Sökning: "labor leaders"

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  1. 1. Railroading and Labor Migration : Class and Ethnicity in Expanding Capitalism in Northern Minnesote, the 1880s to the mid 1920s

    Författare :Jimmy Engren; Lars Olsson; Leslie Page Moch; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Labor Migration; Immigration History; Swedish-America; Svensk-Amerika; Labor History; Minnesota; Welfare Capitalism; Hegemony; Capitalism; ethnic history; railroad; Socialism; community study; ethnic division of labor; Swedish workers; Swedish immigrants; political economy; Anglo-American; immigrant radicalism; History; Historia; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : In the 1880s, capitalism as a social and economic system integrated new geographic areas of the American continent. The construction of the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad (D&IR), financed by a group of Philadelphia investors led by Charlemagne Tower and later owned by the US Steel was part of this emerging political economy based on the exploitation of human and material resources. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Manufacturing Consensus : The Making of the Swedish Reformist Working Class

    Författare :Jenny Jansson; PerOla Öberg; Jörgen Hermansson; Jonas Hinnfors; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trade union movement; class formation; labor movement; identity; social democracy; organizational identity; identity entrepreneurs; labor leaders; popular education; LO; ABF; Sigfrid Hansson; Sweden; strategic action;

    Sammanfattning : The 1910s were a precarious time for the labor movement. The Russian Revolution in 1917 sparked a trend towards radicalization among labor organizations and communist organizations spread all over Europe. These organizations challenged existing notions of the “worker,” causing an identity crisis in class organizations. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Essays on Public, Political and Labor Economics

    Författare :David Seim; Torsten Persson; Henrik Kleven; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Public Economics; Political Economics; Labor Economics; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contains four essays.The first paper, "Real or Evasion Responses to the Wealth Tax? Theory and Evidence from Sweden", addresses the behavioral effects of an annual wealth tax. I use Swedish tax records over the period 1999-2006 and two sources of variation in the tax rate to estimate the elasticity of taxable net wealth at about 0.3. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Who Should do What to Whom? : Occupational Groups´Views on Special Needs

    Författare :Gunilla Lindqvist; Claes Nilholm; Gun-Marie Wetso; Kristina Ström; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Occupational groups; children in need of special support; views; special needs; inclusion; SENCOs; educational leaders; preschools and schools; Utbildning och lärande; Education and Learning;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this thesis is to increase our knowledge of different occupational groups´ views on work with children in need of special support. This is explored in four separate studies.The first study investigates the views of occupational groups in preschools and schools in one municipality. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Kollegialt lärande i matematik : Ett verksamhetsteoretiskt perspektiv

    Författare :Frida Harvey; Per Nilsson; Anna Teledahl; Inger Eriksson; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Activity system; Contradictions; Cultural Historical Activity Theory; PLCs in mathematics; mathematics education; Kollegialt lärande; kollegialt lärande i matematik; matematikdidaktik; motsättningar; verksamhetssystem; verksamhetsteori;

    Sammanfattning : In the last decade, Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are increasingly used as models for teachers’ joint efforts in developing their teaching. The overall aim of this licentiate thesis is to expand the knowledge of PLCs in mathematics, by deepening the understanding of aspects that influence the establishment, organization, and implementation of PLCs in mathematics. LÄS MER