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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden sex inequality.

  1. 11. I viljan att göra det normala : En kritisk studie av genusperspektivet i missbrukarvården

    Författare :Tina Mattsson; Socialhögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; Femininity; Masculinity; Drug abuse treatment; Ethnicity; Class; Sexuality; Sex; Gender; Social work; Social changes; theory of social work; Samhällsvetenskaper; Sociala förändringar; teorier om socialt arbete;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to use intersectional analysis to investigate how gender is made in drug abuse treatment and to examine how the formation of gender interplays with the formation of sexuality, class and ethnicity. Central questions are: What gender(s) are to be shaped in druge abuse treatment? What happens to a gender perspective with emancipatory ambitions when it is incorporated into a normalizing practice such as social work? Quantitative methods are used to answer these questions. LÄS MER

  3. 12. What's Sex Got to Do with It? Women and Men in European Labour Markets

    Författare :Karin Halldén; Michael Tåhlin; Magnus Nermo; Donald Tomaskovic-Devey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; gender inequality; labour market; country comparisons; skills; work-family balance; part-time; maternity parental leave; childcare; family policy; Sweden; Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four empirical studies on women and men in European labour markets. Study I examines effects of the sex of the immediate supervisor on the time men and women spend in initial on-the-job training (OJT) in Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Mind the Gap : Essays on Explanations of Gender Wage Inequality

    Författare :Charlotta Magnusson; Michael Tåhlin; Charlotta Stern; Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender wage gap; labour market; occupational prestige; devaluation theory; work-family balance; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The gender wage gap is accounted for to a substantial degree by the sex composition of occupations. The present thesis examines the mechanisms that produce this pattern. In particular, the theory of devaluation, currently the most widely accepted sociological explanation, is tested. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Leetocracy : Political participation, social network sites and inequality

    Författare :Nils Gustafsson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political participation; social network sites; social media; Web 2.0; political mobilization; social movements; political parties; democratic theory;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about whether social network sites have the potential to bring about more equal participation. It deals with a phenomenon that has changed the underlying infrastructure of how millions of people communicate. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Consider her adversity : four essays on gender inequality in the labor market

    Författare :Mia Hultin; Donald Tpomaskovic-Devey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Paper I: Gender Differences in Workplace Authority:Discrimination and the Role of Organizational LeadersThis paper examines to what extent discrimination accounts for inequalities in authority exertion between women and men in the Swedish labor market. Processes governing authority attainment are studied in terms of human capital and family responsibilities as well as of the horizontal sex segregation in the labor market. LÄS MER