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 ...

In this thesis the empirical basis is the development in three exposed suburbs, Hjällbo, Hammarkullen and Eriksbo, during the period 1970-1995. Based on an assessment of the development in the districts, the thesis tries ...

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 ...

In this thesis the aim is to explore how the phenomenon of working through child sexual abuse can be understood; its historical, discursive and social conditions and relations to gender and other power structures. The main ...

Studien tar sin utgångspunkt i Handikappreformen, vars mål var att personer med funktionshinder – däribland de med utvecklingsstörning – skall integreras under de ideologiska ledstjärnorna; delaktighet och jämlikhet. Denna ...

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 ...

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 ...

Undefined pain and tension is a major health problem in contemporary society and for the health care system. This thesis argues that the physiotherapeutic understanding of the body, and the possibilities inherent in working ...

The general aim of this thesis is to reach a more insightful understanding of how help is actually worked out in the everyday life of older people when they can no longer manage on their own. The overall research question ...

The focus of this thesis is on boundary work both as a phenomenon and a theoretical tool, and consists of the manuscripts of four articles and an introduction. One way of perceiving professions is in terms of a landscape ...