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Individualiseringens villkor: unga vuxnas föreställningar om arbete och självförverkligande

Sammanfattning
This thesis has a dual objective: one is to contribute to the discussion concerning the theory of individualization and relate that discussion to the ontology of critical realism. The other is to increase the knowledge concerning the conditions of life for young adults and their concerns, projects and practices, toward work and self-realization. This is seen in relation to a theoretical frame of reference, in which Margaret S. Archer’s terms internal conversation and modes of reflexivity play a key role. The conclusions are primarily theoretical, as the design and empirical material of the study did not allow for empirical generalizations. Against the backdrop of a series of biographically-oriented interviews, the thesis highlights a number of examples of the notions of young adults concerning work and self-realization. The thesis concludes that these notions are closely associated with the structural conditions under which individuals live. The analysis results in three reflexive patterns – ambivalence, autonomy and resistance – which reflect the ways in which young adults strive to reconcile work, self-realization, and the resources they have at their disposal. The thesis argues that individualization is an effect of changing contextual conditions, rather than being an explanation per se. In line with the work of Margaret S. Archer, this conclusion has consequences in the lives of young adults. Changing contextual conditions force individuals to relate reflexively to themselves and their environments. There is also a strong link between the different modes of reflexivity of the young adults and the social environments in which they live. In order to understand the conditions of life of young adults, we must study the relationship between their psychobiographies and the environments in which they live, and relate them to the overall structural changes taking place in society. This becomes particularly important in times when self-confidence and the individual’s ability to navigate between choices and options are becoming increasingly important selection mechanisms. Modes of reflexivity are emergent, but they are always established in relation to resources generated on different structural levels (or domains). These resources evolve within the frameworks of the stratified, yet in practice intertwined, social domains in which individuals live their lives
Examinationsnivå
Doctor of Philosophy
Universitet
Göteborgs universitet. Utbildningsvetenskapliga fakulteten
University of Gothenburg. Faculty of Education
Institution
Department of Work Science ; Institutionen för arbetsvetenskap
Disputation
Fredagen den 23 april, kl 13.15
Datum för disputation
2010-04-23
E-post
gunnar.gillberg@av.gu.se
URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/2077/21996
Samlingar
  • Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för arbetsvetenskap
  • Doctoral Theses from University of Gothenburg / Doktorsavhandlingar från Göteborgs universitet
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Thesis (3.623Mb)
Abstract (56.86Kb)
Datum
2010-03-31
Författare
Gillberg, Gunnar
Nyckelord
Young adults
work
self-realization
individualization
structure
agency
modes of reflexivity
critical realism
contextual discontinuity
internal conversation
class
social domains
Publikationstyp
Doctoral thesis
ISBN
978-91-974504-8-5
Serie/rapportnr.
Skrifter från Institutionen för arbetsvetenskap
7
Språk
swe
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