Sökning: "Interdisciplinary research areas - Gender"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden Interdisciplinary research areas - Gender.
1. Changing boundaries, defending boundaries : Gender relations in the Swedish Armed Forces
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to show how gender is done in the Swedish Armed Forces, against the backdrop of its transition into an international defence organization and the international resolutions that call for gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations. In the so-called “New Armed Forces”, traditional demarcations that have separated civilian employees from members of the military officer profession are no longer self-evident. LÄS MER
2. Ny organisation, ny teknik - nya genusrelationer? : En studie av omförhandling av genuskontrakt på två industriarbetsplatser
Sammanfattning : In Sweden extensive policies for gender equality have emerged over the last ten years. This PhD dissertation analyzes re-negotiated gender relations in two Swedish industrial settings, an electronics firm and an engineering firm. LÄS MER
3. Det svaga könet? : kön och vuxendödlighet i 1800-talets Sverige
Sammanfattning : This study deals with mortality among adults in 19th century Sweden. Ever since the mid-eighteenth century there has been a pattern of excessive male mortality in practically all ages. The gap between the mortality curves of men and women have, however, varied greatly in time and space. LÄS MER
4. Genetiska föreställningar : Mellan genus och gener i populär/vetenskapens visuella kulturer
Sammanfattning : This study investigates how representations of genes and genetics have given rise to new kinds of cultural imageries created and reflected in popular science media. The concept of popular/science is used here in order to circumvent the traditional diffusion model of science communication, and to focus instead on how popular science media taps into scientific discourse just as scientific representations draw on popular imagery. LÄS MER
5. Den riskfyllda gemenskapen : Att hantera säkerhet på ett passagerarfartyg
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural processes and organisational conditions influence safety management in complex sociotechnical contexts. The object of investigation was a passenger ship where interviews and observations had been conducted for one year. LÄS MER