Sökning: "inequality in society"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 68 avhandlingar innehållade orden inequality in society.

1. 1. Inequality and Uneven Development in Ghana

   Författare :Prince Young Aboagye; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cocoa; Inequality; Education; Expenditure; Fiscal Capacity; Taxation;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the extent and evolution of income and educational inequality, as well as governments’ tax and expenditure policies and their implications for inequality in Ghana over the long-term. The results of the dissertation are presented in four-thematically related papers. LÄS MER

3. 2. Mapping Gender in Academic Workplaces : Ways of reproducing gender inequality within the discourse of equality

   Författare :Paula Mählck; Nora Räthzel; Olle Persson; Lis Höjgaard; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender studies; gender; equality; inequality; academia; career; socio-bibliometric mapping; meritocracy; discourse; Genusforskning; Gender studies; Genus; Sociology; sociologi;

   Sammanfattning : Sweden is often described as one of the best countries in the world for women to live in. Despite this and despite a number of equal opportunity interventions within the area of higher education from the mid 1990s and on, Sweden follows the international pattern of the "leaking pipeline" when it comes to gender distribution in academia. LÄS MER

4. 3. Transforming Kiruna : Producing Space, Society, and Legacies of Inequality in the Swedish Ore Fields

   Författare :Elisa Maria López; Vladislava Vladimirova; Sverker Finnström; Reetta Toivanen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Space; nature; inequality; Sweden; Kiruna; mining; Sámi; reindeer herding; urban planning; displacement; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Sammanfattning : Extractive resources industries are irreversibly transforming land, air, water, life and society around the world at an unprecedented rate, and Sweden is no exception. This anthropological study analyzes acute issues related to this transformation:  the resettlement of six thousand residents of the city of Kiruna due to ground deformations caused by large-scale iron mining by the Swedish state-owned company LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB). LÄS MER

5. 4. Gäst i Sverige : Sanningsregimer, villkorade själv(re)presentationer och nationell tillhörighet vid moskévisningar i Stockholm

   Författare :David Gunnarsson; Lars Kaijser; Linda Berg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; storyline; authority; regimes of truth; Swedish Muslims; self-representation; guided tours; respect; comfort zone; sanningsregimer; svenska muslimer; självrepresentation; guidade visningar; respekt; bekvämlighetszon; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the regimes of truth surrounding Muslims in Sweden. The main focus lies on the production of knowledge regarding Muslims in the context of the guided tours of a mosque in Stockholm. LÄS MER

7. 5. Den ojämlika dödligheten : Hjärtdödlighet och samhällsutveckling i två städer

   Författare :Björn Grip; Hans Nilsson; Roger Qvarsell; Göran Therborn; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Inequality; coronary heart disease mortality; Linköping; Norrköping; city neighborhoods; change; social development; socio-economic factors; life-style; Ojämlikhet; hjärtkärldödlighet; Linköping; Norrköping; stadsdelar; förändringar; samhällsutveckling; socio-ekonomi; levnadssätt;

   Sammanfattning : Den ojämlika dödligheten är en studie av främst hjärt–kärldödlighet avseende perioden 1950–2010 i tvillingstäderna Linköping och Norrköping och konsekvenserna av ojämlikhet. Skillnaderna mellan städerna i dödlighet är stora. Under 1970-talet, då jämlikheten stod i focus, minskade dessa. LÄS MER