Essays about: "välfärdsstaten"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word välfärdsstaten.

  1. 1. Do It Yourself Hormone Replacement Therapy In Dissonance With State-Sanctioned Constructions of Gender

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Edwin Fondén; [2020]
    Keywords : Cisnormativity; Transgender; Biopolitics; Public Health; Social Anthropology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Although the field of transgender studies has grown exponentially during the last decades, little is still known about gender affirmative medication outside institutionalized settings. Based on group interviews and autoethnographic accounts, this thesis sheds light on the experiences of practitioners of unprescribed hormone replacement therapy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Missnöjesrörelser i den svenska välfärdsstaten : En studie av "Försäkringskassanupproret!"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Lars Fredrik Kjellman; Simon Sandberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Social protest movements; digital protests; Swedish Social Insurance Agency; grievance; framing.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to examine posts in the facebook group“Försäkringskassanupproret!” and it’s discontent with the Swedish Social Insurance Agencyas a part in a larger critique of the welfare state and its institutions. To do this we developed atheoretical framework out of the literature surrounding grievance and framing through whichwe analyzed our research material. READ MORE

  4. 3. TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE : Solving the British and Swedish housing shortages with the same solutions

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : William Ulrici; [2018]
    Keywords : Housing shortage; Sweden; United Kingdom; UK; affordability; housing history; housing production; sustainability; wellfare state; local authority; Bostadssbrist; Sverige; Storbritannien; hållbarhet; bostadsproduktion; kommuner; välfärdsstaten;

    Abstract : When too many afford too little, one could claim that a housing market is malfunctioning. The United Kingdom and Sweden suffer from housing shortages in the major cities, creating low affordability, great strain on lower income groups and worse foundation for social sustainability. READ MORE

  5. 4. Universal Welfare State at Stake? The Changing Political Discourse Regarding Inclusive Welfare for Refugees in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sophie Johansson; [2017-12-11]
    Keywords : Sweden; Sverige; welfare state; välfärdsstaten; refugee; flykting; asylum seeker; asylsökande; eu; european union; europeiska unionen; solidarity; solidaritet; togetherness; deservingness; equality; jämställdhet; critical discourse analysis; kritisk diskursanalys; folkhemmet; the Swedish model ; den svenska modellen; inclusion; inklusion; exclusion; exklusion; welfare chauvinism; välfärdschauvinism;

    Abstract : Sweden has for a long time distinguished itself as a major player among few other generous and inclusive welfare states. The Swedish welfare system is characterised by the universal principles based on the idea that all legitimate inhabitants are eligible for welfare support in order to promote overall solidarity among citizens. READ MORE

  6. 5. Why honor is worth more than a life : A literature review about ’so called’ honor violence

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för hälsa

    Author : Malin Paulusson; [2013]
    Keywords : honor culture; honor; values; honor; violence; honor; killings; collective; society;

    Abstract : Background: In honor culture the family’s honor is valued by the girl’s or the woman’s social and sexual behavior, in her virginity, and is therefore dependent on how well she can manage the deeply rooted traditional norms that describes what is acceptable or not. Anyone who violates these norms and rules must be punished, and the most extreme form is killings, ‘so called’ honor killings, sanctioned by the community. READ MORE