Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för socialt arbete by Title
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Barnevernets stemmer. En diskurs og profesjonsteoretisk orientert analyse av fenomenet barnevernfaglig kompetanse
(2015-11-09)The superior aim of the thesis is to study which professional arguments various participants in the child welfare area have employed in order to explain, influence and legitimize their understanding of the phenomenon ... -
Barns röster i vårdnadstvister - om verkställighet och professionellas riskbedömningar
(2012-02-20)This thesis examines social and legal constructions of children, childhood and children's best interests. The overall aim of this thesis is to study how professionals construct their argumentation in assessments and decisions ... -
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 ... -
Berättelser om ungdomsgäng i förorten. Genus, makt och moral
(2014-11-06)Abstract Title: Narratives about youth gangs in the disadvantaged suburban neighbourhood. Gender, power, morality Author: Susanne Liljeholm Hansson Key words: Youth gangs, criminality, disadvantaged neighbourhood, ... -
Brott eller passion? Myndighetsdiskurser om manlig sexhandel från 1930- till 2000-tal
(2018-11-26)Abstract Title: Crime or Passion? Discourses about Male Sex Trade in Official Investigations from the 1930s- to the 2000s Author: Annelie de Cabo Y Moreda Key words: Male ”prostitution”, heterosexual ”prostitution”, ... -
Changing Gender Relations? Women's Experiences of Land Rights in the Case of the Land Tenure Reform Program in Rwanda.
(2015-03-04)This thesis is a compilation of a kappa, a binding text of six chapters, and four related papers. The overall aim is to explore women’s experiences of land rights in the context of the Land Tenure Reform Program (LTRP) in ... -
Children at risk? Hospital social workers’ and their colleagues’ assessment and reporting experiences
(2016-05-09)This thesis explores factors that influence professional discretion in Swedish hospital professionals’ assessment of children who may be at risk of harm. It is based on two data samplings, interviews with fourteen hospital ... -
Class and gender in Russian welfare policies : Soviet legacies and contemporary challenges
(2011-10-10)The general aim of this thesis is to explore the gendered and classed nature of social work and social welfare in Russia to show how social policy can be a part of and reinforce marginalisation. The overall research question ... -
COMMERCIAL SUGARCANE FARMING AND RURAL YOUTH LIVELIHOODS IN EASTERN UGANDA
(2022-06-23)Commercial farming is a pathway for pro-poor growth because of its economic linkages such as jobs and incomes. However, most of the available studies of commercial farming are largely generic, leaving a dearth of evidence ... -
Crime, punishment, and counselling – a study of the local judicial and social work application of prostitution policy in Sweden
(2021-02-18)This thesis explores the social construction of a purchase of a sexual service within the implementation of prostitution policy in Sweden and seeks to contribute to the current knowledge about how a purchase of a sexual ... -
Dunkla vanor. Om teori och referenspraktik i samhällsvetenskaplig forskning
(2012-11-16)The purpose of this thesis is to study how social scientists use theoretical citations in scientific publications in research about organizations and the social services sector. This thesis can be characterized as being ... -
Ett reflexivt syskonskap. En studie om att växa upp tillsammans med fostersyskon
(2006)The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse how the natural children of foster carers experience growing up in a foster family. The intention was to gain knowledge about their everyday life through their own ... -
Finnkampen : en studie av finska mäns liv och sociala karriärer i Sverige
(Gidlund, 2001)The aim of this study is to describe and analyse experiences, living conditions and processes that have infl uenced Finnish immigrant men in Sweden and the resources and strategies they have used to handle and control their ... -
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. ... -
Governing migrants through the Norwegian Introduction Programme
(2021-08-26)This thesis focuses on the Norwegian Introduction Programme for newly arrived immigrants and refugees. With its implementation in 2004, the Introduction Programme represents one of the most significant policy measures ... -
Graffitins spänningsfält. En studie av graffitikultur och interventioner på en lokal arena
(2016-03-22)The overall aim of the thesis is to explore and analyse graffiti in a trans-local context, by asking questions about the actors' view on activity, meaning and interaction. The study has been located to a physical place, ... -
Handlingsimperativets dilemman – Om frihet och kontroll i socialtjänstens arbete med klienter som använder narkotika
(2020-10-13)ABSTRACT Title: Dilemmas of the imperative for action – On freedom and control in social services’ work with clients who use illicit drugs Author: Johan Lindwall Keywords: social service, substance use, discourse, ... -
Hantering av hemlöshet. En kartläggning och analys av organiseringen av lokala hemlöshetsystem i Sveriges kommuner.
(2022-11-17)The general aim of this thesis is to study the organization of housing services for persons living in homelessness in Sweden. Three areas are in focus. The first concerns how the right to housing assistance is interpreted ... -
If they only knew. Bullying victimization among children and youth in the Nordic countries
(2017-05-05)Bullying is a social and public health problem recognized across the globe. The aim with this thesis is to describe and understand bullying victimization of children and youth in a social-ecological perspective with the ... -
Inom transnationella och lokala sociala världar - Om sociala stödutbyten och försörjningsstrategier bland svensksomalier
(2009-11-25)The aim of this study was to describe and analyse the exchange of social support within the social network of Swedish-Somalis within and outside of Sweden. The aim was also to describe and analyse their strategies to earn ...