Essays about: "social security system in Sweden"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 35 essays containing the words social security system in Sweden.

  1. 16. Elderly people's existential loneliness experience throughout their life in Sweden and its correlation to emotional (subjective) well-being

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Elin Petersen; Leyla Gasimova; [2019]
    Keywords : Existential loneliness; emotional well-being; elderly; depression; social support; confidant;

    Abstract : Existential  loneliness  is  a  specific kind  of  loneliness,  associated  with decreased emotional  well-being.Existential loneliness differs from physical aloneness and is connected to negative feelings and  moods;  in  contrast,alonenesscan  be  experienced  as  something  positive  and  emotionallycharging. READ MORE

  3. 17. Adoption intention towards e-kronan - An exploratory mixed-methods study of the Swedish public

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Herman Ohlsson; Simone Färdow; [2019]
    Keywords : CBDC; e-kronan; Adoption intention; TPB; TAM;

    Abstract : Sweden is quickly heading towards becoming the first-ever cashless society. Partially fuelled by a payment market evolving at a staggering rate, along with shifted consumer trends towards newly introduced digital service suppliers Swish, iZettle and Klarna to name a few (Berg, 2017). READ MORE

  4. 18. Evaluating resilience in the governing process of the food strategy for StockholmCounty : Resilience from theory to practice in a qualitativestudy

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Elin Lundgren; [2019]
    Keywords : Resilience; governance; food strategy; Stockholm County;

    Abstract : To meet global challenges in food provision and to counteract environmental issues derivingfrom the food system, improved governance is necessary. Resilience is presented as a tool formanaging ecosystem services and for understanding what is required to achieve food security. READ MORE

  5. 19. Farming for food security : a critical study on the transition to post-fossil agriculture in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ebba Ulfbecker; [2018]
    Keywords : agricultural politics; food security; resilience; transition; climate mitigation; agroecology; sustainable intensification; the Rural Development program; contingency; rural development; discourse analysis; policy analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the preconditions to achieve a transition to fossil free agriculture in Sweden, to increase farm-level resilience and food security. Swedish agriculture is today highly dependent on imported fossil-based inputs, such as diesel, agrochemicals and protein feed. READ MORE

  6. 20. Adopting a resilience lens in managing decentralized water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Claudius Mpofu; [2018]
    Keywords : resilience; drinking water; sanitation and hygiene WASH ; decentralized systems; small-scale; WASH planning;

    Abstract : Climate change and increased pressure on water resources through urban and peri-urban population growth present some major uncertainties to the sustainable provision of good quality water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, particularly to small-scale decentralized systems which are considered more vulnerable compared to centralized systems. The concept of “resilience” could be useful when dealing with such uncertainties. READ MORE