Essays about: "individualisation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 essays containing the word individualisation.

  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. Working at Home in Relation to Institutionalised Individualism : - A Critical Master’s Dissertation

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

    Author : Andreas Kjörling; [2020]
    Keywords : Working at home; Covid-19; Institutional invidualism; Critical theory; Social critical realism; Hemarbete; Covid-19; Institutionell individualism; kritisk teori; social kritisk realism;

    Abstract : Globalisation, internet and digitalisation has given cause to vast changes in society, where the individual is to an ever greater extent extradited to oneself through individualisation, flexibilisation and informatisation. Taken together this known as institutional individualisation. READ MORE

  4. 8. War on 'the poor' : The Construction of Begging as a Social Problem within Swedish Policy

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för samhälls- och välfärdsstudier

    Author : Joakim Blomqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Begging; human rights; social rights; governmentality; securitization; policy; poverty; vulnerable EU-citizens; WPR;

    Abstract : In recent years EU-citizens living in poverty exercising their right to free movement within EU have gained increased political interest. Some vulnerable EU citizens travel to Sweden in order seek livelihood, some of them engage in begging. READ MORE

  5. 9. Making Sense of the Migration-Fear Nexus: Culture of Fear and its Consequences for Political Discourse : A Political Critical Discourse Analysis of Hart aber fair in the German Migration Debate (2013-2017)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ines Mergler; [2018]
    Keywords : Culture of Fear; Critical Discourse Analysis; Germany; Political Talk Show; Migration; Political Discourse; Politics of Fear; Refugee Crisis; Sociology of Fear; ;

    Abstract : Fear is a challenge for European democracies today that is discussed in the same breath as rising populism and anti-immigrant speech. However, it seems that fear has also become a defining principle for Western (post)modern society in many other areas of life. READ MORE

  6. 10. 2018 British Media Representations of Refugees : The case of The Guardian

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Anca Georgiana Radu; [2018]
    Keywords : Media Representations; Refugees; The Guardian; Individualisation; Collectivisation;

    Abstract : This study aims to examine the media representations of the refugees in the United Kingdom, during the first three months of 2018. The stated period succeeds the peak of the refugee crisis, which benefitted from a high media coverage. READ MORE