Search for dissertations about: "social stratification"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 76 swedish dissertations containing the words social stratification.

  2. 21. Housing tenure and residential mobility in Stockholm 1990-2014

    Author : Andreas Alm Fjellborg; Roger Andersson; Jan Amcoff; Eva Andersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Residential mobility; Housing tenure; Stockholm; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : In this thesis the links between housing tenure, income and selective, segregation generating, residential mobility are explored. The development of these links is analysed against the background of housing regime changes in Stockholm between 1990 and 2014. READ MORE

  4. 22. Living with Brasilia : a resident's perspective of the confrontation between heroic vision and social reality

    Author : Rosane Bauer; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; superquadras; Brasilia; egalitarian social order; social interaction; modernist city; residents perspective; traditional street life; productiion of space; appropriation; social stratification;

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  5. 23. Managing migration in modern welfare states : Essays on the development, causes, and effects of policies regulating family immigration

    Author : Anton Ahlén; Joakim Palme; Karin Borevi; Axel Cronert; Christian Albrekt Larsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Family immigration; Migration policy; Welfare state; Conditionality; Progressive dilemma; Civic integration; Stratification; Policy configurations; Eligibility criteria; Qualifying conditions; Time-series cross-country analysis; Europe; OECD; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : Being the main channel of migration into advanced industrial democracies, family migration has been the subject of increasing contestation in political debate. While previous studies have noted that many OECD countries have introduced more restrictive policies on family immigration during the last few decades, we still know little about how cross-country policy configurations in this area have evolved and varied over time, or about how policies affect inflows and why they differ between countries. READ MORE

  6. 24. Education for all in times of global transformations: Aspirations and opportunities of poor families in marginal areas of Sri Lanka

    Author : Jonas Lindberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; educational opportunities; educational aspirations; stratification; social exclusion; dilemma of educational planning; global transformations; Sri Lanka; Hambantota District; Sooriyawewa;

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  7. 25. Elitism and Equality in Chinese Higher Education : Studies of Student Socio-economic Background, Investment in Education, and Career Aspirations

    Author : Lihong Huang; Albert C. Tuijnman; Idesbald Nicaise; W. John Morgan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : Southwest China; higher education students; socio-economic background; study costs; study finance; career aspirations; social pattern; inequality; social stratification; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to present an empirical pattern of social equity in Chinese higher education by investigating university students. Student socio-economic background influences access to, and socio-economic conditions in, higher education, and this, in turn, influences student career aspirations. READ MORE