Sökning: "social differences in the body"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 171 avhandlingar innehållade orden social differences in the body.
1. Social inequity in health : Explanation from a life course and gender perspective
Sammanfattning : Background: A boy child born in a Gothenburg suburb has a life expectancy that is nine years shorter than that of another child just 23 km away, and among girls the difference is five years. There is no necessary biological reason to this observed difference. LÄS MER
2. Embodied Citizenship in the Making : Bolivian Urban Youth at the Crossroads of Social Hierarchies
Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the body as a nexus for playing out power relations and feelings of belonging. Based upon twelve months of fieldwork amongst young urban people living in La Paz and El Alto, it examines the connections between bodily conceptions, social hierarchies and societal inclusions. LÄS MER
3. Spaces of appearance : Intergenerational and interspecies relations in the Anthropocene
Sammanfattning : The thesis brings together childhood studies and the problems of environmental degradation and climate change. It focuses on intergenerational and interspecies relations and aspects connected to environmental sustainability. LÄS MER
4. Med kroppen som insats : Diskursiva spänningsfält i biologiundervisningen på högstadiet
Sammanfattning : This thesis takes its departure in 15-year-old students’ learning about the human body. During a semester I followed most of the sciences taught in one class of grade 9 students. LÄS MER
5. The Taller the Ladder, the Tougher the Climb? : Essays on the Impact of Income Inequality on Intergenerational Mobility
Sammanfattning : The study of income inequality has a rich history within economics and various social sciences. More recently, a growing body of literature has examined intergenerational income mobility to understand not only equality of opportunities but also whether the labor market allocation successfully utilizes the potential abilities from all social strata. LÄS MER