Department of Sociology and Work Science / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap (2012-): Recent submissions
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On the mechanisms of social inequality Studies of young people's educational outcomes, social participation and well-being
(2015-10-15)The present thesis seeks to explore the bases of social inequality, particularly how it is reproduced and can potentially be counteracted. The aim is to describe and explain how structural factors – first and foremost class ... -
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 ... -
Governing the unaccompanied child – media, policy and practice
(2014-08-12)Through three different case studies, this thesis analyzes how unaccompanied minors are constructed and governed as a specific group of refugees in Norway and Sweden. The first study investigates the Norwegian and Swedish ... -
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: ... -
De mest lämpade – en studie av doktoranders habituering på det vetenskapliga fältet
(2014-05-22)This thesis is about the university as a workplace. Essentially, it addresses postgraduate studies, doctoral students’ work conditions, and how these students are schooled to become researchers. The overarching purpose of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
What Is the Problem of Gender? Mainstreaming Gender in Migration and Development Policies in the European Union
(2013-01-10)This dissertation deals with the analysis of representations and discourses of gender (in)equality contained in policy texts at the EU level. The period under examination is 2005–2010. Following the academic debate, I show ... -
Meddelanden från enskildheten En sociologisk studie av ensamhet och avskildhet. 2012
(2012-10-24)This study explores how loneliness and solitude are constructed as problems and how they are explained by ”society” in different forms of texts and by people who themselves define their situations as characterized by ... -
Inhyrningens logik - konsekvenser för individ och organisation
(2012-05-23)The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the consequences of the use of temporary agency work from an individual- and organisational perspective. The thesis is built upon a multidisciplinary theoretical framework ...