Sökning: "social vulnerability"

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  1. 6. Vulnerability and Power : Social Justice Organizing in Rockaway, New York City, after Hurricane Sandy

    Författare :Sara Bondesson; Daniel Nohrstedt; Elin Bjarnegård; Annica Kronsell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social vulnerability; Disaster risk reduction; Social movements; Power; Empowerment; Hurricane Sandy; Rockaway; Statskunskap; Political Science; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

    Sammanfattning : This is a study about disasters, vulnerability and power. With regards to social justice organizing a particular research problem guides the work, specifically that emancipatory projects are often initiated and steered by privileged actors who do not belong to the marginalized communities they wish to strengthen, yet the work is based on the belief that empowerment requires self-organizing from within. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Tjejers våld. Våldets tjejer. : en diskursanalytisk studie om våld, kön och femininitet

    Författare :Linda Arnell; Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist; Marie-Louise Snellman; Linn Sandberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anger; discursive psychology; emancipation; emotional expression; equality; functionality; gender; girls; humanity; psychiatric diagnoses; social work; subjectivity; victimization; vulnerability; Sweden; violence; young women;

    Sammanfattning : How is girls’ violence constructed and given meaning? In what ways are girls who use violence positioned? This thesis explores how girls’ violence is given meaning within different contexts, with a specific focus on the significance given to notions of gender and femininity. It is based on two studies. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Watermarks : Urban Flooding and Memoryscape in Argentina

    Författare :Susann Ullberg; Gudrun Dahl; Penny Harvey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; natural disaster; memory; vulnerability; resilience; adaptation; adaptability; Argentina; Santa Fe; naturkatastrof; minne; sårbarhet; resiliens; anpassning; Argentina; Santa Fe; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot strategi och säkerhetspolitik;

    Sammanfattning : The relationship between social experience and action in the context of recurrent disasters is often thought of in terms of adaptation. This study problematises this assumption from an anthropological perspective by analysing the memoryscape that mediates past experiences of disasters. LÄS MER

  5. 9. The politics of undocumented migrant childhoods : Agency, rights, vulnerability

    Författare :Jacob Lind; Anna Lundberg; Michael Strange; Karl Hanson; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Childhood; Undocumented migrants; Agency; Rights; Vulnerability;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I investigate the paradoxical characteristics of political struggles that take place in relation to undocumented migrant childhoods. Drawing on ethnographic research in Birmingham, UK and Malmö, Sweden between 2014 and 2017, I take as my starting point the everyday life experiences of children and families who have experienced living under an immanent risk of deportation. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Large-Scale Road Network Vulnerability Analysis

    Författare :Erik Jenelius; Lars-Göran Matsson; Michael G. H. Bell; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; vulnerability; risk reliability; transport; infrastructure; road network; Other social sciences; Övrig samhällsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Disruptions in the transport system can have severe impacts for affected individuals, businesses and the society as a whole. In this research, vulnerability is seen as the risk of unplanned system disruptions, with a focus on large, rare events. LÄS MER