Search for dissertations about: "social välfärd"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 71 swedish dissertations containing the words social välfärd.
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1. Sport as a Means of Responding to Social Problems Rationales of Government, Welfare and Social Change
University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic PressAbstract : Sport has been increasingly recognized in social policy as a means of steering social change and as a method for responding to diverse social problems. The present study examines how rationales of social change are formed through ‘sport as a means of responding to social problems’. READ MORE
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2. Diagnosing burn-out: An Anthropological Study of a Social Concept in Sweden
University dissertation from Social AnthropologyAbstract : Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna avhandling handlar om skapandet, användningen och avfärdandet av ett socialt begrepp ? utbrändhet. Avhandlingen är ett försök att förklara den komplexa interaktionen mellan individers handlande och deras sociala miljö samt hur detta producerar ett transient fenomen ? utbrändhetsdiagnosen (en ny olycklig människotyp). READ MORE
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3. A society With or Without Drugs. Continuity and change in Drug Policies in Sweden and the Netherlands
University dissertation from School of Social Work, Lund UniversityAbstract : In debates about the Swedish and Dutch drug policies are usually positioned as opposites. The goal for the Swedish drug policy is to create a 'drug-free society'; while in the Netherlands a harm reduction approach prevails. READ MORE
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4. Making the Poor Work: Social Assistance and Activation in Sweden
University dissertation from School of Social Work, Lund UniversityAbstract : 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
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5. From Pioneers to Target Group: Social Change, Ethnicity and Memory in a Lithuanian Nuclear Power Plant Community
University dissertation from Department of Sociology, Lund UniversityAbstract : This thesis focused on an examination of human agency and strategies for responding to rapid social and economic change. Fieldwork was carried out in the community of Visaginas town that was built during the Soviet period in Lithuania. The town is situated next to the Ignalina nuclear power plant. READ MORE
