Sökning: "reykjavik"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade ordet reykjavik.
1. From feminism to class politics : the rise and decline of women's politics in Reykjavík 1908-1922
Sammanfattning : The main objective of this dissertation is to seek answers to three questions: 1) Why did it take so much longer for women than men to win the vote? 2) Why did it take women so long to be elected in any numbers to national legislatures?, and 3) What has been the political significance of women's entry into national legislatures? The answers are sought by examining an aspect of the development of parties ignored by most political scientists, namely the relationship between women's suffrage, party politics and patriarchal power. An empirical study on Iceland is used to examine this aspect in detail. LÄS MER
2. Musik und Gemeinschaft einer Nation im Werden : Die Einführung der Kunstmusik in Island in der Zeit von ca. 1800 bis 1920
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of the process of change in the field of music in Iceland from ca. 1800 until 1920.In the 19th century significant socio-economical changes took place in Iceland. Once a farming society, Iceland transformed into a country dependent upon its fishing industry. LÄS MER
3. Blood pressure, blood pressure development and potential risk factors for hypertension with special reference to metabolic factors and kidney function
Sammanfattning : Objectives: The overall aim of this thesis was to search for predictors of blood pressure development with special reference to anthropometric, metabolic and renal function variables.Study populations and methods: Two large long-term prospective population studies, The Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, Sweden carried out since 1968-69, with 1462 women between 38 and 60 years old at baseline and 24 year follow-up, and The Reykjavik Study, Iceland, which started in 1967 with an initial participation of 8285 men and 9183 women in various age groups. LÄS MER
4. I fjärran blir fjällen blå: En komparativ studie av isländska och svenska grundskolor samt sex fallstudier om närhet som förutsättning för pedagogiskt ledarskap
Sammanfattning : The thesis focuses on the elementary school principal’s formal responsibility and role in connection with his spatial and psycho-social nearness to the teachers. On one hand it is a comparison between schools in Sweden and Iceland, while on the other hand it is a case study of the principal’s leadership in several different school organisations. LÄS MER
5. Child welfare and professionalization
Sammanfattning : This study deals with the qualities of professionalization of public child welfare. Its relationto general social policy is emphasized. The potentials of welfarism are explored as a part ofthe study of crisis of legitimacy and rationality prevalent in welfare systems. LÄS MER
