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A Mechanism Approach to the Sociology of Teachers’ and Students’ Actions: Teaching Practice, Student Disengagement and Instructional Materials
(2017-04-21)The overall purpose of this dissertation is to describe and explain teachers’ and students’ actions related to instruction in compulsory education classrooms in Sweden. In order to approach these issues, I will focus on ... -
Alienation och Arbete. Unga behovsanställdas villkor i den flexibla kapitalismen
(2020-03-04)The aim of this dissertation is to investigate how flexible capitalism, drawing from the case of on-call employees, influences the ability to control life and work and affects relationships with other people, both inside ... -
ARBETE OCH PENSIONERING - Uppfattningar bland medarbetare I Göteborgs stad
(2021)Bakgrunden till den här rapporten är de statliga målsättningarna om att förlänga arbetslivet och de personalförsörjningsproblem offentliga arbetsgivare upplever. Rapporten fokuserar på äldre anställda i Göteborgs stad, ... -
Att balansera mellan omställning och kontinuitet i arbetet med hållbarhet. En etnografisk fallstudie om att införliva samhälleliga krav och förväntningar på en hållbar utveckling inom kommunal verksamhet
(2022)The aim of this dissertation is to increase knowledge of how municipal services incorporate political demands and expectations from stakeholders in society to contribute to sustainable development. The study investigates ... -
Att mobilisera boende i invandrartäta storstadsförorter Hyresgästföreningen Västra Sveriges projektarbete i Hjällbo 1998 -2011
(2013)Vad är det som ska till för att människor som har utländsk bakgrund – med erfarenheter och refe rensramar som i hög grad skiljer sig från traditionellt svenska – och som bor i socialt och ekonomiskt ”utsatta ... -
Att stanna kvar: arbete, plats och mobilitet i småstaden
(2021-03-04)The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to a deeper understanding of how young adults in an industrial small town in Sweden perceive and negotiate their work opportunities and their position in the local labour market. ... -
Caring (in) Diaspora: Aging and Caring Experiences of Older Turkish Migrants in a Swedish Context
(2013-11-25)This thesis investigates Turkish migrants’ aging experiences and their understandings about care by concentrating on the accounts of a group of first-generation Turkish immigrants who settled in Sweden in the late 1960s ... -
Contextualizing managerial work in local government organizations
(2013-11-21)This thesis is about managerial work in local government organizations. The purpose is to explain important aspects of managerial work with the help of a contextual perspective. The focus is on managers at the operational ... -
Criminal Records in Sweden. Regulation of Access to Criminal Records and the use of Criminal Background Checks by Employers.
(2012-03-05)This thesis examines the regulation of access to criminal records in Sweden and the actual and potential use of criminal background checks by employers in hiring processes. In recent years, more and more Swedish employers ... -
Deltagardemokratiska och systemiska metoder för komplexa samhällsfrågor och samhällsentreprenörskap. Ett komparativt perspektiv
(2013)The study: ”Deltagardemokratiska och systemiska metoder för komplexa samhällsfrågor och samhällsentreprenörskap. Ettkomparativtperspektiv” (Participatory and systemic methods for complex societal issues and societal ... -
THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MARKETS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS – Exploring FinTech development in Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands and Sweden
(2022)The recent expansion of FinTech companies supplying digitally sophisticated products and services on the financial markets is repeatedly linked with different ideas of digital disruption. The development is said to challenge ... -
Distributed Leadership in Local School Organisations. Working for School Improvement?
(2015-08-27)This thesis takes its point of departure from the recent increased interest in leadership, and especially distributed leadership. Educational research states that if schools are to meet future demands, leadership must rest ... -
Educational choices of the future. A sociological inquiry into micro-politics in education
(2013-05-24)This thesis investigates how students’ practical considerations for future choices in education and occupations correspond to policy objectives of socially productive educational choices. This is conveyed through the primary ... -
Europafacklig samverkan. Problem och möjligheter
(2014-05-26)The overarching aim of this thesis is to examine the conditions for cooperation among trade unions in Europe, and to identify factors making it easier or more difficult. The dissertation centers on two crucial areas: ... -
Från miljonprogram till högskoleprogram - plats, agentskap och villkorad valfrihet.
(2013-05-16)This is a dissertation about young people’s experiences of their journeys from a socially marginalized suburb to higher education. Many students from these areas do not continue to higher education, but some do. There is ... -
Gender and Emotions in Family Care – Understanding masculinity and gender equality in Sweden
(2017-05-17)This thesis addresses care responsibilities in families as an arena for gender reproduction and change, primarily in the Swedish context, which includes a long history of gender equality policies, and broad public support ... -
Geographies of eHealth: Studies of Healthcare at a Distance
(2014-05-16)This thesis examines the proliferation of healthcare services using information and communication technology to overcome spatial and temporal obstacles. These services are given such names as telemedicine and telecare, which ... -
Governing citizens in the age of financialization: A study of Swedish financial education
(2021-12-06)In contemporary Western capitalist societies, the state has increasingly withdrawn from its role as welfare provider, while financial institutions, actors, products, and narratives play an increasingly important part not ...