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The intersectional analysis was applied in a sociological study on the arguments of the legalization of prostitution in Ukraine and the characteristics of the main actors of media discourse. The theoretical rationale for the discourse on the phenomenon of prostitution was the application of Margaret Archer's structural-activity approach and the concept of intersectionality, to describe and exp
Yearly thousands travel from around the globe to Peru to participate in the ceremonial consumption of ayahuasca under the guidance of a shaman. The brew stimulates a psychedelic state in users that triggers hallucinations, powerful emotional responses,and severe physical reactions, all of which are codified into ritual practice. Drawing from ethnographic material gathered from one month of field w
This paper aims to investigate the causal relationship between maternal education and preventive behaviour. For this purpose, I consider the education reform implemented in Zimbabwe in 1980 that enabled students at age 15 and below to participate in secondary education. By using this age cutoff as an exogenous exposure to the education policy, I obtain causal estimates of schooling on health outco
The thesis aims to explore the role of movements in elaborating alternative development. Through the qualitative approach, the study investigates the Development Justice movement in the Asia Pacific region as a case study. The document analysis and semi-structured interview reveal how the movement had built and formulated its demands in relation to mainstream development. The study is theoreticall
Forced air convection systems are the most preferred design of choice in many of the industrial-scale convection ovens. In this study, experimental investigation on convective heat transfer and mass transfer within a forced air convection oven was performed at different oven temperatures (100℃, 110℃ and 120℃) and at flow velocity (2 m/s, 3 m/s and 4 m/s) using potato slices (10*10*60 mm) as model
Då samband mellan derivata och integral är ett viktigt koncept inom avancerad matematik är det avgörande att gymnasieelever får goda möjligheter att lära sig detta. Faktumet att läroböcker ofta intar en central roll i den svenska matematikundervisningen har lett fram till ämnesvalet för min studie, vilket utgörs av en undersökning av hur detta samband presenteras i tre läroböcker i matematik. Fors
The objective of this study is twofold. First, the research tries to address whether the selected 13 African countries have gained a comparative advantage on labour-intensive industry (i.e. textile and apparel sector) for the period 1995-2017. The study employs Balassa’s Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) indices to address this objective. Second, it attempts to investigate whether there is an e
Central to the field of agrarian political economy, is rural development and capitalism’s advancement in the countryside and its consequences for the peasantry, ‘the agrarian question’. With the present case study, I examine the interplay between social relations of production and agrarian change in eastern Bolivia. Using the case study of Ramada, a small indigenous community, this dissertation in
It is a huge challenge for any strategic communicator to reach its audience as they are constantly overwhelmed with information. A current trend is to create so-called deepfakes, where a photo, audio, or video can be manipulated while making it feel authentic. Although it is an effective way to engage and entertain that has become increasingly popular, it has also received a lot of criticism as it
Research regarding episodic memory and emotion shows that emotion has a modulatory effect on memory. The aim of the present study is to investigate if exposure to emotionally loaded images could potentially change the way future neutral images are encoded, and if this exposure also modulates the memory experience of these images. In addition to this, data resulting from questionnaires regarding pa
Over the last decade, the use of green marketing strategies has increased. Especially the use of environmental cues in an advertisement. While there have been a variety of studies on environmental cues and how this influences purchase behavior and corporate image, there is less research on how individual traits and environmental cues influences Millennials’ attitudes towards environmental advertis
Reproductive rights are an immanent part of human rights. In this thesis, I have conducted seven semi-structured interviews with Polish pro-choice and pro-abortion activists. Through the lens of multiple methods including interviews, participant observation, reflexivity, analysis of online and offline data I addressed questions on the activists’ perception of their roles and their assessment of th
The purpose of this dissertation was to examine and analyse previous employees' and volunteers’ views of the problems that may arise within a social enterprise as a result of its competing institutional logics. The studied social enterprise was chosen mainly due to personal contacts but proved to be an interesting example of an organisation with contradictory aims and operations. Qualitative i
The main objective of this paper is to assess the impact of migration on exports as well as imports, and more specifically, the effect of the Iranian diaspora on trade between their home and host countries. The lifting of the economic sanctions, which was followed after the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action”, on Iran throughout 2016 and 2017 is used as a natural experiment to analyse if there is
The purpose of this study was to investigate senior citizens’ experiences of the isolation during the Coronavirus pandemic and their perspectives on their own role and identity during the same periodof time. The empirical data consisted of 15 articles which all expressed seniors’ viewpoints, published between 2020-03-16 and 2020-05-11 in ten different Swedish newspapers. The study’s methodological
I denna studie ser vi närmare på varför människor som ägnat sig åt brottslighet har lämnat den kriminella karriären bakom sig. Studien avser även att undersöka vilka svårigheter som kan ha uppkommit för dessa människor efter de har haft en fängelsevistelse. Syftet är att urskilja vilka omständigheter som kan ha påverkat före detta kriminellas karriärer och sedan undersöka vad som hänt efteråt.
This master's thesis presents a qualitative analysis of the activity played out by the users in the physical library room. The study focuses users different activities and therefor also some of the activities made by librarians. The aim of this study is to put light on the activity played out by the user of the physical room at the local library. More precisely two smaller library rooms locat
This thesis is using the example of Abercrombie & Fitch’s handling of presentational change caused by a crisis in annual reports. The company was accused to discriminate employees and customers on grounds of distinction of human beings, their appearance and ethnic backgrounds. Fairclough’s approach of critical discourse analysis is used as a theoretical and methodological framework to uncover
The purpose of the study is to investigate how staff in the home care service in a medium-sized municipality experience that control and surveillance affect their professional practice. The survey method was qualitative semi-structured interviews with five employees in the home care service in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden. The results have been analyzed through theories of disciplinary po
As people and organizations make themselves more vulnerable on the internet, there is a significant increase in cybersecurity threats. Due to this, organizations and individuals think more about their actions online. However, organizations are constantly improving their methods, when handling confidential data and are developing an understanding of protecting consumers from such exposure. This res
