Essays about: "Gender and social inquiry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Gender and social inquiry.

1. 1. Stolen moments: a mixed-method thesis on loneliness in tertiary education

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Hjalmar Durling; [2023]
   Keywords : loneliness; university; social exclusion; emotional loneliness; social loneliness; mixed-method; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis employs a mixed-method sequential explanatory design to investigate perceived loneliness. In the first phase, using survey data from SOM-undersökningen (2023), the quantitative analysis uncovers an association between tertiary education and perceived loneliness in Sweden; diverging from established literature that links education to improved subjective health outcomes. READ MORE

3. 2. Feminist Organising in ‘Feminist’ States: A Qualitative Study of the Shift to Feminist Governance in Sweden and its Impact on Feminist Civil Society Organisations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Lisa Börjel; [2022]
   Keywords : state feminism; civil society; gender mainstreaming; gendered violence; agency; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sweden was one of the first countries in the world to declare that it had a feminist government, following years of high rankings on global gender equality indexes and a relatively stable image of Sweden as a gender equality leader. However, the declaration has been accompanied by scholarly inquiry defying claims connected to Swedish feminist governance, often challenging its transformative capacity, and bringing to question who is included in its vision. READ MORE

4. 3. Digital natives’ experience of early and continuous exposure to pornography

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Fredrika Hedberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Pornography; Sexual Script; Porn Literacy; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : With the technological advancements of the 21st century, online pornography has become increasingly available to children and adolescents, and this research aims to investigate how individuals who started watching pornography at an early age experience pornography. The study implements a phenomenological approach and is based on 13 qualitative interviews with participants who started watching pornography before the age of 15. READ MORE

5. 4. Mind the gap: Gender dimensions in urban mobility - A case study investigating sustainable urban mobility of female public transport users in Delhi, India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Samira Pfeiffer; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainable mobility; Gender; Mobility; Urban space; Public transport; Delhi-India; Sustainable development; Urban feminist geography; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Mobility and public transport are crucial determinants of sustainable development in cities. Gender dimensions are overlooked in urban mobility, impacting female public transport users’ ability to move freely in urban Delhi, India. READ MORE

6. 5. The (Un)limited Individual in Swedish Family Politics : An in-depth analysis of an extreme-case in making us less dependent on our families

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Karin Kristensson; [2020]
   Keywords : family politics; gender equality; parental insurance; individualization; familization;

   Abstract : In light of new social risks, such as the decline in fertility rates in large parts of the industrialised world, family policies – for example parental insurance and public childcare – appear to put increasing focus on the individual’s ability to combine labour market employment with family life. This means that individuals become less dependent on their families, conceptualised as an individualisation of policy. READ MORE