Search for dissertations about: "sociological method"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words sociological method.

2. 1. The Wicked Nature of Social Systems - a Complexity Approach to Sociology

   Author : Anton Törnberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sociological theory; sociological method; complexity science; philosophy; computational complexity;

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4. 2. What Counts as Religion in Sociology? : The Problem of Religiosity in Sociological Methodology

   Author : Erika Willander; Sandra Torres; Jørgen Straarup; Sverker Sikström; James A Beckford; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology of religion; theory and method; religious affiliation; religious beliefs; religious practice; religious mainstream; sacred; religiosity; spirituality; secularization; Sweden; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the ongoing critical discussion within the sociology of religion by focusing on the seldom considered perspective of methodology. As such, it consists of a theoretical part that problematizes the ways in which religion has been analyzed, and an empirical part that develops how religiosity can be approached in sociological studies. READ MORE

5. 3. Teenage Kicks – The Differential Development of Drug Use, Drunkenness, and Criminal Behaviour in Early to Mid-Adolescence

   Author : Russell Turner; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Drug use; Drunkenness; Alcohol intoxication; Criminal behaviour; Delinquency; Adolescence; Adolescent development; Risk behaviour; Risk factor; Prevention; Critical realism; realist method; Person-oriented method;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the development of drug use, drunkenness, and criminal behaviour in early to mid-adolescence. Its main aims are to improve knowledge about how and why these three behaviours develop and to contribute towards the development of theory that can have applications in prevention policy and practice. The thesis comprises four studies. READ MORE

6. 4. Bodies and Battlefields : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Colombian Armed Conflict

   Author : Signe Svallfors; Sunnee Billingsley; Gudrun Østby; Mikaela Sundberg; Tiziana Leone; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed conflict; gender; women’s health; sexual and reproductive health and rights; radical reproductive justice; gender-based violence; family planning; contraception; Colombia; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Abstract : Since the Second World War, most contemporary wars have taken place within countries and imposed overwhelming stressors on civilian populations. Women living in conflict may be particularly at risk of sexual and reproductive health concerns, including pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity that could have been prevented, a lack of access to health care goods and services, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE

7. 5. Studies on Parental Leave and Co-residence using Swedish Register Data

   Author : Helen Eriksson; Ann-Zofie Duvander; Elizabeth Thomson; Linda L. Haas; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

   Abstract : Understanding the two primary life-course events that create and accelerate gender inequality within the couple -- the transition to parenthood and parental separation -- may ameliorate their far-reaching consequences over the life-course in multiple domains of life. This thesis includes four studies on various aspects of these life-course events. READ MORE