Sökning: "Moral Anthropology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 42 avhandlingar innehållade orden Moral Anthropology.
1. La Famiglia : The Ideology of Sicilian Family Networks
Sammanfattning : Anthropological data from fieldwork carried out among a fishing population in western Sicily show how related matrifocal nuclear families are tightly knit within larger, male-headed networks. The mother focus at the basic family level is thereby balanced and the system indicates that the mother-child unit does not function effectively on its own, as has often been argued for this type of family structure. LÄS MER
2. Living With Bad Surroundings : War and Existential Uncertainty in Acholiland, Northern Uganda
Sammanfattning : War has ravaged Acholiland in northern Uganda since 1986. The Ugandan army is fighting a rebel insurgency group called the Lord’s Resistance Movement/Army. LÄS MER
3. Small-Small : Moral Economy and the Marketspace in Northern Ghana
Sammanfattning : Over the past decade, the Ghanaian government has tried to include and accommodate the many people working in the so-called informal economy. This formalization process is in line with a global market-driven development discourse. LÄS MER
4. Det förgångna är framtiden : Ursprungsfolk och självbestämmande i Hawai´i
Sammanfattning : The sovereignty- and self-determination movements of indigenous peoples are a salient factor on the political agenda in many western world countries. Indigenous peoples in Hawai´i and elsewhere have become increasingly politicised in hope of changing their relationship with the states within which they are located. LÄS MER
5. Illegal yet Licit : Justifying Informal Purchases of Work in Contemporary Sweden
Sammanfattning : Svart arbete, informal purchases of work, is a widely debated societal phenomenon in Sweden. It is often seen as detrimental to contemporary welfare society, eroding taxpaying morals, fair competition and solidarity with fellow citizens. Acknowledged as wrong, it is in many instances also an acceptable and commonplace exchange practice. LÄS MER