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Unaccompanied minors (un-)made in Sweden. Ungrievable lives and access to rights produced through policy
(2021-05-04)On 24 November 2015, the Swedish prime minister announced a new, restrictive asylum policy with the explicit aim of placing Sweden at the EU minimum level in terms of refugee reception. A temporary Aliens Act minimized ... -
Understödets rationalitet. En genealogisk studie av arbetslinjen under kapitalismen
(2015-04-30)Through a genealogical examination of how public poor relief was problematized in Sweden 1847–1875, this thesis aims to outline the assumptions and premises that underlies the contemporary predominant neoliberal argument ... -
Uppdrag med förhinder. Bemötande av familjer med migrationsbakgrund inom den sociala barnavården.
(2012-03-30)Abstract Title: Mission with obstacles. Treatment of families with migration background within the child protection organisation Author: Ing-Marie Johansson Key words: Child protection, etnicity, ethnic minority ... -
Utanförskap på entreprenad. Diskurser om sociala företag i Sverige
(2011-10-11)Over the last decade the social enterprise has gained recognition, as a social innovation aiming to address diverse societal needs in the post-industrial world. In the contemporary Swedish political discourse, social ... -
Vagabond MC - Gemenskap, manlighet och marginalitet. En studie av en västsvensk bikerklubb
(2005-05-13)The global objective with this ethnographic (culture) study is to examine the social patterns and significant structures in a local (West Swedish) biker club. A newly formed club, Vagabond MC, constitutes my primary ... -
Vänskap, värden, vandel: Avvikelser och återhämtningsstrategier hos Göteborgs första generation ungdomsnarkomaner
(2014-02-20)The aim of this dissertation is to investigate how and why a sample of young people who were criminals and drug addicts in the 1960s – Gothenburg’s first generation of young drug junkies – could get up on their feet and ... -
Vem får stanna? Om politiska problemrepresentationer av rätten att stanna i Sverige 1936–1989
(2023-02-02)In 2015, the Swedish government restricted the right to stay in Sweden, to reduce the number of asylum seekers seeking protection in the country. Since then, it has established a restrictive migration policy that only ... -
‘We are the real men’: Masculinity, poverty, health, and community development in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya
(2015-11-13)This thesis, comprising a five-chapter comprehensive summary (kappa) and four published papers, presents findings of a study that addressed Nairobi’s poor men’s (a) constructions and performance of masculinity (b); views ... -
Women Leaving Violent Men: Crossroads of Emotion, Cognition and Action
(2008-10-17)This thesis addresses battered women’s leaving processes. Leaving is conceptualised in a wider sense, i.e. as disentanglement from violent relationships beyond the physical break-up. The general aim of the thesis is to ...