• Culture in salutogenesis: the scholarship of Aaron Antonovsky 

      Benz, Carina; Bull, Torill; Mittelmark, Maurice B.; Vaandrager, Lenneke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-09)
      Aaron Antonovsky wrote extensively, although disjointedly, about the roles of culture in salutogenesis. This paper provides a synopsis of his work in this arena. A literature review identified those of his English language ...
    • Employment Opportunity and Women's Empowerment. A Study with Special Reference to Immigrant Women in Bergen 

      Hasan, Tahmina Tanzim (Master thesis, 2013-05-30)
      Gender injustice towards women in societies is the basic reason for deprivation of women from expanding their abilities to make strategic life choices. Even today, we can find female oppression in many societies ranging ...
    • MINORITETSFAMILIER FRA SRI LANKA I MØTE MED VELFERDSTJENESTER 

      Selvarajah, Jeremy (Master thesis, 2023-05-15)
      Minoritetsfamilier opplever mange ulike utfordringer når de kommer til Norge. Velferdstjenestene er noe av det første minoritetsfamilier kommer i kontakt med når de kommer til Norge, ved at barna raskest mulig skal i ...
    • The role of culture and evolution for human cognition 

      Bender, Andrea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-08)
      Since the emergence of our species at least, natural selection based on genetic variation has been replaced by culture as the major driving force in human evolution. It has made us what we are today, by ratcheting up ...