Sökning: "volunteering"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade ordet volunteering.

  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

  2. 2. Social capital and well-being in the transitional setting of Ukraine

    Författare :Kateryna Karhina; Malin Eriksson; Nawi Ng; Mehdi Ghazinour; Mikael Rostila; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; social capital; social support; volunteering; transformation; crisis; military conflict; transitional; well-being; health; inequality; Ukraine; socialt kapital; socialt stöd; volontärarbete; omvandling; kris; militär konflikt; övergångssamhälle; Ukraina; välbefinnande; hälsa; ojämlikhet; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The military conflict in Ukraine that started in 2014 was accompanied with many changes in the political, economic and social spheres. It brought informal volunteering activities (i.e. one form of social capital) to emerge, function and later to be formalized, in order to support soldiers and their families. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Walking on the Pages of the Word of God : Self, Land, and Text Among Evangelical Volunteers in Jerusalem

    Författare :ARON ENGBERG; Mika Vähäkangas; James S. Bielo; Simon Coleman; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Agency; Anthropology of Christianity; Christian ZIonism; Evangelicalism; Identity; Israel; Language Ideology; Literalism; Materiality; Mediation; Narrative; Sacred Space; Volunteering;

    Sammanfattning : During the last thirty years, the Evangelical relationship with the State of Israel has drawn much academic and popular attention, particularly from historical, theological, and political perspectives. This dissertation engages with this literature but also complements it with an ethnographic account of the discursive practices of Evangelical Zionists through which, it is suggested, much of the religious significance of the contemporary state is being produced. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Om det ideella arbetets betydelse : – en studie om människors livsåskådningar

    Författare :Johan von Essen; Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm; Lars Svedberg; Håkon Lorentzen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Volunteering; civil society; worldview; authenticity; identity; public sphere; citizenship; Systematic theology; Systematisk teologi;

    Sammanfattning : The point of departure for this dissertation is the question of how people perceive what it means to be a citizen. In Sweden, voluntary work is a widespread social phenomenon and studying what voluntary work means to people enables the study of an important form of citizenship in contemporary society. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Users' agencies : juxtaposing public portrayals and users' accounts of app-mediated cardiac arrest volunteer work in Sweden

    Författare :Malgorzata Ryczer-Dumas; Catherine Le Galès; Alf Westelius; Anita Mirijamdotter; Nathalie Pelletier-Fleury; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Health and medical mobile app; Cardiac-Arrest assistance app; Lifesaving app; CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation ; Pre-Hospital emergency; Out-Of-Hospital cardiac arrest; On-Call volunteering work; Use; Users; Discourse; Co-Construction; Practices; Affective engagement; Emotion work; App dependency; App demands;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis embraces a social science research perspective to examine uses of the app SMSlivräddare (eng. SMSlifesaving), now Heartrunner, dedicated to alert volunteers nearby to assist people suspected to suffer from a cardiac arrest outside hospital. LÄS MER