Sökning: "Livelihood"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 123 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Livelihood.

1. 1. Att upprätthålla livet : Om lågavlönade ensamstående mödrars försörjning i Sverige

   Författare :Soheyla Yazdanpanah; Anita Nyberg; Johan Söderberg; Göran Ahrne; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustenance; low wages; single mothers; care work; gender; working class; middle class; ethnicity; capital; habitus; Iranian-born mothers; Swedish-born mothers; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History; ekonomisk historia;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about the experiences of low-paid single mothers in sustaining their families in Sweden in the early 2000. The investigation builds upon interviews with twenty low-paid single mothers living and working in Stockholm. LÄS MER

3. 2. Transforming geographies of tourism and gender : Exploring women's livelihood strategies and practices within tourism in Latvia

   Författare :Cecilia Möller; Lars Aronsson; Susanne Johansson; Örjan Sjöberg; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Latvia; tourism; gender identities; femininities; livelihood; post-socialism; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores different geographies of tourism, gender, work and liveli­hood in post-socialist Latvia. The study puts focus on the overall transforma­tion process and the reshaping of the tourism sector, in how Latvia is reimag­ined both as a nation state and as a tourism destination. LÄS MER

4. 3. Mark är som barn - Genus, fattigdom, och försörjning i Södra Wollo, Etiopien : [with English summary: Our land is like our children - Gendered livelihood strategies in South Wollo, Ethiopia]

   Författare :Kristina Nässén; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; gender; everyday practice; livelihood; exchange; female-headed households; subsistence farming; rural development; Ethiopian highlands; East Africa;

   Sammanfattning : This anthropological study examines the complexity and importance of gender relations for livelihood activities and it looks at the way in which female- headed agricultural households in the Ethiopian highlands cope in an area renowned for livelihood vulnerability, drought and famine. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork which was carried out in South Wollo for a year. LÄS MER

5. 4. Livelihood diversification and land use change in the Sahel: an interdisciplinary analysis of gum arabic in Sudan

   Författare :Bodil Elmqvist; LUCSUS; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sudan; Remote sensing; Livelihood; diversification; land use change;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the ongoing debate about livelihood diversifi cation and the related question of agriculture’s central role in rural development in the Sahel. It focuses on on-farm diversifi cation during the dry season. The aim is to assess the practice and potential of gum arabic production for smallholders in central Sudan. LÄS MER

7. 5. Local Worlds : Rural Livelihood Strategies in Eastern Cape, South Africa

   Författare :Flora Hajdu; Anders Hjort af Ornäs; Thembela Kepe; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; livelihood strategies; local scale; natural resource use; local employment; degradation narrative; poverty relief programmes; Transkei; Pondoland; Försörjningsstrategier; lokalitet; naturresursutnyttjande; narrativ; fattigdomsbekämpning; Pondoland; Transkei; Sydafrika; Human geography; Kulturgeografi;

   Sammanfattning : Local perceptions and livelihood strategies have in this study been examined through extensive fieldwork in two villages in rural Pondoland in the former homeland Transkei in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. Using a bottom-up perspective, changes in livelihoods and the processes involved in choosing between and combining various types of livelihood activities are analysed. LÄS MER