Search for dissertations about: "state youth policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words state youth policy.

2. 1. Addressing youth unemployment: what role for social work? : Policy responses to youth unemployment in Sweden and Europe

   Author : Lisa Andersson; Renate Minas; Heidi Moen Gjersoe; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social investment; social policy; ideal types; policy regulations; youth unemployment; social work; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : Unemployed youth are a heterogenous group facing varying and sometimes complex problems. Being young and unemployed can have a negative impact on future life chances and quality of life. Studies on youth unemployment have mostly focused on education and labour market responses, leaving the involvement of social work aside. READ MORE

4. 2. Drawing the limits : Unaccompanied minors in Swedish asylum policy and procedure

   Author : Daniel Hedlund; Ann-Christin Cederborg; Mauro Zamboni; Charles Watters; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied minors; separated minors; refugees; asylum policy; child policy; legislators; migration reform; legislative intent; juridification; perceptions; adolescent; age assessment; immigration agency; credibility; evidence assessment; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The overall aim of the thesis is to explore legislators’ perceptions of unaccompanied children in the development of migration law, and how case-officers transform the policy in arguments for and against residency in asylum-cases.More specifically, this thesis explores how Swedish legislators experienced parliamentary work when putting in place the 2005 Aliens Act and the new system for appeals and procedures. READ MORE

5. 3. Sport as a Means of Responding to Social Problems : Rationales of Government, Welfare and Social Change

   Author : David Ekholm; Dimitris Michailakis; Magnus Dahlstedt; Yvonne Sjöblom; Lennart Nygren; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social work; social policy; social inclusion; youth; subject formation; citizenship; civil society; community; governmental rationality; Socialt arbete; socialpolitik; social inkludering; ungdom; fostran; medborgarskap; civilsamhälle; gemenskap; styrningsrationalitet;

   Abstract : 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

6. 4. Justice for children? : A socio-legal study on Colombia’s responses to children associated with armed violence

   Author : Tove Nyberg; Anita Heber; Janne Flyghed; Andy Aydın-Aitchison; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criminalisation; victimology; youth justice; child rights; peacebuilding; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how criminal justice policy practices arose and persist in light of the international victim-centred legal framework for children associated with armed groups. The study explores the gaps between how children are treated in law versus empirical practices of criminalisation in a particular domestic setting (Colombia), which has been riddled by internal armed conflict and hybrid forms of violence. READ MORE

7. 5. Alcohol-related health problems and crime : studies on the long-term consequences of increased alcohol availability and unemployment

   Author : Emelie Thern; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: The well-being of young people with respect to health and life opportunities is of high importance in society. This thesis examines the long-term adverse consequences of two periods in Sweden marked by high vulnerability for young people; one period with a drastic increase in alcohol availability for young people and one period with exceptionally high youth unemployment. READ MORE