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Sociologiska institutionen publicerar från 2005 sina forskningsrapporter i GUPEA. För mer information, se institutionens webbplats.
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Svenska för invandrare – brygga eller gräns?
(2002)This thesis is intended to increase the understanding of the encounter between a group of “im-migrants with low education” and the Swedish educational system in the form of SFI, Swedish Language Courses for Immigrants. The ... -
Pappadeltid. En väg till högre tidsmässig välfärd och ökad jämställdhet?
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Space for Urban Alternatives? CHRISTIANIA 1971-2011
(Gidlunds förlag, 2011)In 1971, a group of young people broke into a closed down military area in Copenhagen. It was located not more than a mile from the Royal Danish Palace and the Danish parliament. Soon, the media published images and reports ... -
Nära inpå: Maskulinitet, intimitet och gemenskap i brandmäns arbetslag
(2011-05-19)This study explores the profession of firefighter, in which the progression of gender equality has been particularly slow compared to many other professions in Sweden. The aim of the study is to explore constructions of ... -
Icke-medborgarskapets urbana geografi
(2011-04-28)The object of investigation in this dissertation is the living conditions of refused asylum seekers in Sweden. More specifically, it is an ethnographic study of how a group of people organize their lives in Gothenburg under ... -
The Making of Protest and Protest Policing: Negotiation, Knowledge, Space, and Narrative
(2011-04-19)The overall aim of this thesis is to advance our knowledge of the preconditions, processes, and consequences of the interaction between police and political protesters in contemporary Western democracies. Using qualitative ... -
Scarcity, Abundance and Sufficiency: Contributions to Social and Economic Theory
(2011-03-03)Economic sociology has established itself as a strong and vibrant field in the social sciences. A number of significant studies have been conducted on the relation between the economy and society: on firms, markets, networks, ... -
Våldets regler. Ungdomars tal om våld och bråk.
(2011-03-01)Rather than adults’ indignation about today’s youth, the object of investigation in this dissertation is young people’s moral rules. Rules are flexible and formable, often unclear and ambiguous, which means that they need ... -
At the End of the Rainbow - Post-winning life among Swedish lottery winners
(2011-02-17)This thesis is based upon empirical data from a quantitative survey among 420 Swedish lottery winners and from qualitative interviews with fourteen individual lottery winners. By examining how winners of large lottery ... -
Free software to open hardware: Critical theory on the frontiers of hacking
(2011-02-15)Starting from the experiences of hackers developing free software and open hardware, this thesis addresses some key and recurrent themes in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). It poses the question: how are ... -
I fäders och mödrars spår. Landsortsungdomars identitetsutveckling och vuxenblivande i ett livsformsperspektiv.
(2010-10-18)Abstract Title: Following in their Father’s and Mother’s Path: Young people’s steps to adulthood in a Swedish municipal community from a life form perspective. Language: Swedish with an English summary, 280 pages. Author: ... -
Professionella villkor och värderingar. En sociologisk studie av akademiker i 1990-talets Sverige
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Professionella arbetsorganisationer. Arbetsvillkor och kompetensutveckling i universitets- och IT-sektorn
(Sociologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2003) -
Tjänsteresor i människors vardag - om rörlighet, närvaro och frånvaro
(2010-05-11)Title: Business travel in everyday life: Mobility, presence and absence. Written in Swedish and English. 248 pages. Author: Gunilla Bergström Casinowsky Doctoral Dissertation at the Department of Sociology, University ... -
Passionerad politik. Om motstånd mot heteronormativ könsmakt
(2010-03-18)Abstract Title: Passionate Politics. Resistance to Heteronormative Gender Power Written in Swedish, summary in English, 350 pages. Author: Cathrin Wasshede Doctoral Dissertation at the Department of Sociology, ... -
I moderniseringens skugga? Om förändring och identitet i två administrativa serviceyrken
(2010-03-18)The overarching aim of this dissertation is to study what happens with occupational identities in occupations subject to substantial and protracted pressure for change, more specifically in administrative service occupations ... -
Studying ageing: experiences, description, variation, prediction and explanation
(2010-02-26)The study follows a line of experiences, description, variation, prediction and explanation concerning ageing, health promotion and longevity. The experiences of aging were acquired during my studies of conversations, ... -
Entrepreneurship in Russia: Western Ideas in Russian Translation
(2009-11-12)The aim of this thesis is to outline, both historically and in our own time, the development of entrepreneurship in Russia, a country where the very existence of the phenomenon has for a long period of time been either ... -
Lärares lärande om elever - en sociologisk studie om yrkespraktik
(2009-11-04)This is a study of how professional teachers’ learning about students takes place in relation to changed requirements and new organisational preconditions. Based on an approach from the theory of professions with inspiration ... -
Social Movements and Gender in Post-Soviet Russia. The Case of the Soldier's Mothers NGOs
(2009-09-11)This dissertation provides a study of gender processes in the maternal human rights movement of the Soldiers’ Mothers NGOs, which were created in the arena of the military draft politics in post-Soviet Russia. It also ...
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