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21. Trading out? : A study of farming women’s and men’s access to resources in rural Ethiopia
Sammanfattning : Women are over-represented among the rural poor in developing countries, and the difficulties they face in raising themselves out of poverty are well established. This thesis examines how gender structures trade in local markets and forms of sociability in rural Ethiopia, using survey data from four rural communities and three local market places. LÄS MER
22. Life and Fiction : On intertextuality in pupils’ booktalk
Sammanfattning : This study examines booktalk, that is, teacher-led group discussions about books for children in a Swedish school. The empirical data comprise 24 hours of videorecorded booktalk in grades 4–7. In total, 40 children (aged 10–14 years) were recorded during 24 sessions. LÄS MER
23. Involved Parenthood : Everyday Lives of Swedish Middle-Class Families
Sammanfattning : The dissertation studies how 16 Swedish middle-class parents understand and form their parenthood in everyday life. The focus is set on how they involve themselves in their children’s care and education, and how parental identities are negotiated in relation to cultural norms on parenthood. LÄS MER
24. The Swedish Version of the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Instrument (PGCMAI) : Development and testing in an old-age population with locomotor disability
Sammanfattning : The general aim was to examine the Swedish version of the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Instrument, PGCMAI, in a population of old people with locomotor disability in Sweden. Specific aims were to examine whether the Swedish version of the PGCMAI meets the criteria of reliability and validity when assessing the life situation of Swedish old people with locomotor disability and to explore the pattern of the Swedish version of the instrument in respect of age and gender. LÄS MER
25. Den regionala utvecklingens logik i policy och praktik : En fallstudie av den regionalpolitiska interventionen Resurscentra för kvinnor
Sammanfattning : Den regionala utvecklingspolitikens karaktär har under de senaste decennierna skiftat dramatiskt. Utvecklingen har gått från centralstyrning till allt större regionalt självbestämmande. Från en inriktning på stödinsatser och regional utjämning till en starkare betoning av tillväxt i landets samtliga delar. LÄS MER