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1. Poor Choices? : On Social Context and the Claiming of Means-tested Benefits
Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, comprising one theoretical chapter and three self-contained empirical studies, I study how the choice to claim means-tested benefits is affected by the social context. In Chapter 1, Considering Choices, I discuss how sociological research can benefit from taking choices into account, and I review the literature on rational choice theory to assess its relevance as a tool for considering choices in sociology. LÄS MER
2. Poor quality costing
Sammanfattning : This thesis presents an effective model for measuring the cost of poor quality. It consists of two models, developed during the research project, assessments and the construction of measurement systems. LÄS MER
3. Fundamental Aspects of Cooperative Interference Management
Sammanfattning : Today and future wireless networks are facing one of their greatest limiting factors:interference. This is due to the unprecedented increase in the number of connecteddevices. LÄS MER
4. Fattigvård och folkuppfostran : liberal fattigvårdspolitik 1903-1918
Sammanfattning : The present study treats liberal poor relief policy in Sweden between 1903 and 1918. In using institutionalist theory and Yvonne Hirdman's gender theory, along with qualitative analysis, the author interprets the motives of the actors, distilling from them both the values, attitudes and norms they themselves represented, and those they wished to communicate to the poverty-stricken through poor relief. LÄS MER
5. Differentiating the Poor : Patterns of Discrimination in Decision-Making on Social Assistance Eligibility
Sammanfattning : Access to the Swedish welfare state’s last safety net, social assistance, is ultimately determined through discretionary decision-making by social workers. This dissertation examines intersectional patterns and discriminatory bias in social workers’ assessments about social assistance eligibility. LÄS MER