Sökning: "Sociology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 2348 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Sociology.
1. Quest for Sociology : Revisiting Prevailing Understandings of a Discipline with Computational Text Analyses of Dissertations
Sammanfattning : What is sociology? For centuries sociologists have struggled to answer this question and repeatably proclaimed that their discipline is in crisis. The problem has generated a field of its own, the sociology of sociology, where sociologists of knowledge offer concepts for how the paradigmatic status of discipline and its crisis ought to be understood. LÄS MER
2. Organizing the Voice of Women : A study of the Polish and Swedish women's movements' adaptation to international structures
Sammanfattning : The European Union has become an important arena for international politics. Various actors try to influence the European-level executive and legislative authorities. Lobbyists in Brussels are not the only type of actors promoting the interests of others. LÄS MER
3. Gendering the sociology profession : Sweden, Britain and the US
Sammanfattning : The dissertation explores the relationship between gender and professions with a historical sociological analysis of the sociology profession in Sweden, Britain and the US. The theoretical framework draws upon three conceptual terrains: professions, organizations and gender. LÄS MER
4. Shame and guilt : Sociology as a poietic system
Sammanfattning : This dissertation had a clear and simple task: to define what shame is. This necessarily entailed clarifying the distinction between shame and its main modem counterpart, guilt. LÄS MER
5. A Sociology of Empowerment : The Relevance of Communicative Contexts for Workplace Change
Sammanfattning : Empowerment has been a popular concept in management and leadership practice and research for more than forty years. The intentions behind empowerment at the workplace are positive: empowered employees should experience a greater degree of influence, decision-making latitude, and meaningfulness. LÄS MER