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    The Relative Success of Individual Job-Seeking Practices: Young University Graduates in Spain, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom 

    Camargo Correa, Selene (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)

    The dissertation builds on Bourdieu's theory of the habitus and fields to argue that job-search strategies cannot be understood in isolation of their cultural context. It is to be expected, then, that strategies to finding ...

    The Role of Social Research in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Brazil and South Africa, 1990s-2010s. An Assessment of the Socio-Political Context of Knowledge Production and Use 

    Katito, José (Date of defense: 2014-12-18)

    The core argument of the present work is articulated in four points. First, social- science knowledge is crucial to understand and combat HIV/AIDS; second, integrated and engaged social-science is especially vital for such ...

    Transformacions de la família i les llars a Barcelona i la seva regió metropolitana. 1991-1996 

    López Villanueva, Cristina (Date of defense: 2002-01-24)

    Des de la segona meitat dels anys 60, a alguns països de l'Europa del nord i de l'Europa occidental s'han produït una sèrie de transformacions demogràfiques com són la caiguda i el retardament de la fecunditat i de la ...

    Universities free of Gender Violence. Communicative acts among the university community that overcome gender violence in Spanish universities 

    Schubert, Tinka Tabea (Date of defense: 2015-09-10)

    Violence against women at universities is a major problem that is widely analyzed and recognized in most countries, especially in the United States. Data evidences high incidence rates such as 19% of college students have ...