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Bio-behavioral inquiries regarding cognitive aging and distance to death: The role of gender, APOE, grip strength and subjective memory
(2016-03-17)
To better understand the nature of cognitive functioning later in life, it is important to gain further knowledge regarding factors that contribute to cognitive aging. Therefore, the overall aim of this thesis was to ...
Corruption in Governance of the Commons: Consequences and Reform Challenges
(2015-11-13)
Research on governance of common-pool resources (CPRs) has discussed the design of regulations that govern the usage of CPRs and the need to enforce such rules. However, the focus on self-management in this literature may ...
FASHIONABLE POLITICS The discursive construction of ethical consumerism in corporate communications, news media, and social media
(2018-09-14)
This thesis investigates the discursive construction of ethical consumerism – a notion that encompasses both ‘conscious’ consumption choices and responsible’ corporate activities – in mediated discourses about fashion and ...
The Damage Done - Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence and their Mothers: Towards empirically based interventions in order to reduce negative health effects in children
(2012-09-17)
Violence in intimate relationships occurs in all societies, and intimate partner
violence (IPV) is a prevalent and serious social problem. Mothers of young
children are particularly often victims of IPV, the consequences ...
Barns röster om växelvis boende. Vardagsliv, familjepraktiker och nära relationer
(2019-09-25)
Over the past decades, the ways in which children’s care is arranged after parental separation have changed significantly in many societies. Dual residence, where children live across two households spending equal amounts ...
New public management and municipal performance: Do NPM reforms boost performance?
(2018-12)
New Public Management (NPM) reforms have been adopted worldwide since the mid-1970s to improve government effectiveness and efficiency. The basic premise of NPM reforms is that market orientation and management focus in ...
From exclusion to inclusion : Young people’s trajectories from home to street to reintegration in the Kagera region, Tanzania.
(2017-05-18)
This thesis examines what causes children and young people to leave their homes, how they experience their situation on the streets and as domestic workers, and what facilitates them to reintegrate into their local community. ...
“It is better to have tried, no matter what” : Psychological perspectives on pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
(2017-04-24)
Couples with the risk of transmitting a genetic disease face different diagnostic options when they wish to become parents. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) combines in vitro fertilization (IVF) with biopsy of the ...
Interkommunal samverkan – en nödvändig lösning på kommunala utmaningar?
(School of Public Administration/Förvaltningshögskolan, 2013-09)