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  1. 26. Taking Time and Making Journeys : Narratives on Self and the Other among Backpackers

    Författare :Torun Elsrud; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; other; backpacking; primitivism; risk; time; tourism; gender; adventure; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : This work addresses the phenomenon of long-term, so-called ‘independent’ travelling, or backpacking, often to destinations described as the ‘third world’. It regards backpacker journeys as arenas for identity work, for expressing individuality and a ‘strong character’. LÄS MER

  3. 27. Befolkning, samhälle och förändring : Dynamik i Halmstad under fyra decennier

    Författare :Helena Eriksson; Anna-Lisa Lindén; Bernd Hofmaier; Bengt Furåker; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; change; locality; community; reflexivity; innovation; tradition; demography; population; labour market; Sociology; Sociologi; labour market; change; locality; community; reflexivity; innovation; tradition; population; demography;

    Sammanfattning : Changes in society are often discussed on an aggregated level and it is argued that society is changing from a modern industrial society to a post-industrial society. Through studying changes on a local level it is possible to study the complexity and variations of the general and aggregated theories of societal changes, and place changes in a context of time and place. LÄS MER

  4. 28. Att utmana förändringens gränser : En studie om förändringsarbete, partnerskap och kön med Equal-programmet som exempel

    Författare :Anna Isaksson; Johanna Esseveld; Lena Abrahamsson; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transformative work; Change; Partnership; Equal Programme; Doing gender; Leadership; Growth; Discrimination; Institutional ethnography; Social relations; Ruling relations; Governance; Inequality; Equality; Diversity; Förändringsarbete; Förändring; Partnerskap; Equal-programmet; Att göra kön; Ledarskap; Tillväxt; Diskriminering; Institutionell etnografi; Sociala relationer; Styrningsrelationer; Governance; Ojämlikhet; Jämställdhet; Mångfald; Sociology; Sociologi; inequality; governance; Change; transformative work; partnership; Equal Programme; doing gender; leadership; growth; discrimination; institutional ethnography; ruling relations; social relations; equality; diversity; working life;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the overall aim is to analyse conceptions of change with the point of departure being texts developed within the framework of three development partnerships financed by the European Social Fund's Equal Programme 2001-2007. The development partnerships, consisting of collaborating parties from both the public and private sector, aimed at developing new methods and ideas in order to counteract discrimination and all kinds of inequality in working life. LÄS MER

  5. 29. Between crisis and opportunity : Livelihoods, diversification and inequality among the Meru of Tanzania

    Författare :Rolf Larsson; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology of labour; Meru; Tanzania; Arusha; peasants; sociology of enterprise; family farmers; smallholders; coffee production; income diversification; de-agrarianisation; agricultural intensification; inequality; social differentiation; economic liberalization.; Sociology; Agricultural economics; Sociologi; Arbetslivssociologi; företagssociologi; Lantbruksekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Sustained high population growth rates are radically altering the livelihood conditions for small farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. In one of the most fertile and densely settled areas of East Africa, Mount Meru in Northern Tanzania, the size of the population has increased nearly tenfold within the last century. LÄS MER

  7. 30. Samordning, effektivisering og forenkling : En sosiologisk analyse av begrunnelser for digitaliseringsprosesser i moderniseringen av norsk offentlig forvaltning

    Författare :Jens Petter Madsbu; Mona Lilja; Stefan Karlsson; Hendrik Storstein Spilker; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digitalisation; public electronic communications service; modernisation; public management reform; New Public Management; Digital Era Governance; qualitative research; sociology; Digitalisering; offentlige elektroniske tjenester; modernisering; reformer; offentlig sektor; New Public Management; Digital Era Governance; kvalitativ forskning; sosiologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the arguments used by politicians and civil servants to justify the implementation of digitalisation processes to modernise and reform the Norwegian public sector. The research questions are “What arguments are used within the Norwegian public administration to justify the implementation of digitalisation processes?” and “How can these arguments be understood in relation to ideas about modernisation and ongoing reforms within the administration more generally?”. LÄS MER