Sökning: "voluntary organizations"

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  1. 1. Work in voluntary welfare organizations : A sociological study of voluntary welfare organizations in Sweden

    Författare :Sébastien Chartrand; Göran Ahrne; Apostolis Papakostas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; volunteering; work; voluntary organization; Sweden; employee; volunteer; organization; public sector; professionalization; folkrörelser; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : Since Sweden has one of the most comprehensive welfare states, the role of voluntary organizations active in the field of welfare is often neglected. The unique Swedish nonprofit sector is characterized by 1) the tradition of popular mass movements in which members are central and the real owners of the organization, 2) large membership and volunteering, but low employment levels, 3) dominance in the fields of culture and recreation, but the relative marginalization in welfare. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Folkrörelserna i välfärdssamhället

    Författare :Jan Engberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Voluntary associations; community functions; political culture; welfare society; public interventionism; Folkrörelser; Sverige;

    Sammanfattning : Swedish voluntary associations, folkrörelser have been honoredwith a gilt-edged history, a chronicle in need of criticalnuance. Those mass movements which at the time of thebreakthrough of democracy and the welfare society were bearers ofcivic ideals and visions have changed in character and metcompetition from other organizations. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Activist Entrepreneurship : Attac'ing Norms and Articulating Disclosive Stories

    Författare :Malin Gawell; Björn Bjerke; Chris Steyaert; Gemma Donnelly Cox; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial process; activist entrepreneurship; social entrepreneurship; organization creation; organizing; non-profit organizations; voluntary organizations; activism; social movements; civil society; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to extend entrepreneurship theory to also comprise entrepreneurship in non-profit organizations in civil society. Entrepreneurship is claimed to be highly relevant also to this non-profit setting. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The drive for change : putting the means and ends of sport at stake in the organizing of Swedish voluntary sport

    Författare :Cecilia Stenling; Tor Söderström; Josef Fahlén; Eivind Å. Skille; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; organizational institutionalism; institutional logics; community sport clubs; voluntary organizations; civil society; governance; organizational change; public policy; sport policy; policy implementation; popular movements; institutionell teori; institutionella logiker; föreningsidrott; idrottsföreningar; idrottsrörelsen; folkrörelse; organisatorisk förändring; idrottspolitik; policy-implementering; civilsamhället; tredje sektorn; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to create knowledge on processes of change in the contemporary organizing of Swedish voluntary sport and the systems of meaning at work in these processes. The thesis proceeds from the assumption that the contemporary public sport policy climate is characterized by a pressure on organized sport to change in order for sport to better serve as an implementer of non-sport goals. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Tanter och representanter : en fråga om oligarki eller demokrati?

    Författare :Gun Jonsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Dilemmas in democratic organisations; Voluntary association and democracy; Gender in democratic organisations; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis emanated from a discussion whether voluntary associations have a choice or not regarding their democratic development. Robert Michels (1911/1983), one of the classic sociological thinkers, says no. The path towards oligarchy is inevitable. LÄS MER