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The present study investigates the significance of political party preferences in Finland by drawing upon two perspectives. Firstly, the research engages in the tradition of economic sociology, as one of its critical ...

One of the most robust findings of sociological research is that family background is associated with children’s status and educational attainment. A child with an advantageous family background is more likely to have a ...

This dissertation focuses on the European Union’s development partnerships, and particularly on the differentiated approach to development which was introduced as an operational principle in the Multiannual Financial ...

This study looks at negotiation of belonging and understandings of home among a generation of young Kurdish adults who were born in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey and who reached adulthood in Finland. The young Kurds taking part ...

This thesis consists of four articles and an introductory section. The main research questions in all the articles refer to the changes in the representativeness of the Finnish Paper Workers' Union. Representativeness ...

Inclusion or Exclusion? Trade Union Strategies and Labor Migration This research identified and analyzed immigration-related strategies of the Finnish Construction Trade Union (FCTU) and the Service Union United (SUU); ...

This dissertation examines housing policy change from a social constructionist perspective. Two processes of housing policy change are analysed together with comparative research on European housing policies. This dissertation ...

The aim of this study was to examine community and individual approaches in responses to mass violence after the school shooting incidents in Jokela (November 2007) and Kauhajoki (September 2008), Finland. In considering ...