Essays about: "power in sociology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words power in sociology.

1. 1. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nils Karlflo; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Actor-Network Theory; ANT; actors; negotiations; Sociology of translation; Management; Corporate Governance; CEO successions; CEO retirements; CEO departure; chief executive officer; boards; chairman of the board; externalizing; owner-led; owner-steered; owner-led companies; process theory; translation theory; family successions;

   Abstract : This paper critically examines the claim made by previous research that explains CEO successions as a result of a linear process, influenced by isolated factors of causality succeeding one another. Thus, it seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the process of CEO successions, acknowledges the complexity, ambiguity, and unpredictability in its nature. READ MORE

3. 2. Dioxins: An Easy Problem to Solve or a Hard-Fought Battle for the Environment? a Case Study of How and Why the Pulp and Paper Industry in Sweden Transitioned Away From Chlorine-Bleaching

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

   Author : Marcus Aronsson; [2023]
   Keywords : environmental sociology; ecological modernization; treadmill of production; middle-range; industrial transition; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The situation for the environment is in many ways dire. However, amidst all the negative environmental developments it is easy to neglect the successes that have actually happened. READ MORE

4. 3. The Power of the Power Suit : How do the representations of women’s work in American Vogue reflect the changes in the female labour force participation rate from 1900 to 2020?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Mikaela Sasi; [2022]
   Keywords : Female Labour Force Participation Rate FLFP ; Fashion; Media Representation; United States; Economic History; Content Analysis; The Vogue Magazine; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The increase in female labour force participation rate can be considered as the most significant labour market trend taken place over the last 120 years in the United States. However, despite the drastic increase, women’s labour participation has stagnated since the mid-1990s. READ MORE

5. 4. Practitioners of Social Investment Funds – Applied Phronesis : A study of how social investment fund policy framework affect the practices of professionals

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

   Author : Hannes Kärrman; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Investments; Evidence-Based Policy and Practice; Phronesis; Relational Theory; Impact Evaluation; Constitutive Effects; sociala investeringar; evidensbaserad policy och praktik; Phronesis; relationell teori; effektutvärdering; konstitutiva effekter;

   Abstract : Social Investments (SI) have become a significant policy tool during the 2010s for developing and implementing social policy. This study explores how the SI framework, based on social innovation, evidence-based policy and practice, and impact evaluation, affects professionals when it is implemented and evaluated. READ MORE

6. 5. Chugging along, going with the flow, collegiality and chaos: A micro-political essay on interpersonal troubles within care situations in Sweden

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

   Author : Tova Lundquist; [2022]
   Keywords : Challenging behavior; troubling interactions; micropolitics; conflict sociology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : A lot of time and care have been put into exploring and explaining the power relations between nurses and nursing assistants, the emotional investment appropriate in care work, different views on leisure time for staff in this context (Warming, 2019; Habel, 2021; Jervis, 2002; Crocker, 2019). Less work has been done in exploring the complex relationships care workers have with their patients and how staff navigate troubling situations that arise in these relationships as well as how staff feel when these troubling situations occur. READ MORE