Search for dissertations about: "voluntary organisations"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words voluntary organisations.

  2. 11. '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

  4. 12. Influences, effects and changes from interventions by eco-labelling schemes - What a Swan can do?

    Author : Åke Thidell; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Direct effect; Eco-labelling; Intervention theory; Environmental labelling; Nordic Swan; Measurement method; Indirect effect;

    Abstract : Eco-labelling is a voluntary and informative policy instrument aiming at stimulating environmentally beneficial product development through using the market forces. The Nordic Swan eco-labelling scheme has been in operation since 1989. READ MORE

  5. 13. The In-between Church : A Study of the Church of England's Role in Society through the Prism of Welfare

    Author : Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon; Anders Bäckström; Per Pettersson; Linda Woodhead; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church of England; contemporary society; Europe; individual; institutional religion; late modernity; religious change; social welfare; welfare systems; Sociology of religion; Religionssociologi; Religionssociologi; Sociology of Religion;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis has been to explore the role of institutional religion in western Europe between individual and society. This is achieved through an empirical study of the role of the Church of England at local level, using the area of social welfare as the prism through which broader issues of the place of the Church in society can be brought to light. READ MORE

  6. 14. The Power to do Good : Post-Revolution, NGO Society, and the Emergence of NGO-Elites in Contemporary Nicaragua

    Author : Anna Mattsson; Socialantropologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development elite; development projects; NGO society; social movements; development discourse; idealism; professionalism;

    Abstract : This thesis critically examines the world of NGOs in contemporary Nicaragua, and suggests connections between the current development 'boom' and the emergence of a materially privileged local development elite, which by means of its cultural and economic capital are in a position to exiercise considerable power in relation to other less powerful strata of the population. It is based on fieldwork conducted in Ocotal, Nicaragua, from June 2000 to April 2003. READ MORE

  7. 15. Sweet Battlefields : Youth and the Liberian Civil War

    Author : Mats Utas; Ovesen Jan; Alcinda Honwana; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Liberia; anthropology; civil war; youth; children; child soldiers; street children; conflict; violence; women in war; West Africa; liminality; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents an ethnography of youth in Liberia and of how their lives became affected by a civil war which raged in the country between 1990 and 1997. The focus is on the experiences, motivations, and reflections of young combatants who fought for a variety of rebel factions. READ MORE