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Views of Finnish mothers on childcare and labour market participation : a cross-European comparison
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-05-04)
Family time is highly valued in Finland, and is important for the wellbeing of all family members. At the same time, work participation provides an essential means to fulfil financial and psychosocial needs that are also ...
The layers of inequality in paid domestic labour: a global study on domestic workers and precarious work
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-08-24)
Abstract:
This dissertation examines inequalities in paid domestic labour from a global comparative
perspective. I approach the subject through three different layers that represent the
factors identified in previous ...
The choice is yours but it is politically tinged. The social correlates of political party preferences in Finland
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-04-18)
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 ...
Economic difficulties during the transition into adulthood in Finland : a register-based study
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-05-03)
This dissertation provides an analysis of economic difficulties during the transition into adulthood in Finland by means of four peer-reviewed research articles. More specifically, it identifies and examines prevalence and ...
Pensioners' subjective economic well-being in European countries : comparisons behind the income satisfaction paradox
(Turun yliopisto, 2018-06-20)
The purpose of this doctoral thesis is to expand the relative perspective in the analysis of financial satisfaction in old age, by which is meant the formation of financial satisfaction as part of different types of ...
Understanding the Racial Nature of Police and Immigrant Relations In Finland. The Case of Africans in Turku
(Turun yliopistoAnnales Universitatis Turkuensis B 331, 2011-09-02)
The focus of this study is to examine the role of police and immigrants’ relations, as less is known about this process in the country. The studies were approached in two different ways. Firstly, an attempt was made to ...
Parasitic Order Machine. A Sociology and Ontology of Information Securing
(Turun yliopisto, 2014-10-17)
This study examines information security as a process (information securing) in terms of what it does, especially beyond its obvious role of protector. It investigates concepts related to ‘ontology of becoming’, and examines ...
Sosiaalityö ja maahanmuuttajat. Lastensuojelun ammattilaisten ja asiakkaiden vuorovaikutus ja tulkinnat
(Väestöliitto, 2008-02-08)
Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli tuottaa tietoa siitä, mitä maahanmuuttajia koskevat erityiskysymykset suomalaisessa lastensuojelun sosiaalityössä ovat ja miten näitä kysymyksiä lastensuojelussa käsitellään. Teoreettismetodologisena ...
Let Go and Remember. How Finnish Communities Experienced and Memorialized School Shootings
(Turun yliopisto, 2014-10-03)
This study examines the aftermath of mass violence in local communities. Two rampage school shootings that occurred in Finland are analyzed and compared to examine the ways in which communities experience, make sense of, ...
Beauty for Sale - An Empirical Study of Appearance-Related Consumption in Finland
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-10-18)
This study examines appearance-related consumption in Finland. The theoretical portion discusses appearance-related consumption, on one hand from a consumer culture perspective, as both a possibility and responsibility for ...