Sökning: "Gender Legal Studies"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 57 avhandlingar innehållade orden Gender Legal Studies.
1. On the Ontology of Love, Sexuality and Power : Towards a Feminist-Realist Depth Approach
Sammanfattning : The thesis offers a theoretical account of how and why, in contemporary western societies characterized by formal-legal equality and women’s relative economic independence, women continue to be subordinated to men through sexuality and love. By means of an innovative application of Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism, dialectical critical realism and philosophy of metaReality, it investigates and elaborates Anna G. LÄS MER
2. I faderns ställe. Genus, ekonomisk förändring och den svenska förmyndarinstitutionen ca 1700-1860
Sammanfattning : In Sweden, a highly gender-specific construction of legal majo¬rity, coming of age and guardianship over children and minors was part of the pre-industrial order and it’s ar-rangements of pro¬perty rights. This thesis is a study of a gender specific legal sys¬tem and it’s interaction with economic change. LÄS MER
3. Trans and Sex Change in Contemporary Iran : A Socio-Legal Study of Gendered Policies and Practices
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a result of a qualitative study that investigates the socio-legal status of trans persons who undergo sex-change surgery in contemporary Iran. It examines how social practices of gender shape the lives of trans men and trans women in Iranian society. LÄS MER
4. Intimate Partner Violence and Help-Seeking in Lesbian and Queer Relationships : Challenging Recognition
Sammanfattning : The topic of intimate partner violence (IPV) in lesbian and queer relationships continues to be under-researched in Sweden. This lack of knowledge and recognition can have severe consequences for the help-seeking of those who are not recognized as victims of IPV. LÄS MER
5. Gendered routes and courses : The socio-spatial mobility of migrants in nineteenth-century Sundsvall, Sweden
Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines migrants during a time of large-scale socio-economic transformations. These changes were particularly evident in the nineteenth-century town of Sundsvall, Sweden, to which thousands of men and women moved. LÄS MER