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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Street children.
1. Utan given hemvist : Barnperspektiv i den svenska asylprocessen
Sammanfattning : The thesis examines accompanied asylum-seeking children’s position in Swedish asylum reception management and in the determination of their claims. The three articles of the thesis focus on children’s own experiences of seeking asylum, on the experiences and practices of the civil servants at the Migration Board, as well as those of the legal representatives that assist asylum-seekers in the application process. LÄS MER
2. Sweet Battlefields : Youth and the Liberian Civil War
Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents an ethnography of youth in Liberia and of how their lives became affected by a civil war which raged in the country between 1990 and 1997. The focus is on the experiences, motivations, and reflections of young combatants who fought for a variety of rebel factions. LÄS MER
3. From Children of the Garbage Bins to Citizens : A reflexive ethnographic study on the care of “street children”
Sammanfattning : The aim of the study on which this thesis is based was to gain an understanding of the life situation of street children in Kenya and to investigate how caring institutions care for these children. A reflexive ethnographic approach was used to facilitate entry into the children’s sub-culture and the work contexts of the caregivers to better understand how the children live on the streets and how the caregivers work with the children. LÄS MER
4. Hoppet om en framtidsplats. Asylsökande barn i den svenska skolan
Sammanfattning : The thesis explores how accompanied refugee and asylum-seeking children experience everyday life in Sweden. During the asylum process, as part of a policy for promoting ‘normal life’, these children have the same right to education as permanently resident children. LÄS MER
5. Shortchanged : Elderly Women Street Vendors in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Sammanfattning : Normative assumptions regarding reciprocity between adult children and elderly parents continue to dominate narratives on later life in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet strenuous socioeconomic conditions make it difficult for families to meet expectations of care and support. LÄS MER
