Avancerad sökning
Hittade 5 avhandlingar som matchar ovanstående sökkriterier.
1. Acceptans eller utstötning? : ogifta mödrar i Ångermanland 1860–1940
Sammanfattning : This dissertation has investigated the social vulnerability of unmarried mothers in three rural court districts in the province of Ångermanland in northern Sweden during the period 1860–1940. The main focus is on the consequences that the birth of one or more illegitimate children had on the women’s lives as regards to how they were treated in the local community, including by both neighbours and formal institutions. LÄS MER
2. Water tunnel validation and experiments at high angles of attack for aircraft conceptual design
Sammanfattning : The identification of aerodynamic characteristics at high angles of attack for combat aircraft during conceptual design are addressed in this work. The requirements during conceptual design to predict such characteristics rapidly and cost effectively mean that accuracy must often be compromised. LÄS MER
3. Patient involvement and service innovation in healthcare
Sammanfattning : This thesis adds to a stream of research suggesting that healthcare can be more patient centered and efficient by redefining the role of the patient from a passive receiver to a more active and collaborative participant. This may relate to healthcare provision (Anderson and Funnell, 2005; Berry and Bendapudi, 2007; Bitner and Brown, 2008; McColl-Kennedy et al. LÄS MER
4. "En ohyra på samhällskroppen" : Kriminalitet, kontroll och modernisering i Sverige och Sundsvallsdistriktet under 1800- och det tidiga 1900-talet
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents an analysis of crime trends and social control during the dramatic transformation of Sweden's social landscape in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, set against the background of the modernization process in the country as a whole and the city of Sundsvall and environs in particular. What assumptions about crime were evident in public debate? How did crime levels vary from region to region, and what were the changes over time? What strategies did government and local authorities try for combating crime? Did the joint efforts by government, local communities, and the voluntary sector actually solve the problems that social change was believed to have caused?When it comes to theory, the interpretative framework is based on Anthony Giddens's argument about modernity and modernization, making particular use of a few central points about what the changes meant for the structuration of society. LÄS MER
5. Att ta skriken på allvar : Etiska perspektiv på självdestruktivt beteende
Sammanfattning : This dissertation has multiple goals. First to analyze self-destructive behavior and its relations to ethics. Secondly to evaluate four different ethical perspectives regarding self-destructiveness from a certain position of human nature. LÄS MER
