Browsing Department of Sociology / Sociologiska institutionen (-2011) by Title
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At the End of the Rainbow - Post-winning life among Swedish lottery winners
(2011-02-17)This thesis is based upon empirical data from a quantitative survey among 420 Swedish lottery winners and from qualitative interviews with fourteen individual lottery winners. By examining how winners of large lottery ... -
Att minnas saknad och dela sorg. Brandkatastrofen i Göteborg i ett kollektivt minnesperspektiv
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Demokrati på delegation. Lokaliseringen av det svenska kärnavfallet
(2008-11-20)The present study concerns the siting of Swedish nuclear waste. Four cases are examined: the feasibility studies in Nyköping and Tierp (cases 1 and 2), as well as three public consultation meetings with conservationist and ... -
Den hotfulla njutningen. Att etablera drogbruk som samhällsproblem 1890-1970
(Stockholm: Symposion graduale, 1993)Vad har format problembestämningen av narkotika och formeringen av den narkotikapolitik som fastlades under slutet av 1960-talet? I fokus för DEN HOTFULLA NJUTNINGEN står de förlopp varigenom vissa fenomen institutionaliseras ... -
The division of labour in post-industrial societies
(Sociologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2001)This dissertation is a study of how work is distributed in so-called post-industrial societies. The main question it addresses is how the division of labour in complex societies is developing. That is, what occupations are ... -
Entrepreneurship in Russia: Western Ideas in Russian Translation
(2009-11-12)The aim of this thesis is to outline, both historically and in our own time, the development of entrepreneurship in Russia, a country where the very existence of the phenomenon has for a long period of time been either ... -
Free software to open hardware: Critical theory on the frontiers of hacking
(2011-02-15)Starting from the experiences of hackers developing free software and open hardware, this thesis addresses some key and recurrent themes in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). It poses the question: how are ... -
I fäders och mödrars spår. Landsortsungdomars identitetsutveckling och vuxenblivande i ett livsformsperspektiv.
(2010-10-18)Abstract Title: Following in their Father’s and Mother’s Path: Young people’s steps to adulthood in a Swedish municipal community from a life form perspective. Language: Swedish with an English summary, 280 pages. Author: ... -
I moderniseringens skugga? Om förändring och identitet i två administrativa serviceyrken
(2010-03-18)The overarching aim of this dissertation is to study what happens with occupational identities in occupations subject to substantial and protracted pressure for change, more specifically in administrative service occupations ... -
Icke-medborgarskapets urbana geografi
(2011-04-28)The object of investigation in this dissertation is the living conditions of refused asylum seekers in Sweden. More specifically, it is an ethnographic study of how a group of people organize their lives in Gothenburg under ... -
Individen stämplar in. Arbetet, facket och lönen i sociologisk belysning
(2008)This dissertation comprises a sociological analysis of processes of individualisation in Swedish working life during the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. It also deals with the distribution ... -
Inte en gång till. Utvärdering av brottsförebyggande arbete med inriktning mot upprepad utsatthet
(2005)The report is an evaluation and documentation of a project aiming at preventing repeat victimisation (rv). Police reports collected during the project are also used to measure the extent of rv and to identify some patterns ... -
Lärares lärande om elever - en sociologisk studie om yrkespraktik
(2009-11-04)This is a study of how professional teachers’ learning about students takes place in relation to changed requirements and new organisational preconditions. Based on an approach from the theory of professions with inspiration ... -
Mäns våld mot kvinnor - ett diskursivt slagfält. Reflektioner kring kunskapsläget
(Sociologiska institutionen, Göteborgs universitet, 2003)In Sweden, men’s violence against women in close relationships, often named as women abuse, has for the last two decades been a topic in the women’s movement as well as a topic on the political agenda, among them The ... -
Nära inpå: Maskulinitet, intimitet och gemenskap i brandmäns arbetslag
(2011-05-19)This study explores the profession of firefighter, in which the progression of gender equality has been particularly slow compared to many other professions in Sweden. The aim of the study is to explore constructions of ... -
Om föräldrars tidspress : orsaker och förändringsmöjligheter
(2007-09-28)This is a report from a research project financed by The Swedish Research Council Formas with the aim of developing knowledge about strategies for mastering families’ time pressure. The analysis is based on data from time ... -
Pappadeltid. En väg till högre tidsmässig välfärd och ökad jämställdhet?
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Passionerad politik. Om motstånd mot heteronormativ könsmakt
(2010-03-18)Abstract Title: Passionate Politics. Resistance to Heteronormative Gender Power Written in Swedish, summary in English, 350 pages. Author: Cathrin Wasshede Doctoral Dissertation at the Department of Sociology, ...