Essays about: "class mobility"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 46 essays containing the words class mobility.
-
21. Social hållbarhet i kollektivtrafikplanering : planeringsaktörers förhållningssätt och inkludering av sociala perspektiv. En studie av Metrobussystemet i storstadsområdet Göteborg
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : The social sustainability sphere is often described as overshadowed by the economic and ecological sustainability spheres, but has recently gained increasingly more attention both in research and the practicality of planning. Transport and public transportation is an essential component in people’s abilities to appropriate their rights of participation in society and therefore in the process towards a social sustainable development. READ MORE
-
22. Privileged citizens go global, others go home - A study about the concept of global citizenship
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global StudiesAbstract : Global citizenship is an ambiguous concept that is often referred to in political and social contexts, but hardly being defined what it actually entails. This study aims to examine the universal construction of global citizenship, according to which every human being is constructed as the same with same rights. READ MORE
-
23. Chinese Students at Uppsala University: “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” : A sociological analysis of ten students’ trajectories
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudierAbstract : The idea of knowledge economy initiated by the World Bank, the increasing importance of English proficiency in the global labour market, and the expansion of Chinese higher education, all leads to the phenomenon of Chinese student migration to western countries for getting advantageous educational experiences and credentials. Through a qualitative, interview-based method and Bourdieusian sociological perspective focusing on species of capital (cultural, economic, social and symbolic capital), habitus and mode of reproduction, this study focuses on the analysis of the relation between social background of Chinese students and their adoption of a western education system and perception of future career through the trajectories of ten Chinese students at Uppsala University, one of the most renowned universities in Sweden. READ MORE
-
24. The bright hopes and desoluted dream of Ethiopian women : A study of circular migration to middle east and the gulf states
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : Migration and re-migration of economically and socially marginalized Ethiopian women and girls has become a phenomenon. Based on interviews with 12 Ethiopian migrant women returned from the Middle East and the Gulf States, the primary aim of this thesis is to describe and study Ethiopian women migrants’ circular migration to the Middle East. READ MORE
-
25. Entrepreneurial success : A comparative approach on German and Swedish entrepreneurs during the nineteenth and twentieth century
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : This paper examines the similarities and differences between German and Swedish entrepreneurs born in the nineteenth and twentieth century. It is a replicated study by Vasta et al. (2015). The study is a part of an international project, where the characteristics of entrepreneurs’ is reviewed in multiple countries. READ MORE
