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Samsyn och motsägelser i kunskapens namn En intervjustudie av socialchefers diskurser om socialsekreterares kunskapsinhämtning och -användning
(2020-06-29)Det finns flera skäl till att kunskap är viktigt att diskutera inom socialt arbete och inom socialtjänsten i synnerhet. I denna uppsats undersöker jag, genom kvalitativa intervjuer, hur socialchefer talar om socialsekreterares ... -
Selling Sex in Sweden: An Analysis of Discourses about Sex Workers and their Human Rights
(2016-12-12)Sweden was the first country in the world to criminalise the purchase of sex whilst keeping its sale legal. This approach to prostitution is highly controversial: some herald it as an effective way to tackle the oppressive, ... -
Social capital and employment for African immigrants in Sweden: Investment in social networks produces socio-economic returns
(2015-06-24)This study titled, Social capital and employment for African immigrants in Sweden aimed at analyzing East African immigrants’ understanding of the role of social capital towards employment of African immigrants in Gothenburg ... -
Social exclusion and discrimination of vulnerable EU migrants Comparative Analysis From the Perspective of Third Sector Organisations in Gothenburg and Copenhagen Master’s Programme
(2018-10-15)After the EU enlargements in 2004 and 2007, an increased migration has occurred within the EU borders. The right to free movement has made mobility possible within the Member States without any resident permit. Migration ... -
Social Impacts of Climate Change on Women’s Health in Belize
(2019-10-09)The aim of this thesis was to investigate whether climate change affects women’s health in Belize, and if so, how. Belize, being a low-lying coastline country is prone to suffer from repercussions of climate change. The ... -
Social Work Education and Human Rights A Comparative Study of Learning and Teaching of Human Rights in University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Makerere University, Uganda
(2018-07-17)Human rights have been acknowledged internationally as part of the social work profession and important element of social work education. This research therefore aimed at exploring the teaching and learning of human rights ... -
Social work with undocumented migrants: Services, Construction of needs and Problem-solving approaches of Civil Society Organizations in Gothenburg-Sweden.
(2018-10-15)As pride to the social work profession, social workers in the civil society honor the imperative to extend social work services to undocumented migrants by constructing this group as eligible and deserving within the civil ... -
Social workers with borders Finnish social workers’ perceptions of transnationalism in the practice with unaccompanied minor migrants
(2019-01-31)The aim of this paper was to study the perceptions which Finnish social workers hold of transnationalism in their practice with unaccompanied minors. Seeing how they perceived it as part of the minor’s lives, how they took ... -
Socialtjänstens arbete med våldsutövande pappor utifrån barnens bästa -En kvalitativ intervjustudie från ett behandlarperspektiv
(2018-07-16)Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte var att undersöka vad behandlare inom socialtjänst anser att barn, som bevittnat sin pappas våld mot hans partner, är förtjänta av att socialtjänst gör för/med pappan. Uppsatsen syftade vidare till ... -
Strengths and resilience of migrant women in transit An analysis of the narratives of Central American women in irregular transit through Mexico towards the United States.
(2018-07-25)This study departed from the idea that all people, including those hardest hit by adversity, have strengths and resiliencies. It posed the question on how a particularly vulnerable group, Central American migrant women ... -
The Support Process Directed to Palestinian Refugee Women Who Are Victims of Gender-based Violence in the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Beirut
(2023-09-22)In 1948, Palestinians were expelled from their homeland Palestine then were forced to seek refuge in multiple countries including Lebanon. During their temporary stay, Palestinian refugee women began to experience serious ... -
Swedish Child Protection under the CRC: Application of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in the Social Work Assessments
(2015-12-18)After reviewing previous researches regarding the child care system in Sweden, the actual application of the Convention on the Rights of the Child seems questionable. Sweden has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the ... -
The Balancing Act of Disclosure: Experiences of Stigma and Resistance Among Men Who Sell Sex to Men
(2019-02-13)Little attention has been given in previous research to disclosure about sex work and even less to men’s experience of disclosure about selling sex. There is a lack of understanding of the choices behind disclosure and ... -
“The elephant in the room usually centres around Israel”
(2018-12-21)The Master’s thesis deals with the topic of antisemitism in Sweden and, as an aspect of that, focuses on antisemitic attitudes among Muslims. Antisemitism, the hostility towards Jews, has changed its forms of manifestation ... -
The Impact of Water Privatisation on the Indigenous Mapuche in the South of Chile. A Qualitative Content Analysis from a Human Rights Perspective
(2021-09-27)This study aimed to investigate the impacts of water privatisation on Mapuche communities in the South of Chile. The effects and the resulting demands and actions were examined from a human rights perspective. Guided by ... -
The Integration Process and Coping Strategies of Farsi Speaking refugee Women in Sweden
(2021-04-21)The purpose of this study was to explore integration meanings, experiences, and challenges as well as coping strategies among Farsi-speaking refugee women in Sweden. Therefore, three questions related to the main aims ... -
The land of a thousand refused asylum seekers – the state of resources, coping strategies and prospects for the future: experiences of refused asylum seekers living in Finland
(2019-12-10)The aim of the thesis was to examine the experiences of refused asylum seekers in Finland by finding out their state of resources, coping strategies and prospects for the future. In addition, the thesis considered the ... -
The Racial Politics of Integration in Sweden A qualitative study of Gemensamma Krafter
(2018-07-23)The objective of this paper is to analyse how integration politics affect the everyday lives of people. A specific focus is placed on the clients of Gemensamma Krafter (GK), a functional unit within the municipality of ... -
The Reclamation of Sami identity and the traces of Swedish colonialism : A qualitative study about the formation of Saminess and Sami identity
(2020-11-20)The purpose of this study was to study identity formation among Sami people. The aim was therefore to investigate how Saminess and Sami identity is formed and specifically the way the Sami community transfers the identity. ...