Sökning: "Functionalist research"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden Functionalist research.

  1. 6. Mother tongue - Phonetic Aspects of Infant-Directed Speech

    Författare :Ulla Sundberg; Anne Fernald; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; infant-directed speech; language acquisition; mother-infant interaction; Phonetics; Fonetik; Phonetics; fonetik;

    Sammanfattning : Phonetic aspects of mother-infant interaction are discussed in light of a functionalist Mother-infant phonetic interaction (MIPhI) model. Adults addressing infants typically use a speech style (infant-directed speech, IDS) characterized by, for instance, extensive suprasegmental (prosodic) modulations. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Law and Social Exclusion : The functions and dysfunctions of the Swedish legal system in light of overindebtedness among immigrants

    Författare :Davor Vuleta; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Debt collection; Debtor; Economic security; Financial exclusion; Immigrants; Law; Legal cultrue; Manifest and latent; Middle range theory; Migration; Mixed methods; Over-indebtedness; Register data; Robert Merton; Social exclusion; Socio-economic status; Sociology of law; Sweden; Swedish Enforcement Authority; Functions and dysfunctions;

    Sammanfattning : In terms of its total population, Sweden is one of the countries with the highest proportion of immigrants in the EU. Several factors are critical in integrating immigrants, especially their economic security in a new country. This thesis examines the relationship between law enforcement and economic security for over- indebted immigrants. LÄS MER

  4. 8. On systems thinking in logistics management - A critical perspective

    Författare :Magnus Lindskog; Martin Rudberg; Mattias Elg; Britta Gammelgaard; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Logistics management; Systems thinking; Systems theory; Systems approach; Critical; Interpretive; Actors;

    Sammanfattning : Systems thinking. Systems theory. The systems approach. All these concepts have in various guises been claimed as central to logistics management, since its dawning in the mid twentieth century. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Transforming society through multilevel dynamics : a case of social entrepreneurship in the sanitation sector

    Författare :Suvi Kokko; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Social entrepreneurship and social innovation are expected to take on a growing role in solving global problems of sustainability. However, many social entrepreneurial ventures and social innovations fail to create real change. LÄS MER

  7. 10. On suicide in European countries : some theoretical, legal and historical views on suicide mortality and its concomitants

    Författare :Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen; Stephen Platt; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assisted suicide; comparative studies; cross-sectional studies; culture; Durkheim; Europe; history; law; modernization; Parsons; suicide; suicide rates; Sweden; theories; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The theme of this thesis is suicide mortality in its various aspects, seen from an international, European perspective. It questions the existence of social (structural) concomitants to suicide mortality and investigates attitudes towards and legislation concerning suicide, as well as some historical processes pertaining to their development. LÄS MER