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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 52 avhandlingar innehållade ordet prejudice.
16. Ordningsmakter inom ordningsmakten : Diskurskamp, dilemman och motstånd i blivande polisers samtal om mångfald
Sammanfattning : This thesis identifies and describes the diversity aspects of police discourse based on the accounts of police trainees in their final year. Specifically, the focus is on culture, religion and ethnicity, and four main questions are addressed: What is said about diversity? How is it articulated? What subject positions are offered and assumed? In what ways are discourses of diversity sustained and challenged?The analysis of discourse in use is based on field studies conducted at the Swedish National Police Academy and focus group interviews with police trainees in the educational setting and during their trainee placement period. LÄS MER
17. It's who you know and what you know : exploring the relationship between education and prejudice in adolescence
Sammanfattning : Background: Previous studies have consistently identified an association between higher levels of education and lower levels of anti-immigrant sentiment, but the underlying reasons for this relationship remain unclear. Therefore, this research aims to help explain why education matters for attitudes toward immigrants. LÄS MER
18. Love ain't got no color? : Attitude toward interracial marriage in Sweden
Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the geographical area of Malmö, the third largest city in Sweden, and examines the majority society’s opinions and attitudes toward interracial dating, marriage and childbearing. The dissertation is driven by two theoretical frames: the theory of race as ideas constructed through the perception of visible differences and the theory of prejudice and stereotypes. LÄS MER
19. Social categories and stereotypes: A case of intimacy?
Sammanfattning : In Study 1, stereotypic knowledge about the social category immigrants and its subcategories was examined and related to participants’ degree of explicit prejudice. Study 2 examined differences in implicit prejudice (negative evaluations of outgroups) as... LÄS MER
20. Obesity and stigma : studies on children, adults and health care professionals
Sammanfattning : Obesity may not only pose a threat to an individual's physical health but may also have socioeconomic and psychosocial consequences. Stigma is assumed to be a common experience among individuals with obesity and is also suggested to be one of the major contributors to health disparities. LÄS MER