE

5. 3. ”Why Do We Even Bully?” : Exploring the Social Processes of Bullying in Two Swedish Elementary Schools

   Author : Joakim Strindberg; Paul Horton; Robert Thornberg; Johannes Lunneblad; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bullying; participant roles; social status; inclusion; exclusion; social stigmatisation; social marginalisation; loneliness; school context; social ecology; mobbning; deltagarroller; social status; inkludering; exkludering; social stigmatisering; social marginalisering; ensamhet; skolkontext; social ekologi; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore and deepen the understanding of pupils’ experiences of bullying and their reflections on why bullying may occur and be maintained in school, despite pupils’ understanding that bullying is wrong. This aim is examined in four articles. READ MORE

6. 4. Localised Globalities and Social Work : Contemporary Challenges

   Author : Jessica H. Jönsson; Masoud Kamali; Mona Livholts; Vishanthie Sewpaul; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Globalisation; global social problems; glocalisation; multiple modernities; neoliberalism; social work; West-centric development;

   Abstract : Recent global and structural transformations, a West-centric development agenda and the triumph of neoliberal politics have led to destructive consequences for many local communities and individual life chances. The global dominance of the West-centric development agenda, with its roots in the colonial past, has created uneven developments and an unjust world in which Western countries continue to gain advantages and increase their prosperity. READ MORE

7. 5. The Street of Associations : Migration and Infrastructural (Re)Production of Norra Grängesbergsgatan, Malmö

   Author : Laleh Foroughanfar; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; architecture of associations; co-habitation; everyday life; spatial; socio-economic; temporal infrastructures; Malmö; migration; neolibral urban planning; Norra Grängesbergsgatan; re-production; streetmaking; urbanism from below;

   Abstract : As global migration alters the demography of Swedish cities in the postwelfare era, socio-spatial polarisation and discrimination present acute challenges. In recent decades, Malmö has transformed from an industrial into a postindustrial, service economy-oriented city. READ MORE