Essays about: "sweden welfare state"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 135 essays containing the words sweden welfare state.
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16. Planners’ perceptions of new green industrial establishments : Examples from seven Swedish municipalities
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändringAbstract : Sweden has since 2015 aimed at becoming the first fossil free welfare state. Investments in green industries have recently increased to unprecedented levels and there are currently many industries establishing themselves in Sweden with the intention of becoming drivers of the green transition. READ MORE
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17. The Social Construction of Vulnerable Areas in Sweden: the institutional mechanisms that produce, reproduce and transform urban marginalization
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The term “utsatta områden”, understood as socially vulnerable areas, is highly relevant within the Swedish criminal policy discourse where the Swedish Police Authority’s definition of vulnerable areas function as both foundation and support for a variety of political strategies concerning social interventions as well as penal policies. However, the criteria of vulnerable areas have come to be linked together with a more general picture of insecurity and vulnerability that does not account for the wider range of problems in the individual’s existence, as well as mean to legitimize social control and police interventions in marginalized areas targeting certain populations. READ MORE
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18. Social Support and Repression: An Exploration of the Governing of Social Problems in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : There is a great belief in the use of repression and increased state control to combat social problems, particularly crime, in current Swedish crime policies, visible through the 34-points program in which most points are aimed at longer penalties and increased state authority. At the same time, the government claims the need for promotion of desistance. READ MORE
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19. You win some you lose some : Sweden’s interpretation of Multiculturalism and Sami rights
University essay from Malmö universitet/Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM)Abstract : This thesis illustrates the Swedish interpretation of the national policy framework on minority and indigenous rights, by including an analysis of the Gállok mining case. The study consists of an ideology analysis of the said framework and three liberal positions on multiculturalism. READ MORE
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20. Speaking is Silver, Silence is Gold - A decolonial study examining Swedish exceptionalism and colonialism and the struggle of the Sámi people in Swedish elementary school textbooks from 1930-2013.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The narrative regarding Sweden and the self-understanding often excludes its colonial past and instead presents a “moral superpower”, deeply connected to the welfare state. While the nation has described itself as exceptional, the Sámi people have struggled for rights, acknowledgement and visibility over a long period of time. READ MORE