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1. Chasing Social Cohesion: An Investigation of a Pluralistic Construct
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Diskussioner gällande olikheter har kommit att spela en allt större roll i den svenska debatten om frågor såsom sociala klyftor, integration och välfärd. I takt med att denna debatt anpassas sig till samtidens sociala strömningar av xenofobi och nationalism, skiftar även dess begrepp form. Social sammanhållning är ett av dessa begrepp. READ MORE
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2. Doing entrepreneurship, handling masculinity: Young women and gendered norms of entrepreneurship
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : In this thesis, I study how young women entrepreneurs construct entrepreneurship. Specifically, I look at how gender structures entrepreneurial practice for young women and how incubators contribute to the gendered construction of entrepreneurship. The study is based on ethnographic data in the form of interviews and observations. READ MORE
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3. Bound to Move: White Middle-Class Women’s Mobility in a Segregated City
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : People’s everyday movements across the urban space matter. Indeed, for city planners looking to counter urban segregation processes, the issue of physical mobility is of prime concern as it bears the potential of overcoming ethnic and socio-economic divisions in the city. Yet, there is a lack of academic research matching this interest. READ MORE
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4. Ephemeral Selves: A semiotic cultural analysis of a Swedish bicycle helmet campaign
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : In 2014, Lund municipality in Sweden handed out 830 bicycle helmets for free. Such governance campaigns are commonplace in Sweden, yet no campaign has ever been evaluated. There are two research aims to this thesis. First, to evaluate how many of the 830 cyclists actually wear the bicycle helmets that they received. READ MORE
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5. Why do volunteers help?: A qualitative study of volunteer’s reasons to help in the reception of refugees in Malmö 2015
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Syftet med denna masteruppsats är att undersöka människors upplevelser av att delta i flyktingmottagandet i Malmö under hösten 2015. Uppsatsen studerar motiveringar till varför volontärer beslutat sig för att hjälpa. READ MORE