Sökning: "construction of gender in law and society"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden construction of gender in law and society.

  1. 1. Konstruktion av genus i rätten och samhället : en tvärvetenskaplig studie av svenska kvinnors rätt till jämställdhet i ett formellt jämlikt rättssystem

    Författare :Eva Schömer; Håkan Hydén; Niklas Bruun; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; construction of gender in law and society; Gender; equality between men and women; equal rights; equal pay; Equal Opportunity Act; labour law; affirmative action; law and society; feminism; feminist legal theory and women s rights; Arbetsrätt; arbetsrätt; Rättsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : On the first of January 1992 the present Equal Opportunity Act came into force. A central aim of this law is to improve the conditions of women's working life. One aspect of the law is the possibility to serve as a mean of shifting the balance of power between the sexes. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Moral concerns - Treatment staff and user perspectives on alcohol and drug problems

    Författare :Jessica Palm; Robin Room; Felipe Estrada; Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; alcohol and drug problems; treatment; categorization; moralization; attitudes; Criminology; Kriminologi;

    Sammanfattning : Constructions of alcohol and drug problems, as well as of treatment, show a great variation that can be understood from the perspective of societal needs to categorize individuals as deviant. The thesis deals with contemporary perspectives, among staff in treatment of alcohol and drug problems and a group of drug users, on alcohol and drug problems and how these problems should be handled in the public sphere. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Mellan mäns händer : Kvinnors rättssubjektivitet, internationell rätt och diskurser om prostitution och trafficking

    Författare :Jenny Westerstrand; Maja K. Eriksson; Eva Lundgren; Christina Johnsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; prostitution; trafficking; internationell rätt. kvinnors rättssubjektivitet; könsteori; sexualitetsteori; reproduktion; International law; Folkrätt;

    Sammanfattning : The present study has a three folded focus, framed by one over all aim; to critically discuss and evaluate the constructions of women’s legal subjectivity in dominant feminist discourses on prostitution and trafficking. First, I set out to develop a gender theoretical understanding of prostitution. LÄS MER

  4. 4. I faderns ställe. Genus, ekonomisk förändring och den svenska förmyndarinstitutionen ca 1700-1860

    Författare :Ann Ighe; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender; guardianship; coming of age; property rights; legal change; legal history; legal status; credit relations; embeddedness; Göteborg; orphans; unmarried women; widows; citizenship; institutional change; 18th century; 19th century; patriarchal relations; economic history;

    Sammanfattning : In Sweden, a highly gender-specific construction of legal majo¬rity, coming of age and guardianship over children and minors was part of the pre-industrial order and it’s ar-rangements of pro¬perty rights. This thesis is a study of a gender specific legal sys¬tem and it’s interaction with economic change. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Skuld och oskuld : barnamord och barnkvävning i rättslig diskurs och praxis omkring 1680–1800

    Författare :Eva Bergenlöv; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; honour; virtue; motherhood; marriage; Religious culture; gender; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis is to analyse how judicial texts concerning guilty and innocent mothers were constructed during the period of c. 1680-1800. The two crimes of infanticide and overlaying have been examined. Source materials have primarily consisted of proceedings from the appeals court, courts of first instance, and parish meetings. LÄS MER