Essays about: "Sociology"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 340 essays containing the word Sociology.

  1. 6. SELF-INDUCED TEMPORARY INSANITY AND DRUG ABUSE : COURT PRACTICE AND THE CURRENT SOCIOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Jeanette Rosenblom Petersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Addiction; Courts of Appeals; Self-induced temporary insanity. Severe Mental Disorder; Sociology of Punishment; Missbruk; Hovrätten; Självförvållad tillfällig sinnesförvirring; Allvarlig psykisk störning; Straffets sociologi;

    Abstract : Background: The Swedish penal code has viewed self-induced temporary insanity, caused by intoxication, depending on which Sociology of Punishment is currently active. Starting from a lenient view of drug-induced insanity in the Middle Ages towards a harsher penal climate today. READ MORE

  3. 7. Children’s Rights in Brazilian Schools: A Living Law Informed Ethnography

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Alexandre Soares De Carvalho; [2023]
    Keywords : sociology of law; living law; Children’s rights; Convention on the Rights of the Child; school setting; education; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Children's rights are a crucial area of research since children are among the most vulnerable groups in every society. The state laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), set out the rights of children and prescribes the obligations of governments and adults to ensure their protection, provision for their needs and grant them the right to participate in the decisions which affect their lives. READ MORE

  4. 8. Woven from Hundreds of Flowers : Religion, Conflict, and Collective Memory in Nepal as Seen Through Deepak Rauniyar’s Film White Sun

    University essay from

    Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Nepal; Nepali Civil War; Religion; Gender; Film; Film Theory;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how religious traditions, collective memory, and conflict are represented in the Nepali film White Sun (2016), which was co-written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar. The film focuses on an anti-regime partisan who returns home to the rural areas of Nepal to bury his father. READ MORE

  5. 9. Vaccine development during a pandemic : A case study of an academic research group in Sweden and their vaccine(s) against SARS-CoV-2

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Anna Tarnovskaya; [2023]
    Keywords : vaccine development; COVID-19; discursive practices; situational analysis; grounded theory; DNA vaccine;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study examines the multiple ways in which a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 disease and infection is known in an academic research group in Sweden. This academic research group has been working to develop a vaccine since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. READ MORE

  6. 10. En studie av förgårdsmark : med fokus på gaturummet och människan i staden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Louise Bergström; Alice Engberg; [2023]
    Keywords : förgårdsmark; Gehl; kantzon; levande bottenvåning; stadsplanering; social interaktion;

    Abstract : Staden behöver bli tätare och samtidigt finns visioner om grönare städer. En levande stadsmiljö med goda närmiljöer är en ambition som flera städer strävar efter. I gränsen där bebyggelse och gata möts finns ytan förgårdsmark, vilken tillhör byggnaden avseende äganderätten och vilken planeras av kommunen. READ MORE