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Offentlighetens gränser: Fem kultursociologiska studier av kontroverser kring litterära självframställningar i Sverige, 1976-2008
(2012-02-16)This dissertation deals with normative boundaries in the Swedish literary public sphere between 1976 and 2008. One aim of the study is to map changes and continuities in the boundary between public and private as defined, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Power relations in app-based food delivery in Norway
(2025-01-14)What happens when companies that use apps and algorithms to manage a pool of workers with non-standard work arrangements enter a well-organised labour market? In this thesis, I analyse Foodora Norway as a critical case, ... -
Retaining the Aging Workforce: Studies of the interplay between individual and organizational capability in the context of prolonged working lives
(2021-11-23)Amidst the realities of workforce aging and policies to prolong the working life across Europe, policymakers and researchers have emphasized the employer’s role in providing suitable working conditions for older workers ... -
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 ... -
Standardiseringsarbetets kollektiva praktik. En studie om att kvalitetssäkra integrationssatsningen Samhällsorientering för nyanlända.
(2020-02-27)Societal efforts to support the integration of newly arrived immigrants have been repeatedly highlighted in the political debate in Sweden and they are described as inadequate and ineffective. Demands have been made for ... -
Studier i tidsmässig välfärd - med fokus på tidsstrategier och tidspolitik för småbarnsfamiljer
(2012-02-29)The experience of time pressure is widespread in Swedish society. The aim of this dissertation is to develop knowledge about the possibilities of increasing temporal welfare among families with small children. The dissertation ... -
Temporal Dispossession: The Politics of Asylum and the Remaking of Racial Capitalism in and Beyond the Borders of the Swedish Welfare State
(2024-04-10)This thesis sets out from the post-2015 Swedish asylum legislation, which made Sweden’s asylum policy among the most restrictive in the EU. The most decisive changes were the shift from permanent to temporary residence ... -
Temporary safety. Contextual factors behind job quality in using temporary agency work.
(2021-08-19)The aim of this thesis is to explore and explain how job quality in organizations using temporary agency work (TAW) is shaped by national regulatory regimes and how organizational practices and employee experiences in ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Tid för tillit? Om styrning, kontroll och inflytande i äldreomsorgen
(2024-04-25)Avhandlingens utgångspunkt är den övergripande styrningen av välfärdssektorn och den kritik mot New Public Management (NPM) som ökat intresset för en mer tillitsbaserad styrning i Sverige. Kontexten för avhandlingen är ... -
Troubling the Surface (Im)possibilities: On Preschool Teachers’ Relational Power in Shaping Gender Equality Work in Sweden
(2025-12-03)On the surface, gender equality in Sweden seems exceptional. This reputation extends to Swedish preschools, which have long been hailed for progressive practices and global influence. Yet beneath this polished surface are ... -
Un-learning to labour? Activating the unemployed in a former industrial community
(2023-02-20)In the aftermath of automation and globalisation of production, the Western welfare states have come to leave industrial society behind in favour of an increasingly competitive and service-oriented economy. Nevertheless, ... -
Unleashing Science Popularisation: Studies on Science as Popular Culture
(2012-03-30)This thesis aims to broaden the concept of science popularisation. It argues that the conventional view of popularisation as the public communication of appropriately simplified versions of established facts to lay audiences ... -
Veien ble til mens vi gikk. Om taus kunnskap, refleksjon og praksisfellesskap blant ansatte i et utlendingsfengsel
(2025-06-18)Denne studien undersøker utfordringene knyttet til fengselsansattes arbeid i Kongsvinger fengsel, en spesialisert enhet innen norsk kriminalomsorg der målgruppen omfatter kun utenlandske innsatte som skal utvises eller ... -
What Is the Problem of Gender? Mainstreaming Gender in Migration and Development Policies in the European Union
(2013-01-10)This dissertation deals with the analysis of representations and discourses of gender (in)equality contained in policy texts at the EU level. The period under examination is 2005–2010. Following the academic debate, I show ...