Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Sociologiska institutionen (-2011) by Issue Date
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At the End of the Rainbow - Post-winning life among Swedish lottery winners
(2011-02-17)This thesis is based upon empirical data from a quantitative survey among 420 Swedish lottery winners and from qualitative interviews with fourteen individual lottery winners. By examining how winners of large lottery ... -
Våldets regler. Ungdomars tal om våld och bråk.
(2011-03-01)Rather than adults’ indignation about today’s youth, the object of investigation in this dissertation is young people’s moral rules. Rules are flexible and formable, often unclear and ambiguous, which means that they need ... -
Scarcity, Abundance and Sufficiency: Contributions to Social and Economic Theory
(2011-03-03)Economic sociology has established itself as a strong and vibrant field in the social sciences. A number of significant studies have been conducted on the relation between the economy and society: on firms, markets, networks, ... -
The Making of Protest and Protest Policing: Negotiation, Knowledge, Space, and Narrative
(2011-04-19)The overall aim of this thesis is to advance our knowledge of the preconditions, processes, and consequences of the interaction between police and political protesters in contemporary Western democracies. Using qualitative ... -
Icke-medborgarskapets urbana geografi
(2011-04-28)The object of investigation in this dissertation is the living conditions of refused asylum seekers in Sweden. More specifically, it is an ethnographic study of how a group of people organize their lives in Gothenburg under ... -
Nära inpå: Maskulinitet, intimitet och gemenskap i brandmäns arbetslag
(2011-05-19)This study explores the profession of firefighter, in which the progression of gender equality has been particularly slow compared to many other professions in Sweden. The aim of the study is to explore constructions of ...