Search for dissertations about: "temperance movement"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words temperance movement.

  2. 1. Weaving the ethnic fabric : social networks among Swedish-American radicals in Chicago 1890-1940

    Author : Per Nordahl; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnicity; class; labor movement; immigrant radicalism; social networks; international migration; Svenskamerikaner; historia; Förenta Staterna; Chicago; 1890-1940; Arbetarrörelsen;

    Abstract : The present dissertation deals with how a segment of the Swedish immigrant group mobilized to be included in American society. Three Swedish-American working class organizations have been studied as to how they interacted to promote their interests in Chicago and the Lake View district during the first decades of this century. READ MORE

  4. 2. 'When Women Unite!' : The Making of the Anti-Liquor Movement in Andhra Pradesh, India

    Author : Marie Larsson; Gudrun Dahl; Shalini Randeria; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social movements; anthropology; gender; alcohol problems; India; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

    Abstract : In 1991, women from Dubagunta, Nellore District in the state of Andhra Pradesh forced the liquor traders to leave the area. This incident is believed to have been the origin of the Anti-Liquor Movement, which finally led to alcoholic beverages being prohibited in the state. READ MORE

  5. 3. The dynamics of social movements : essays on competition and diffusion

    Author : Charlotta Stern; Peter Marsden; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis various aspects of social movement competition and diffusion is studied. The first part of the thesis focus on movement competition and especially on how competition relates to the ability of movements to attract members. READ MORE

  6. 4. Social movements and social networks

    Author : Rickard Sandell; Peter Marsden; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : One consistent finding in research on social movement organizations is that people's participation as well as their involvement in the formation of these organizations is linked to their structural location in several social dimensions. Hence, understanding the premises for social movement organizations is ultimately a question of examining the structure of people's social networks. READ MORE