Sweden

Theory - a personal matter

"Vi kanske kommer igen, om det låser sig" : Kvinnors och mäns möte med familjerådgivning.

Popular Abstract in Swedish Kring familjeproblematiken och för behandlingen av familjekonflikter har det svenska samhället organiserat olika sociala verksamheter som traditionellt regleras av Socialtjänstlagen. Familjerådgivningen är en av dessa verksamheter och definieras som en psykoterapeutisk behandling, till vilken en eller båda parter vänder sig oftast på frivillig basis när de upplever att This dissertation is the result of an evaluation of family counselling (FC) in a middle-sized city in Sweden. The findings support results from earlier studies of family counselling which indicate that people have a positive attitude to counselling. But this finding led to questions that remained unanswered in earlier research. What is it particularly in FC treatment that brings about a result, wh

Rural reforms and changes in land management and attitudes: A case study from Inner Mongolia, China

The international science community stresses the importance of the local perspective in the context of dryland degradation. This paper explores changes in management and attitudes in a mixed farming system in northern China, since the introduction of the economic reforms in the early 1980s, and the following changes in land-use rights. The area encompasses a dune landscape scattered with crop-land

Governmentality as a genealogical toolbox in historical analysis

Testing the "old boys' network": Diversity and board interlocks in Scandinavia

Kulturarv och medborgerlig bildning i den svenska grundskolan

Conflicts in adaptation : Case studies from Nepal and the Maldives

Purpose – Adaptation appears to be regarded as a panacea in policy circles to reduce the risk of impending crises resulting from contemporary changes, including but not restricted to climate change. Such conceptions can be problematic, generally assuming adaptation as an entirely positive and non-conflictual process. The purpose of this paper is to challenge such uncritical views, drawing attentio

Celebrities as ethical actors: Individuals and cosmopolitan obligation

The Digital Politics of Celebrity Activism Against Sexual Violence: Angelina Jolie as Global Mother

Meeting the needs of a new customer: Organizing and designing the physical store environment

What is possible, what is imaginable: stories about low carbon life in China

Mobility and Regionalisation : Changing patterns of air traffic in the Baltic Sea Region in connection to European Integration

The geo-political transition in 1989-91 had long term consequences for the European integration process. The integration and regionalisation processes following the transition resulted in a transformation of territorial borders in and around the region; the functions of the borders changed. Mobility is vital for these processes. This paper is based on a longitudinal study of the development of air

The Emergence of Green Venture Capital

In Search of Excellence? An International Perspective of University Governance

Political opposition, violence, and non-violence in 20th century China

Old Elites in a New City: Restructuring the Leopold Quarter and the Europeanisation of Brussels

Learning firms in learning regions: Innovation, Cooperation, and Social Capital

The study of different components in the social process of workplace incivility

Contextual and individual-level determinants of political protest: The interaction between feelings of discrimination and institutional arrangements