Search for dissertations about: "street names"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words street names.

2. 1. Differentiating the Poor : Patterns of Discrimination in Decision-Making on Social Assistance Eligibility

   Author : Klara Hussénius; Hugo Stranz; Åke Bergmark; Helena Blomberg-Kroll; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bias; deservingness; discrimination; ethnicity; gender; social assistance assessments; social policy; social workers; street-level bureaucrats; socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Abstract : Access to the Swedish welfare state’s last safety net, social assistance, is ultimately determined through discretionary decision-making by social workers. This dissertation examines intersectional patterns and discriminatory bias in social workers’ assessments about social assistance eligibility. READ MORE

4. 2. The void : Urban wasteland as political space

   Author : CECILIA VON SCHÉELE; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban void; urban wasteland; urban planning; urban politics; space; rhythm; undecidable; montage; Derrida; Massey;

   Abstract : The rugged field and group of trees between housing estates or next to the railroad tracks, the left-over space of deserted industrial areas, the vacant demolition site of a central city block – they could all be termed ‘urban voids’. However, they are often anything but voids, in a literal sense, as they are not empty, or deserted. READ MORE

5. 3. The Texture-Transform : An Operator for Texture Detection and Discrimination

   Author : Alireza Tavakoli Targhi; Jan-Olof Eklundh; Arnold Smeulders; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datalogi;

   Abstract : In this thesis we present contributions related to texture detection and discrimination to be used for analyzing real world images. Many computer vision applications can benefit from a fast and low dimensional texture descriptor. READ MORE