Essays about: "capital is possessed"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words capital is possessed.

  1. 1. Expats´ in Zürich : A qualitative study of expats´ reasons and choices regarding integration, education and social grounds

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Kristina Andersson; [2019]
    Keywords : expats; education; Switzerland; sociology; international schools; integration; educational strategies; cosmopolitanism; Pierre Bourdieu; expats; Schweiz; utbildningssociologi; internationella skolor; integrering; utbildningsstrategier; kosmopolitism; pierre bourdieu;

    Abstract : This study examines expats and their families in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Their reasons and choices regarding integrating (or not) into the Swiss society, educational strategies for their children and possessed capital assets upon arrival in Switzerland is the three problem statements being explored. READ MORE

  2. 2. Students' Assets and Strategies via the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Program : A Case of Cambodia's Master Degree Students

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Putsalun Chhim; [2018]
    Keywords : Bourdieu; Scholarship program; Erasmus Mundus; cultural capital; Cambodia; Geometric Data Analysis; Multiple Correspondence Analysis; Social Space;

    Abstract : This study analyzes, the structure of the Erasmus Mundus scholarship program by utilizing mixed methods, and is being analyzed within the contextualized framework of the Cambodia’s Higher Education system as well as its relationship with the Erasmus Mundus scholarship program. Mixed approach has been employed for this study, combining both quantitative data to construct the social space, which acts as a backbone for interpretation, and qualitative data from interviewing the scholarship program coordinator and scholarship holders in order to investigate the recruitment process and the students’ perception respectively, presenting the macro-micro relationship that makes up the entirety of the scholarship program. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Case of Boel Olsdotter

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historia

    Author : Ingrid Lyberg; [2014]
    Keywords : syphilis; venereal disease; illegitimate child; church rituals; Kurhuset; lock hospital; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : By the mid-19th century, syphilis had been established for several hundred years as a disease associated with immorality, from which the poor in particular suffered. Although hospitals for the treatment of venereal diseases existed in most European countries, there would be no cure for another hundred years, and physicians battled unsuccessfully against disfigurement and death. READ MORE

  4. 4. Urban transformation of Riga's microrayons. From Sustainable Urban Design Perspective. Case Study : Mezciems

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Jomante Valiulyte; [2013]
    Keywords : mass housing estates; sustainable revitalisation; microrayon; blocks of flats; urban transformation; sustainable urban design;

    Abstract : Today, almost every town in Europe has a district of mass housing estates. Especially European countries, which were in the former Soviet Union, are facing ample issues on dealing with mass housing districts, which cover a great part of cities. Most of them are in a critical condition and in necessary need of renovation. READ MORE

  5. 5. An investigation of resources and competencies in rural retailers

    University essay from Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Henric Gustavsson; Sofia Kokaćka; Sophia Lavasani; [2013]
    Keywords : resources; competencies; corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs; marketing in SMEs; services in SMEs; human capital in SMEs; social capital in SMEs.;

    Abstract : The last decades has demonstrated a decline in rural trade and an extensive closure of rural stores. As rural stores not only provide rural inhabitants with important service functions and groceries but also constitutes as the basis for a vivid countryside, it is of importance to preserve and develop these. READ MORE