5142 Sosiaali- ja yhteiskuntapolitiikka
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Informal Care in the Light of Well-Being – the Case of Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 17.05.2023)The societal triumph in terms of increased life expectancy has, in combination with other development, contributed to an increased need for socially and financially sustainable care forms for older adults in Finland, as ... -
Essays on the Interrelation Between Sickness Allowance, Disability, and Mortality in Finland : National and Ethnolinguistic Perspectives
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 01.04.2022)Disability pension is an important pillar of the modern welfare state. As it is almost always a permanent state, it is important to understand risk factors preceding it, as well as the consequences which disability receipt ... -
Equal participation in society? : Perspectives on the opportunities of persons with disabilities in Finland
(Åbo Akademi University, 22.10.2021)Societal participation for persons with disabilities is central for disability policies globally, and in a Finnish setting, and it is firmly anchored in the welfare state’s commitment to create equal opportunities through ... -
Well-being in the light of being very old : Conceptualizations, associations, and variations
(Åbo Akademi University, 09.04.2021)Well-being has been increasingly acknowledged as an important measure of societal progress, as well as within paradigms such as successful, active, and healthy aging. Nevertheless, research focusing on well-being in very ... -
Staying Afloat : Studies on the subjective wellbeing and coping strategies of families with children in Finland
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 29.01.2021)Finland has become known for its generous and comprehensive family policy. However, during the 2010s, the economic recession created worry and insecurity amongst a number of families with children; in times of recessions, ... -
Politicising Finnish family policy reform 2007–2017
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 31.01.2020)Family policy is an extensive and highly politicised field in social policy. Throughout the history of family policy in general, the aims have been to relieve poverty among families with children, increase fertility rates ... -
Leva ett med naturen - “Dammråttor kan man ju ge namn åt om man vill”
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 11.10.2019)Throughout history, nature has been an element in which humans have taken care of their health and wellbeing. In a period marked by urbanization and globalization, nature seems to have an important impact on human's ability ... -
Essays on income and income poverty of Swedish speakers and Finnish speakers in Finland
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World Heritage governance and tourist development : a study of public participation and contested ambitions in the World Heritage Kvarken Archipelago
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Trilling race : the political economy of racialised visual-aural encounters
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 20.08.2015)This thesis investigates the matter of race in the context of Finnish language acquisition among adult migrants in Finland. Here matter denotes both the materiality of race and how race comes to matter. Drawing primarily ... -
Nordic alcohol policy in Europe: the adaptation of Finland’s, Sweden’s and Norway’s alcohol policies to a new policy framework, 1994-2013
Research, National Institute for Health and Welfare (Online) : 137 (National Institute for Health and Welfare, 21.11.2014)The purpose of this thesis is to study how and to which extent Finland, Sweden and Norway have adapted their alcohol policies to the framework imposed to them by the EU and the European Economic Area (EEA) since the ... -
Göra ätstörd : om flickskap, normativitet och taktik i bloggar
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 28.03.2014)- -
Democracy begins at home : parenting, empathy, and adolescents' support for democratic values
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Att skriva det finlandssvenska : etnicitet i kvinnors livshistorier
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 28.10.2011) -
Ageing apparatuses at work : transdisciplinary negotiations of sex, age and materiality
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Jordbrukaren mellan tradition och förnyelse : en studie av syd- och västfinländska jordbrukare i EU-Finland
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 19.12.2009)Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka hur förändringarna i det agrara samhället påverkar den enskilda jordbrukarens livskoncept. Teorin som ligger till grund för förståelsen anknyter till moderniseringen, som ... -
Conditions for different autonomy regimes in the world : a fuzzy-set application
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Social capital and health : variations, associations and challenges
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 05.06.2009)Although social capital and health have been extensively studied during the last decade, there are still open issues in current empirical research. These concern for instance the measurement of the concept in different ... -
Convergence and divergence in global economy and social development : global perspectives on the contents of economic and soical development policy and its effects on rich and poor countries
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 16.09.2005)The study of convergence and divergence in global economy and social development utilises comparative indicators to investigate the contents of economic and social development policy and their effects on the global samples ... -
TAMU -en annorlunda skola : en studie av den konsekvenspedagogiska yrkesutbildningen i dansk arbetsmarknadspolitik
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 10.12.2005)