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1. 11. Early life origins of health and well-being in modern Sweden

   Författare :Serhiy Dekhtyar; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic history; demography; health; developmental origins; early life hypothesis; Barker hypothesis; life course; intergenerational mobility; entry into motherhood; childhood cognitive ability; dementia; 20th century Sweden; register data;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to examine the role of early life environments for a variety of individual-level health and socioeconomic outcomes in contemporary Sweden. Ever-expanding human lifespans have contributed to the emergence of novel socio-health phenomena confronting contemporary Swedish society. LÄS MER

3. 12. Mot lärdomens topp : Svenska humanisters och samhällsvetares ursprung, utbildning och yrkesbana under 1900-talets första hälft

   Författare :Tobias Dalberg; Mikael Börjesson; Donald Broady; Martin Gustavsson; Per Wisselgren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academic careers; trajectories; academic field; disciplines; institutionalisation; humanities; social sciences; prosopography; geometric data analysis; sequence analysis; Sweden; 20th century; sociology of education; Utbildningssociologi; Sociology of Education;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation employs Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of capital and field alongside Robert K. Merton’s notion of accumulation of advantage to study how different types of assets affect career trajectories in the humanities and social sciences. LÄS MER

4. 13. No limits : the 20th century discourse of economic growth

   Författare :Eva Friman; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; economic growth; growth discourse; development discourse; history of economics; environmental economics; ecological economics; ecomodernism; modernist economic ethos; narrative; power of language; limits to growth;

   Sammanfattning : The breakthrough of the concept of economic growth in economics marks a paradigm shift in thinking about the economy and its place in 'reality.' This thesis analyzes the 20th century discourse of economic growth, focusing its unlimited connotations. The thesis consists of four case studies, two introductory parts and a concluding dis­cussion. LÄS MER

5. 14. Lämpliga eller olämpliga hem? : Fosterbarnsvård och fosterhemskontroll under 1900-talet

   Författare :Ann-Sofie Bergman; Roddy Nilsson; Iver Hornemann Møller; Ingrid Söderlind; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foster family care; foster children; foster parents; child welfare; social work; Sweden; twentieth century; fosterbarnsvård; fosterbarn; fosterföräldrar; familjehem; social barnavård; socialt arbete; Sverige; 1900-talet; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is about foster family care in Sweden during the 20th century. In the beginning of the century many children lived in foster homes. Because of the law regulating state child care passed in 1926, children’s welfare boards were established in the municipalities. LÄS MER

7. 15. Scarred for Life. How conditions in early life affect socioeconomic status, reproduction and mortality in Southern Sweden, 1813-1968

   Författare :Luciana Quaranta; Centrum för ekonomisk demografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Early life; selection and scarring; diet and disease; life course; historical demography; southern Sweden; 19th and 20th century;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this doctoral thesis is to contribute to the debate on the importance of diet and disease in explaining the mortality decline and the general literature of the long-term effects of early life conditions. Using individual-level data from Southern Sweden for 1813 to 1968, this work measures the impacts of grain prices during the foetal stage and infant mortality rates during the year of birth on mortality over the full life course, as well as on female socioeconomic status attainment and reproductive health. LÄS MER