Browsing Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap (2012-) by Issue Date
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Europafacklig samverkan. Problem och möjligheter
(2014-05-26)The overarching aim of this thesis is to examine the conditions for cooperation among trade unions in Europe, and to identify factors making it easier or more difficult. The dissertation centers on two crucial areas: ... -
Governing the unaccompanied child – media, policy and practice
(2014-08-12)Through three different case studies, this thesis analyzes how unaccompanied minors are constructed and governed as a specific group of refugees in Norway and Sweden. The first study investigates the Norwegian and Swedish ... -
Distributed Leadership in Local School Organisations. Working for School Improvement?
(2015-08-27)This thesis takes its point of departure from the recent increased interest in leadership, and especially distributed leadership. Educational research states that if schools are to meet future demands, leadership must rest ... -
On the mechanisms of social inequality Studies of young people's educational outcomes, social participation and well-being
(2015-10-15)The present thesis seeks to explore the bases of social inequality, particularly how it is reproduced and can potentially be counteracted. The aim is to describe and explain how structural factors – first and foremost class ... -
Watershed events and changes in public order management systems: Organizational adaptation as a social movement outcome
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Nordiska perspektiv på transnationellt fackligt samarbete i Europa – former, hinder, utmaningar och strategier
(2016)Denna rapport utgör en delstudie av ett forskningsprojekt som studerar transnationellt fackligt samarbete och nätverksbyggande på sektorsnivå i Europa. Projektets över-gripande syfte är att förklara vilka faktorer som ... -
Sovjetologi: Läran om Sovjetunionen
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Det moderna samhällets paradox
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The Microfundations of Flexicurity
(2016-01-21)This thesis examines the microfoundations of flexicurity, an arrangement of policies that proponents claim can deliver a ‘win-win’ situation in the labour market. These policies include lax employment protection ... -
Job Demands, Job Resources, and Consequences for Managerial Sustainability in the Public Sector – A Contextual Approach
(2016-04-11)ABSTRACT The aims of this thesis were threefold: to explore and increase knowledge of managerial working conditions in Swedish municipalities, to extend the job demands-resources (JD-R) model, and to provide information ... -
Om befrielseteologins uppkomst i Latinamerika. En sociologisk analys av religiös förändring.
(2016-08-23)The overall purpose of the present study is to contribute to our understanding of religious change and to an explanation of the phenomenon. The emergence of the theology of liberation is an important case of religious ... -
School shootings in seven countries: Testingand developing the theory of five necessary conditions
(Égalité, 2017)To test and further develop Newman and collaborators’ 2004 theory of the five necessary conditions for school shootings to occur, this chapter investigates 14 school shootings in seven countries. Using case-based comparison ... -
The Wicked Nature of Social Systems – A Complexity Approach to Sociology
(2017-02-15)This thesis investigates how the interdisciplinary field of Complexity Science can inform both sociological theory and methodological practice. Non-linearity and complexity dynamics such as emergence and positive/negative ... -
A Mechanism Approach to the Sociology of Teachers’ and Students’ Actions: Teaching Practice, Student Disengagement and Instructional Materials
(2017-04-21)The overall purpose of this dissertation is to describe and explain teachers’ and students’ actions related to instruction in compulsory education classrooms in Sweden. In order to approach these issues, I will focus on ... -
Gender and Emotions in Family Care – Understanding masculinity and gender equality in Sweden
(2017-05-17)This thesis addresses care responsibilities in families as an arena for gender reproduction and change, primarily in the Swedish context, which includes a long history of gender equality policies, and broad public support ... -
Same and Different? Perspectives on the Introduction of person-Centred Care as Standard Healthcare
(2017-05-17)This thesis examines a collection of cases and situations where efforts are being made to combine and unify the concerns of person-centred care, standardization and evidence-based medicine. Person-centred care is commonly ...