Sökning: "social cohesion"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 67 avhandlingar innehållade orden social cohesion.

  1. 6. Moving out, moving up, becoming employed : Studies in the residential segregation and social integration of immigrants in Sweden

    Författare :Kati Kadarik; Roger Andersson; John Östh; Anneli Kährik; David Manley; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Residential segregation; social integration; residential mobility; neighbourhood effects; k-nearest neighbour; Sweden; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the complex relationship between residential segregation and social integration. The dominant discourse in Sweden and Europe sees residential segregation as hindering socioeconomic and cultural integration, creating parallel societies and even threatening the social cohesion of European societies. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Struggling Against Exclusion : Adibasi in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh

    Författare :Mashiur Rahman; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social exclusion; national minority; cohesion; multiculturalism; forced migration and displacement; ethnic conflict management; social policy; poverty; ethnicity; nationalism;

    Sammanfattning : This study provides an overview of social policy and poverty among ethnic minorities (Adibasi)in Bangladesh,with a special focus on the Chakma people belonging to the Sonai and Mayni localities,situated in the Chittagong Hill Tracts(CHT).The main argument in this thesis concerns their struggle against exclusion which is an indispensable part of policy studies. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Relationen styrning och utvärdering : Hur en europeisk utvärderingsidé översätts i Sverige

    Författare :Kettil Nordesjö; Verner Denvall; Per Mickwitz; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Governance; translation; framing; steering logics; Cohesion policy; European Union; institutional logics; participatory evaluation;

    Sammanfattning : Evaluation is an institutionalized practice in the western public sector with several applications and uses. At the same time, the effectiveness and use of evaluation is seldom demonstrated. This evaluation paradox is due to the fact that evaluation is constrained and shaped in relation to, among others, a political context. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Bush Generals and Small Boy Battalions : Military Cohesion in Liberia and Beyond

    Författare :Ilmari Käihkö; Mats Utas; Koen Vlassenroot; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Coercion; cohesion; compensation; ethnography; identity; ideology; Liberia; micro-dynamics of civil war; military sociology; strategy; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Statskunskap; Political Science; Krigsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : All organizations involved in war are concerned with military cohesion. Yet previous studies have only investigated cohesion in a very narrow manner, focusing almost solely on Western state militaries or on micro-level explanations. This dissertation argues for the need to broaden this perspective. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Essays on Elite Networks in Sweden : Power, social integration, and informal contacts among political elites

    Författare :Gergei Farkas; Jens Rydgren; Christofer Edling; Trygve Gulbrandsen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; elites; social networks; social capital; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to present work on a number of salient characteristics of elite relations in Sweden, studied from a social network analytic perspective. Elite integration, the distribution of elite power, and the significance of elites’ informal relations represent the three main themes explored in the original studies that comprise the thesis. LÄS MER