Essays about: "the welfare state in Scandinavia"
Found 3 essays containing the words the welfare state in Scandinavia.
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1. Eugenics and bodily discipline in the Scandinavian welfare state: a genealogy of gendered othering
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This thesis is a genealogy of the gendered othering practices that emerged through and within the implementation of eugenic policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, namely Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Between the early 1930s and 1970s, tens of thousands of people were sterilized and institutionalized in Scandinavia for various purposes, and a vast majority of these people were “feebleminded,” “immoral,” “vagrant,” “antisocial” or “weak” women whose fertility constituted a threat to the quality of the “national stock. READ MORE
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2. Sociopsychological and Political Reactions towards Immigration in Scandinavia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Currently, a series of events initiated by globalization and its effects have interfered on how people live and how they face the “other,” the “outsider.” Through a series of theories and concepts, countries are analyzed, and their reactions towards these occurrences scrutinized. READ MORE
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3. Transforming citizenship claims into residence claims A normative discussion about four theoretical approaches to a citizenship extended to aliens in the context of Scandinavia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Noncitizens are excluded from the decision making processes inside the liberal democratic community. The aim of this study is twofold: to identify the premises for a citizenship extended to aliens, and, to identify the most viable approach to a citizenship extended to aliens in the context of the welfare state in Scandinavia. READ MORE
