Search for dissertations about: "social wealth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 186 swedish dissertations containing the words social wealth.

  2. 1. Social Mobilities : Multidimensionality, Operationalization, and Subgroup Heterogeneity

    Author : Max Thaning; Martin Hällsten; Rense Nieuwenhuis; Per Engzell; Jani Erola; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social Mobility; Social Stratification; Socio-economic inequality; Subgroup Heterogeneity; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Social mobility is a key concern for societies, as it reflects levels of inequality, life chances, and fairness. A higher mobility rate implies that individuals are less constrained by their family origins. READ MORE

  4. 2. The spatial manifestation of inequality : residential segregation in Sweden and its causes

    Author : Simone Scarpa; Tapio Salonen; Susanne Urban; Lars Brännström; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; residential segregation; income inequality; immigration; immigration policy regime; welfare state; housing; Sweden; Malmö; Genoa; Swedish metropolitan areas; Sociology; Sociologi; Socialt arbete; Social Work; Human Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the relationship between income inequality and residential segregation in Swedish cities. In recent years, in Sweden, much attention has been given to the direction of causality from residential segregation to income inequality. READ MORE

  5. 3. Comeback Detroit : The return of whites and wealth to a Black city

    Author : Simon Johansson; Johan Lindqvist; Andrew Newman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Detroit; Comeback; Urban Change; Gentrification; Race; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Abstract : Since the 1950s, the city of Detroit has declined in terms of demography and economic prosperity.  Once among the wealthiest and largest cities of America, Detroit now continually ranks as one of nations poorest, Blackest and most abandoned urban areas. READ MORE

  6. 4. The social contingency of law : Studies of social control during foreclosure in Sweden

    Author : Mikael Lundholm; Måns Svensson; Matthew Lindquist; Bengt Larsson; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; borrower; compensation; debt collection; debtor; Donald Black; expert interviews; foreclosure; law; lender; mortgage; negotiation; register data; relational distance; social control responses; social structure; socio-economic heterogeneity; socio-economic status; sociology of law; Sweden; Swedish Enforcement Authority; borrower; compensation; debt collection; debtor; Donald Black; expert interviews; foreclosure; law; lender; mortgage; negotiation; register data; relational distance; social control responses; social structure; socio-economic heterogeneity; socio-economic status; sociology of law; Sweden; Swedish Enforcement Authority;

    Abstract : Summary: This thesis empirically investigates how law and other social control responses during foreclosure in Sweden are contingent upon differences in social status. The thesis draws upon American sociologist Donald Black’s theoretical framework on social control to explain this social contingency. READ MORE

  7. 5. Smallholders and pigs in northern Uganda : an ethnographic study of pig rearing, disease management and local knowledges

    Author : Anna Arvidsson; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : In Uganda, pig numbers have increased rapidly in recent decades, with the majority reared by smallholder farmers in rural areas. It has been suggested that pig production can play an important role in reducing rural poverty. READ MORE