Essays about: "working-class attitudes"

Found 3 essays containing the words working-class attitudes.

  1. 1. Postmaterialism and Income Inequality: A Study on the Effects of Income Inequality on Attitudes toward Immigration in 32 Countries

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sharbel Diarbakerli; [2016]
    Keywords : Postmaterialism; Inequality; Inglehart; Immigration; Social trust;

    Abstract : Drawing on recent research dealing with income inequality and tolerance, this thesis seeks to address the impact of income inequality, both across and within nations, on attitudes toward immigration. I perform a series of OLS-regressions, based on data from the European Social Survey, where the obtained results confirm a negative relationship between income inequality and tolerance of immigration. READ MORE

  2. 2. Suburban Swedish maturing : Examining variation and perceptions among adult speakers of Swedish contemporary urban vernacular

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Nathan Young; [2014]
    Keywords : Rinkeby Swedish; slang; Suburban Swedish; contemporary urban vernacular; normalized pairwise variability index; nPVI; prosodic rhythm; linguistic artifacts; sociophonetic variation; meta-pragmatic stereotypes; prestige forms; rinkebysvenska; förortsslang; förortssvenska;

    Abstract : Up to now, adolescent speakers have been the primary focus when researching contemporary variation in the language of Sweden’s urban areas. This study contributes to the growing body of research on the topic by examining and reporting on adult speakers of what is here referred to as förortssvenska (English: Suburban Swedish). READ MORE

  3. 3. The National School Nutrition Programme and its affects on schooling for farm workers in South Africa : -An investigation of two generations living and working on wine farms in the rural areas of Western Cape

    University essay from Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper, KV; Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI

    Author : Sven Berg; [2011]
    Keywords : Nutrition; mal-nutrition; poverty; child-poverty; school; Primary School Nutrition Programme PSNP ; National School Nutrition Programme NSNP ; African National Congress ANC ; Apartheid; inequality;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I study the effects of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) on the rural areas of Western Cape, South Africa. More precisely I try to find out how the NSNP has affected the families in this rural area and what attitudes that can be found among the two generations of people living and working on wine farms. READ MORE