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1. 6. Setting the scene for life. Longitudinal studies of early social disadvantage and later life chances : Department of Sociology

   Författare :Bitte Modin; Diana Kuh; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis concerns the long-term life chances of children brought up under various conditions in Sweden during the first half of the twentieth century. The main purpose is to examine the consequences of children’s early family environment for later educational career, and ultimately, for their mortality risk at different stages of the life-course. LÄS MER

3. 7. Un-learning to labour? Activating the unemployed in a former industrial community

   Författare :Jon Sunnerfjell; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arbetslöshet; Teknologisk arbetslöshet; Globalisering; Försörjningsstöd; Ekonomisk politik; Ekonomisk utveckling; Sociala klasser; Arbetsmarknadspolitik; Aktivitetsstöd; Unemployment; Economic policy; Manpower policy; Labor policy; Globalization; Social classes; Economic development; Economic assistance; Domestic; Technological unemployment; Sverige;

   Sammanfattning : In the aftermath of automation and globalisation of production, the Western welfare states have come to leave industrial society behind in favour of an increasingly competitive and service-oriented economy. Nevertheless, there are many environments whose inhabitants still identify with the culture that developed in typical industrial communities. LÄS MER

4. 8. Taking Part on Equal Terms? : Associations between Economic Resources and Social Participation among Swedish Adolescents

   Författare :Simon Hjalmarsson; Carina Mood; Peter Fallesen; Stephanie Plenty; Lawrence M. Berger; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peer relationships; Social relationships; Friendships; Peer rejection; Bullying victimization; Extracurricular activities; Organised leisure activities; Structured leisure activities; Adolescence; Youth; Childhood; School; Economic resources; Material deprivation; Disposable household income; Child poverty; Sociometric data; Network data; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation contains four empirical studies examining associations between economic resources and social participation among Swedish adolescents. All four studies draw data from a school-based survey covering a nationally representative sample of the 2010 cohort of Swedish eighth-grade students. LÄS MER

5. 9. Production in a State of Abundance : Valuation and Practice in the Swedish Meat Supply Chain

   Författare :Jonas Bååth; Patrik Aspers; Tora Holmberg; Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; abundance; production; valuation; Swedish meat industry; supply chain; post-scarcity society; economic sociology; food studies; agriculture; grocery retail; pragmatism; practice theory; ethnography; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a sociological contribution to the study of abundance. It discusses the case of Swedish meat producers and how they persist in producing pork and beef despite a lack of demand and competitive disadvantages compared with foreign suppliers. LÄS MER

7. 10. Gåvan i Gnosjö – Företagares relationer i ett industriellt distrikt

   Författare :Glenn Sjöstrand; Sven-Åke Lindgren; Göran Brulin; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Industrial district; economic sociology; new sociological institutionalism; gift-economy; flexibility; coordination; social capital; social control; norms of exchange.; Sociology; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : In the growing body of research on industrial districts, focus is usually on trying to explain the economic outcomes of the configuration of formal and informal economic and social organisations specific to these districts. A general way to explain the outcomes is by referring to the “culture” in which economic and social exchanges take place without specifying what culture means and what it is in culture that affects the economic outcomes. LÄS MER