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City centre rhythms: The case of gender in Dotonbori
(2016-09-23)
Traditional social practice holds the urban night and day in binary opposition – each with a set of unique issues and problems to deal with. While such an attitude can be beneficial due to its clearness, it is at a risk ...
Intergenerational Mobility and Education - Evidence from Latin America
(2016-07-05)
The main objective of this study is to investigate the extent of social mobility in Latin America. Using educational attainment as a proxy for socioeconomic status in 18 Latin American countries, this study estimates ...
WOMEN’S RESISTANCE THROUGH TESTIMONY – A STUDY OF SURVIVORS’ TALES FROM THE HOLOCAUST
(2016-02-19)
This thesis analyses Jewish women Holocaust survivor’s testimonies. The purpose is to
investigate what events the women tell of, how they tell of the choice and act of giving
testimony, and to analyse whether resistance ...
Men and Women’s Use of Influence Tactics Differences and Consequences
(2016-09-20)
Despite the large amount of research on influence tactics, the potential gender differences regarding usage of tactics has been somewhat disregarded. An influence behavior questionnaire study with 20 managers, and an ...
I am Swedish, I am a woman Exploring Swedish women’s identity construction
(2016-09-20)
The subject explored in this research project is Swedish women’s identity
construction. The research questions guiding this thesis aimed at investigating what
indications of collective patterns in identity construction ...
Sång i dubbel bemärkelse – En kvalitativ undersökning om sångkroppen utifrån ett genusperspektiv.
(2016-09-29)
Jag undersöker i det här arbetet sång och sångarens roll i en populärmusikensemblegrupp på gymnasiets estetiska program med inriktning musik i årskurs 2 utifrån ett genusperspektiv. Jag utgår från antagandet att kön är en ...
Closing the Gap: An interview study with Swedish newspaper publishers and editors on the lack of consistency between commitments on media and gender and actual representation
(2016-09-12)
Women are grossly underrepresented as news subjects globally. This is a direct violation of the universal human right of freedom of expression, as well as a major hindrance to global sustainable development and societal ...
THE FALSE PROMISE OF ‘USTOPIA’. Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy: Utopian Feminist Romp or Dystopian Postfeminist Cautionary Tale?
(2016-09-26)
The Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s dystopian MaddAddam trilogy is a text that attempts a critical rebalancing of an established gender hierarchy. The novels expose the fundamental power imbalances present in a binary ...
Constructing Rural Identities – A Diverse Narrative
(2016-07-05)
So far, rural people and communities have not received much consideration within the field of gender studies while urban individuals and their lifestyles have been normalised. I argue that the rural space inhabits a huge ...