Sökning: "welfare culture"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 84 avhandlingar innehållade orden welfare culture.
1. Class and gender in Russian welfare policies : Soviet legacies and contemporary challenges
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis is to explore the gendered and classed nature of social work and social welfare in Russia to show how social policy can be a part of and reinforce marginalisation. The overall research question is in what ways class and gender are constructed in Russian social work practice and welfare rhetoric through Soviet legacies and contemporary challenges? In addition, which actors contribute to the constitution of social work values and how this value system affects the agency of the clients? This study focuses on contradictory ideologies that are shaped in discursive formations of social policy, social work training and practice. LÄS MER
2. Folkrörelserna i välfärdssamhället
Sammanfattning : Swedish voluntary associations, folkrörelser have been honoredwith a gilt-edged history, a chronicle in need of criticalnuance. Those mass movements which at the time of thebreakthrough of democracy and the welfare society were bearers ofcivic ideals and visions have changed in character and metcompetition from other organizations. LÄS MER
3. Kulturstad/Stadskultur : idéer om kulturens värden i Malmös stadsomvandling 1990–2012
Sammanfattning : This dissertation critically explores ideas about values of culture within the context of Malmö’s urban renewal (1990–2012). The story of Malmö’s development is typical of narratives about contemporary urban regeneration processes: Malmö is depicted as a crisis-ridden former industrial town which, through private and public efforts, is transformed into a dynamic urban centre within a knowledge-based, creative economy. LÄS MER
4. De vanartade barnen : Mötet mellan barn, föräldrar och Norrköpings barnavårdsnämnd 1903 - 1925
Sammanfattning : The study deals with the children, parents and authorities ofNorrktsping at the beginning of the twentieth century, and with the social and cultural consequences of a new law concerning child welfare. It focuses on the effects of the new legislation on the children and their families. LÄS MER
5. Work in voluntary welfare organizations : A sociological study of voluntary welfare organizations in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Since Sweden has one of the most comprehensive welfare states, the role of voluntary organizations active in the field of welfare is often neglected. The unique Swedish nonprofit sector is characterized by 1) the tradition of popular mass movements in which members are central and the real owners of the organization, 2) large membership and volunteering, but low employment levels, 3) dominance in the fields of culture and recreation, but the relative marginalization in welfare. LÄS MER
