Sökning: "social worlds"

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  1. 16. Unaccompanied refugee minors and political responses in Sweden: Challenges for social work

    Författare :Caroline Östman; Masoud Kamali; Jessica H. Jönsson; Marcus Herz; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unaccompanied refugee minors; critical social work; migration; integration; postcolonialism; critical intersectionalism; neoliberalism; globalisation;

    Sammanfattning : Currently, there are 68.5 million people forcibly displaced around the world, which is the highest figure since World War II. The affected individuals have fled their homes to seek protection elsewhere, either within their own country or across national borders. Approximately 16. LÄS MER

  3. 17. The Best of Both Worlds : Aspirations, Drivers and Practices of Swedish Lifestyle Movers in Malta

    Författare :Ulrika Åkerlund; Dieter K. Müller; Roger Marjavaara; Linda Lundmark; Maria A Casado-Diaz; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; lifestyle mobilities; multiple dwelling; lifestyle management; transnationalism; place imaginaries; identity and belonging; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Sammanfattning : It has often been claimed that contemporary societies are shaped by globalization; the rapid interconnections of societies, economies, markets, flows and information potentially linking all places in the world to each other. In search for experiences, variation, escape or comfort, individuals are travelling, circulating, and migrating between places, challenging the notions of ‘home’ and ‘away’, ‘everyday’ and ‘extraordinary’. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Making Meteorology : Social Relations and Scientific Practice

    Författare :Mikaela Sundberg; Árni Sverrisson; Steven Yearley; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scientific practice; social worlds; meteorology; climate research; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the production of knowledge in meteorological research. Meteorology is an interesting case because of its crucial role in defining the climate change problem, but also because of its reliance on simulation modeling, a comparatively little studied scientific practice. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Deregulation and Internet : New challenges to postal services in Sweden

    Författare :Peter Andersson; Lars Ingelstam; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; postal services; deregulation; Internet; e-mail; liberalisation; institutional change; entry; competition; efficiency; Postväsen Sverige; Avreglering; E-post; Internet; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : The postal system is an old communication technology, now subject to internal competition from potential entrants and external from technological substitutes. This is a study of how the postal industry in Sweden responds to the dual challenge from deregulation and the Internet.The liberalisation process lasted throughout the 1990's. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Presenting the Absent : An Account of Undocumentedness in Sweden

    Författare :Erika Sigvardsdotter; Aida Aragao-Lagergren; Irene Molina; Yasmine Gunaratnam; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Undocumented migration; undocumented persons; feminist methodology; irregular migrants; existential geography; paradoxical space; Hannah Arendt; critical phenomenology; Sweden; political geography; papperslösa; absence and presence; embodied action; public space; alienation; disorientation; digital welfare state; health care; bio-politics; institutional border; embodiment; Sverige; vård för papperslösa; hälso- och sjukvård; migranter; papperslösa; fenomenologi; det offentliga rummet; Hannah Arendt; feministisk metodologi; den digitala välfärdsstaten; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis provides an ethnography and critical phenomenology of undocumentedness in the Swedish context. By attending to the forces and processes that circumscribe the life-worlds of undocumented persons, as well as the phenomenology and essential experiences of their condition, a complex and multi-layered illustration of what undocumentedness is and means is successively presented. LÄS MER