Search for dissertations about: "social workers and culture"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words social workers and culture.
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1. Prerequisites and Possibilities for Manufacturing Companies to Prioritize and Manage Occupational Health and Safety
Abstract : Legislation demands that health and safety of humans at work must be secured. Today, far from every company has a functioning systematic management of occupational health and safety (OHS) in place to fulfill its legal obligations. Instead, other day-to-day tasks appear to have greater priority. READ MORE
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2. Shepherds, workers, intellectuals. : Culture and centre-periphery relationships in a Sardinian village
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3. Class and gender in Russian welfare policies : Soviet legacies and contemporary challenges
Abstract : The general aim of this thesis is to explore the gendered and classed nature of social work and social welfare in Russia to show how social policy can be a part of and reinforce marginalisation. The overall research question is in what ways class and gender are constructed in Russian social work practice and welfare rhetoric through Soviet legacies and contemporary challenges? In addition, which actors contribute to the constitution of social work values and how this value system affects the agency of the clients? This study focuses on contradictory ideologies that are shaped in discursive formations of social policy, social work training and practice. READ MORE
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4. Physiotherapists in Afghanistan. Exploring, encouraging and experiencing professional development in the Afghan development context
Abstract : Aim: The aim of the thesis is to analyze the matter of supporting professional development of physiotherapists in Afghanistan, and the issues involved in expatriate physiotherapists working with professional development cross-culturally and in development contexts. The thesis is based on two field studies, aspects of which are reported on in four papers. READ MORE
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5. Normaliseringspraktiker i det moderna samhället : en diskursanalys av åtta sociala ungdomsprojekt
Abstract : This study deals with the problem of socialization/re-socialization within modern society and how social workers deal with deviant youth. The empirical study is a stratified case-study including eight different projects within social work with youth. READ MORE