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Reflecting on Work Values with Young Unemployed Adults in Finland
2019
In this article, we explore the internal conversations about the work values of young unemployed adults in Finland. We draw on the theoretical concept of internal conversation by Margaret Archer in order to shift the focus from the individual work values to the interplay between subjective concerns and structural circumstances. The data consist of six group interviews conducted among 29 young unemployed adults. We argue that the internal conversations on work values of young unemployed adults constitute five significant concerns: self-realization and opportunity to contribute to society; sufficient income to live independently; social expectations; challenges of finding employment; and unsu…
Young women’s contradictory expectations and their perceived capabilities for future work-family reconciliation in Finland
2022
This paper explores young women’s expectations on future work-family reconciliation in Finland, a Nordic country well-known for the promotion of gender equality. Utilising Sen’s capabilities approach, we content-analysed thirty individual interviews to identify differences in women’s expectations and their perceived capabilities in future work and care. The results showed that irrespective of their labour market status and educational attainment, the women’s expectations were contradictory, reflecting a current Finnish gender culture that embraces both the ideal of shared parenthood and the primacy of maternal care. Between-group differences were also found. The employed women perceived the…
Staying inside : social withdrawal of the young, Finnish ‘Hikikomori’
2016
This article explores socially withdrawn young Finnish people on an Internet forum who identify with the Japanese hikikomori phenomenon. We aim to overcome the dualism between sociology and psychology found in earlier research by referring to Pierre Bourdieu, who provides insights into how individual choices are constructed in accordance with wider social settings. We focus on the individual level and everyday choices, but we suggest that psychological factors (anxiety, depression) can be seen as properties of social relations rather than as individual states of mind, as young adults have unequal access to valued resources. We scrutinise young people’s specific reasoning related to the soci…
Revoluciones árabes e islamismo: hacia un control espaciotemporal de los simbólico.
2012
Este artículo propone ahondar en la dimensión simbólica de los discursos mediáticos y sociales que acompañan las transformaciones en el mundo árabe durante las revoluciones haciendo especial hincapié en el concepto sociopolítico de espacio público a través de su doble vertiente virtual y territorial. Para ello abordamos, en primer lugar, el discurso mediático de la cadena Al-Jazeera, importante por el papel político y simbólico que está jugando en las revoluciones árabes y, en segundo lugar, el discurso ideológico islamista emergente y su singular iconografía en el espacio público. El despliegue simbólico de las instancias de producción de significados movilizados por estos actores que entr…
Chemical composition and biological activity of the essential oil of Ballota hispanica (L.) Benth. growing wild in Sicily
2015
Ballota L. comprises several relevant species largely used for their excellent therapeutic properties. Ballota hispanica (L.) Benth. is widely used in herbal medicine, and it is sold in herbalist shops for its sedative and antispasmodic properties. Considering its traditional medicinal use and the lack of scientific studies on the volatile components of this species as well as on its biological activities, in this study the chemical composition of the essential oil from aerial parts of B. hispanica, collected in Sicily, was evaluated by gas chromatography and gas chromatographyâmass spectrometry. α-Elemol was the most abundant component of the oil (10.9%), followed by α-ylangene (8.5%),…
Ķīnas ārējās tirdzniecības ekspansija Āfrikā: 2019. un 2020.gada datu analīze
2021
Bakalaura darbs ,,Ķīnas ārējas tirdzniecības ekspansija Āfrikā. 2019. – 2020. gadu analīze’’ ir izstrādāts ar mērķi izpētīt pēdējās tendencēs Ķīnas – Āfrikas attiecībās. Ķīna ar katru gadu pastiprina savas pozīcijas pasaules reģionos, bet Āfrikā Ķīnai ir īpašas intereses. Āfrikas valsts Ķīnai ir ļoti svarīgs ārējas tirdzniecības partneri, caur kuriem var realizēt ekonomisko potenciālu eksportējot un importējos preces. Piekļuve pie Āfrikas resursiem dod iespēju Ķīnai uzturēt pozitīvu tirdzniecības bilanci un attīstīt ražošanu, kas ļoti labvēlīgi ietekmē valsts ekonomikas augšanu un pozīciju pasaules arēnā. Kā arī svarīgi pieminēt, ka Ķīnas ietekme uz Āfrikas kontinenta valstīm dod iespēju at…