Sökning: "gender china"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 19 avhandlingar innehållade orden gender china.

1. 1. Rethinking Son Preference : Gender, Population Dynamics and Social Change in the People’s Republic of China

   Författare :Lisa Eklund; Sociologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Son preference; sex ratio at birth; gender; generation; migration; population; China;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores how son preference is constructed and renegotiated in light of social change in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Based on secondary sources and interviews with women and men in rural Anhui Province as well as key informants, it addresses son preference from conceptual, methodological, empirical and ideological perspectives. LÄS MER

3. 2. Where Gendered Spaces Bend : The Rubber Phenomenon in Northern Laos

   Författare :Anna-Klara Lindeborg; Aida Aragao - Lagergren; Susanne Stenbacka; Jonathan Rigg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Laos; LuangNamtha; rubber; gender; HatNyao; everyday life; bend; transitions; paradoxical spaces; intersectionality; ethnography; Hmong; phenomenon; gender contract; intersectionality; border-region; division of labour; China; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi; Geography;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis seeks to understand and explain gendered everyday life in the village of HatNyao in Northwestern Laos, specifically in relation to rubber cultivation, by using an ethnographic approach and methods. The ‘rubber boom’ is changing the landscape of Northern Laos, and in the process is reshaping gendered everyday life. LÄS MER

4. 3. Navigating the foreign quarters : Everyday life of the Swedish East India Company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830

   Författare :Lisa Hellman; Leos Müller; Gunlög Fur; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canton; Macao; Everyday Life; Swedish East India Company; China; 18th century; 19th century; Global history; Maritime History; Port city; Practices; Gender; Masculinity; Groups; Space; Communication; Material culture; Trust; Kanton; Macao; Vardagsliv; Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniet; Kina; 1700-tal; 1800-tal; Globalhistoria; Maritim historia; Hamn; Praktiker; Genus; Maskulinitet; Grupper; Rum; Kommunikation; Materialitet; Tillit; History; historia;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the everyday life of the Swedish East India company employees in Canton and Macao 1730–1830. Through a focus on everyday practices, analysed on the basis of ethnicity, class and gender, I show how the Swedes and other foreigners led their everyday life in a constant interplay between adaptation to and transgression of Chinese rules. LÄS MER

5. 4. Household Decision Making, Time Preferences, and Positional Concern: Experimental Evidence from Rural China

   Författare :Xiaojun Yang; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; individual decisions; ; joint decisions; ; intertemporal choices; ; Convex Time Budget; ; relative influence; ; patience; ; time-consistency; ; choice shifts; ; own decisions; ; predictions; ; decisions for spouse; ; positional concern; ; gender; ; household expenditures; ; visible goods; ; rural China; ;

   Sammanfattning : For abstracts, see full text thesis.... LÄS MER

7. 5. English teaching in China : EFL teacher motivation and demotivation at the university level

   Författare :Fei Liu; Andrea C. Schalley; Solveig Granath; Maria Kuteeva; Karlstads universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; EFL teachers; higher education; career motivation; motivation; demotivation; level of motivation; lexical richness; syntactic complexity; English writing proficiency; English; Engelska;

   Sammanfattning : Teacher motivation has been shown to be a major factor that affects students’ motivation to learn a second language; however, English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers’ motivation has not been given enough attention, particularly in the Chinese context where English plays a key role. Thus, this study investigates the motivation of English teachers at the university level in China in order to prepare the ground for the development of recommendations on how to enhance teacher motivation and thereby improve teaching quality and student performance. LÄS MER