Sökning: "affirmative action"

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1. 6. Essays on Educational Choices and Integration

   Författare :Elisabet Olme; David Seim; Jonas Vlachos; Robert McMillan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School Choice; School Segregation; Information; Refugees; Human Capital; Immigration; Language Training; Performance Bonuses; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Are Parents Uninformed? The Impact of School Performance Information on School Choices and School Assignments. We study the impact of providing information about schools' performances on households' choice of school. LÄS MER

3. 7. (o)likabehandling : Likabehandling och jämlikhetsförbättrande åtgärder i den svenska diskrimineringslagstiftningens genealogi

   Författare :Maria Nääv; Mauro Zamboni; Lena Gemzöe; Pål Wrange; Håkan Gustafsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; discrimination law; legal theory; human rights; law and politics; equality law; Legal Science; specialisation Jurisprudence; rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot allmän rättslära;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how the relationship between prohibitions of discrimination and equality-enhancing affirmative action measures has developed in Swedish discrimination legislation. In Swedish law, some legal instruments establish equality-enhancing affirmative action measures as part of the non-discrimination principle in a broad sense, whereas under other legal instrument such measures are established as constituting discrimination in themselves and are therefore illegitimate. LÄS MER

4. 8. Intergroup Relations : When is My Group More Important than Yours?

   Författare :Luisa Batalha; Bo Ekehammar; Henry Montgomery; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Attitude ambivalence; intergroup bias; ingroup favouritism; outgroup favouritism; ethnic prejudice; social identity; social dominance orientation; system justification; conservatism; sexism; prejudice; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Intergroup relations are characterised by favourable and unfavourable biases. Towards one’s own group these biases are mostly favourable – ingroup favouritism. Research has, however, shown that outgroup favouritism, that is, the preference for a group to which the person does not belong, also permeates intergroup relations. LÄS MER

5. 9. Political Economics of Special Interests and Gender

   Författare :Audinga Baltrunaite; David Strömberg; Torsten Persson; Jordi Blanes i Vidal; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political finance; public procurement; contributing firms; rent-seeking; gender quotas; municipal elections; difference-in-differences; regression discontinuity design; average years of education; age; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : Political Finance Reform and Public Procurement:  Evidence from Lithuania. Can political donations buy influence? This paper studies whether firms trade political contributions for public procurement contracts. To answer this question, I focus on the Lithuanian political economy. LÄS MER

7. 10. Facilitating participation : A joint use of an interactive communication tool by children and professionals in healthcare situations

   Författare :Anna Stålberg; Maja Söderbäck; Kerstin Öhrling; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; children; child’ perspective; participation; phenomenography; interactive technology; participatory design approach; application; video observations; cues; hermeneutics; barn; barnets perspektiv; delaktighet; fenomenografi; interaktiv teknik; deltagarbaserad design; applikation; video-observationer; hint; hermeneutik; Care Sciences; vårdvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Children’s right to participation in situations that matter to them is stated in law and convention texts and is emphasized by the children themselves in research studies, too. When actively involved, their perspective is visualized. Children’s use of interactive technology has increased considerably during the last decade. LÄS MER