Essays about: "social science, gender and age research"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the words social science, gender and age research.

  1. 11. We are what we eat : investigating enabling factors for dietary change and sustainable diets in Skåne

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Luisa Fernanda Suarez Rozo; [2014]
    Keywords : healthy diets; intrinsic motivation; vegetarian food-choice motives; environmentally-friendly diets; sustainability Science.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The health and environmental impacts of food consumption are increasingly recognized as sustainability issues in developed countries. Therefore, promotion of sustainable diets is becoming more popular among governments and International NGOs. However, the question persists of how best to do this. READ MORE

  3. 12. ‘I am an Anorexic’: Tensions in Discursive Relationships of Gender, Identity and Health Through a Case Study of a Pro-Anorexia Website

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Stephanie Flanagan; [2011]
    Keywords : Pro-ana; anorexia; late modernity; identity; critical discourse analysis; online communities; reappropriation; Technology and Engineering; Medicine and Health Sciences; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite the vast amount of research done around anorexia nervosa, anorexia as an identity, rather than only a disease, has barely been explored. Within Giddens' 'late modernity' concept, the growth of technology has caused individuals to use machines as mirrors to evaluate their image within society. READ MORE

  4. 13. CONFLICT AND REINTEGRATION: THE CASE OF FEMALE EX-COMBATANTS IN COTE D'IVOIRE

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Angela Nnoko Mejane; [2011]
    Keywords : reintegration; Gender; Conflict war; Female ex-combatants; masculinity; Cote d’Ivoire; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abstract This study was carried out in Cote d’Ivoire on female ex-combatants and members of organisations working with reintegrating former combatants. The study revolves more on war and reintegration of female ex-combatants. READ MORE

  5. 14. Family in the eyes of officials: Definition and implications of the concept of family

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Sandra Bornlinder; [2010]
    Keywords : family; Aliens Act; Swedish Migration Board; family-related migration; officials; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore the way the concept of family is defined in the legislation on family-related migration in Sweden and what implications this definition have for the applicants, for family-related migration and for the view on family in Sweden. The empirical material consisted of five individual, semi-structured interviews with officials working with cases concerning family-related migration at the Swedish Migration Board. READ MORE

  6. 15. Singles’ Relations. Seven life stories against the background of normative nuclear familism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Malin Severinson; [2010]
    Keywords : life course; gender; normative nuclear familism; family; single living; life story; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I draw attention to what at first glance might look like the opposite of family life – those living by themselves – people who at times are stereotyped as deviants even in research. The aim is two-fold. READ MORE