Sökning: "Affirmative Action"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden Affirmative Action.

  1. 1. Den särskiljande politiken. En analys av debatten om positiv särbehandling i USA

    Författare :Hans Ingvar Roth; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Political and administrative sciences; value community.; value conflicts; multiculturalism; meritocracy; rectification; justice; African-Americans; USA; Affirmative action; minority politics; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Theology; Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : Affirmative action is a contested policy in both political and academic debates in the United States. It is a policy that has been in place for over three decades and it is now seen as well entrenched in various settings of society, especially in educational and professional areas. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Language as social action : Grammar, prosody, and interaction in Swedish conversation : grammatik, prosodi och interaktion i svenska samtal

    Författare :Anna Lindström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; Conversation analysis; grammar; prosody; interaction; preference organization; affiliation; disaffiliation; or-inquiry; deferred actions; response tokens; Swedish conversation; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : This study contributes to a larger research programme that links grammar and prosody on the one hand with talk-in-interaction on the other. An underlying assumption of this study is that language is key to the organization of social action. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays in Applied Economics

    Författare :Demid Getik; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; peer effects; mental health; socialization; school environment; occupational sorting; affirmative action; beliefs; discrimination; information; relative income;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of four self-contained empirical papers. Three of the papers rely on the usage of Swedish administrative data, while the fourth one is an experimental study. In these papers, I study economic behavior and preferences along with their implications for mental health. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Economic Experiments on Behavior, Beliefs and Preferences

    Författare :Marco Islam; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Field Experiment; Motivated Reasoning; Risk Preferences; Time Preferences; Lab Experiment; Intertemporal Choice; Prosocial Behavior; Repeated Interaction; Affirmative Action; Discrimination; Gender;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of four independent papers, which share the use of experimental methods. Using different settings – the field, the lab, an online platform, and telephone interviews – I study economic behavior and its underpinning beliefs and preferences. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Konstruktion av genus i rätten och samhället : en tvärvetenskaplig studie av svenska kvinnors rätt till jämställdhet i ett formellt jämlikt rättssystem

    Författare :Eva Schömer; Håkan Hydén; Niklas Bruun; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; construction of gender in law and society; Gender; equality between men and women; equal rights; equal pay; Equal Opportunity Act; labour law; affirmative action; law and society; feminism; feminist legal theory and women s rights; Arbetsrätt; arbetsrätt; Rättsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : On the first of January 1992 the present Equal Opportunity Act came into force. A central aim of this law is to improve the conditions of women's working life. One aspect of the law is the possibility to serve as a mean of shifting the balance of power between the sexes. LÄS MER