Essays about: "gift exchange theory"

Found 3 essays containing the words gift exchange theory.

  1. 1. A Sociological Perspective on Organ Transplantation and Donation in Serbia

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

    Author : Teodora Vojnov; [2021]
    Keywords : Organ transplantation; organ donation; social capital; gift exchange theory; motivated information management; theory of planned behaviour; religion.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Organ shortage has been a large issue all over the world, almost for as long as there have been organ transplants. Other than the straightforward issues like the organs not matching between the donor and the recipient, limited availability of suitable donors, logistic problems involved with the transplantation procedure etc. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Value of Books: : The York Minster Library as a social arena for commodity exchange

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Luke Kelly; [2018]
    Keywords : Early Modern History; Gift Theory; Gift Culture; Gift Exchange; Commodity; York; Library; Book Culture; Book History; Religious History; Social History;

    Abstract : To the present-day reader texts are widely available. However, to the early modern reader this access was limited. While book ownership increased in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it was not universal – even libraries were both limited in their collections and exclusive to the communities they served. READ MORE

  4. 3. Why do volunteers help?: A qualitative study of volunteer’s reasons to help in the reception of refugees in Malmö 2015

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Isabel Rescala; [2016]
    Keywords : volunteering; dramaturgy; cultural analysis; gift-exchange; qualitative research; análisis cultural; intercambio de dones; dramaturgia; voluntariado; investigación cualitativa; kulturanalys; gåvosystem; dramaturgi; volontärarbete; kvalitativ forskning; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna masteruppsats är att undersöka människors upplevelser av att delta i flyktingmottagandet i Malmö under hösten 2015. Uppsatsen studerar motiveringar till varför volontärer beslutat sig för att hjälpa. READ MORE