"Vi och dom" : några iranier och afrikaner berättar om inneslutning och uteslutning inom grupperna
(2003)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- A number of theories explain how and why groups are setting up boundaries between them. Groups are often categorising each other and individuals are created into stereotypes for belonging to a certain group. Our theory is that there exist boundaries between individuals and small groups within a larger group. We examined different factors that we think could participate in these exclusion- and inclusion processes within a group. What part does things like integration, work, language, religion and politics play when it comes to thinking in terms of "us and the others". We were particularly interested in two ethnic groups, one group from Iran and one with people from different parts of Africa. We came to the conclusion that these factors... (More)
- A number of theories explain how and why groups are setting up boundaries between them. Groups are often categorising each other and individuals are created into stereotypes for belonging to a certain group. Our theory is that there exist boundaries between individuals and small groups within a larger group. We examined different factors that we think could participate in these exclusion- and inclusion processes within a group. What part does things like integration, work, language, religion and politics play when it comes to thinking in terms of "us and the others". We were particularly interested in two ethnic groups, one group from Iran and one with people from different parts of Africa. We came to the conclusion that these factors doesn't necessarily have to play a part in these inclusion -and exclusion processes but does to a certain extent. The Iranian group seemed to think that a person's education and current job were rather important compared to the African group who talked more about the importance of language. (Less)
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- author
- Olsson, Marita and Tellving, Annika
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2003
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1359109
- date added to LUP
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
@misc{1359109,
abstract = {{A number of theories explain how and why groups are setting up boundaries between them. Groups are often categorising each other and individuals are created into stereotypes for belonging to a certain group. Our theory is that there exist boundaries between individuals and small groups within a larger group. We examined different factors that we think could participate in these exclusion- and inclusion processes within a group. What part does things like integration, work, language, religion and politics play when it comes to thinking in terms of "us and the others". We were particularly interested in two ethnic groups, one group from Iran and one with people from different parts of Africa. We came to the conclusion that these factors doesn't necessarily have to play a part in these inclusion -and exclusion processes but does to a certain extent. The Iranian group seemed to think that a person's education and current job were rather important compared to the African group who talked more about the importance of language.}},
author = {{Olsson, Marita and Tellving, Annika}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{"Vi och dom" : några iranier och afrikaner berättar om inneslutning och uteslutning inom grupperna}},
year = {{2003}},
}