Sökning: "Pragmatic sociology"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 25 avhandlingar innehållade orden Pragmatic sociology.

  1. 1. Ethnic Discrimination, Name Change and Labor Market Inequality : Mixed approaches to ethnic exclusion in Sweden

    Författare :Moa Bursell; Carl le Grand; Gunn Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ethnicity; ethnic discrimination; employment gaps; field experiment; correspondence test; gender; sex segregation; name change; stigma; pragmatic assimilation; mixed methods; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four empirical studies on ethnic integration in the Swedish labor market. Studies I-III draw on a field experiment testing ethnic discrimination in the hiring process. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Vad kan medborgarna göra? : Fyra fallstudier av samarbetsformer för frivilliga insatser i äldreomsorg och väghållning

    Författare :Elisabet Lindberg; Göran Ahrne; Per Selle; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; citizens’ involvement; civil society; organization theory; community service; local democracy; solidarity; responsibility; resource dependence; cognitive frames; institutionalized cooperation forms; communication; transaction costs.; medborgarengagemang; civilsamhälle; organisationsteori; välfärdsservice; lokal demokrati; solidaritet; ansvarstagande; resursberoende; förståelseramar; institutionaliserade samarbetsformer; kommunikation; transaktionskostnader; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is twofold. First, to provide a picture of what happens when groups of citizens cooperate with municipalities and administrations to produce services essential to the community, i.e., elderly care or road maintenance. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Det vardagliga och det vetenskapliga : Om sociologins begrepp

    Författare :Klas Gustavsson; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociological theory; philosophy of social science; common sense; ordinary language; everyday life; epistemological break; logical positivism; Louis Althusser; Herbert Blumer; Pierre Bourdieu; Émile Durkheim; Harold Garfinkel; Alfred Schutz; Dorothy E. Smith; Max Weber; Peter Winch; Ludwig Wittgenstein;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation concerns the relationship between sociology and everyday life and aims primarily to critically evaluate the positions taken in the theoretical discussion on sociological concept formation and its relation to everyday life and social sciences. The main theoretical positions in the debate are summarized in two ideal typological models: (1) The rationalist theory of an epistemological break between everyday life and social science, here represented by the scholarships of Émile Durkheim, Louis Althusser and Pierre Bourdieu; (2) the everyday-life-oriented theory of continuity between everyday life and social science, represented by Peter Winch, Harold Garfinkel and Dorothy E. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Scarcity, Abundance and Sufficiency: Contributions to Social and Economic Theory

    Författare :Adel Daoud; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economics; sociology; scarcity; abundance; sufficiency;

    Sammanfattning : Economic sociology has established itself as a strong and vibrant field in the social sciences. A number of significant studies have been conducted on the relation between the economy and society: on firms, markets, networks, money, and general action theory. But little has been done on the issues of scarcity, abundance, and sufficiency (SAS). LÄS MER

  7. 5. Creating spaces for action. ANC-women politicians' views on bridewealth and gender-related power

    Författare :Frida Nilsson; Tom Burns; Birgitta Holm; Marianne Liljeström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; ANC-women; bridewealth lobola; discourse; discursive strategy; gender; gender-related power; hermeneutic approach; structure; agency; self-reflexivity; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The first aim of this work has been to analyse and understand the ways in which a group of ANC-women politicians reason about bridewealth/lobola – an institution about which they express differing views, in particular about whether or not it is oppressive to women. The main body of the empirical material is based on 27 interviews conducted in South Africa in the period 1996-1998. LÄS MER