The authors Jeremy Carrette and Richard King argues that spirituality has become a subject of commodification (i.e. transformed into a commodity) as a consequence of the growing impact of Neoliberalism in the Western world since the 1980´s. These new forms of spirituality substitute traditional religion in secular societies and often operate with a hidden economic agenda. McDonaldization is a soci

In 2001 European Union (EU) implemented the Transparency Regulation1 (the „Regulation‟ or the „Transparency Regulation‟) which sets out the principle of open public access to documents. The purpose of the Regulation is to give fullest possible effect to the right of public access to documents and to lay down general principles and limits on such access in accordance with the provisions of the Trea

Machismo is a construction of masculinity and a gender ideology found in varying degrees within the Latin American societies, stating the superiority of the man by enhancing and overvaluing certain stereotypically masculine traits said to be nature-given. Being the hegemonic masculinity of Mexico specifically – and having been so for a long period of time although its definite origin has yet to be

This thesis examines what facilitates pro-active and mutually beneficial relationships between TNCs and host communities by looking at how corporations can operate in countries where existing institutions are inadequate at regulating mining operations. Furthermore it aims to examine the relationships between government and TNC and how they affect the dynamics and legitimization of CSR policies. Th

The words of Sojourner Truth, a 19th century preacher, womanist and abolitionist are often cited when the connection between the abolitionist movement and the early women’s movement in the USA is brought up. This essay aims to examine the origins of that movement that is usually described as the first wave of feminism in the USA. Using the tools of intersectional theory the analysis of this essay

The purpose of this essay is to show how every individual’s consumption affects the environment and people all around the world. Our consumption has another price than the financial one we pay in the store. In my essay I analyze the different aspects of responsibility of states, companies and individuals. To get a theoretical perspective I used Magdalena Bexell’s theories about the need to expand

One third of all food that is globally produced is wasted every year. This essay develops a duty approach to the growing global food waste. Is there a duty not to waste food? The theoretical perspective of this essay is based on the correlative between rights and duties and on Thomas W. Pogge’s theories of global institutional duties. The thesis is that there is a global duty not to contribute to

Death and grief in fairytales. An exploratory literature study The aim of this study was to examine how death and grief is portrayed in fariy tales and how we can understand these stories from a therapeutic purpose. Our main questions were: What general norms are conveyed in the fairytales? What norms on grief and death are produced in these stories? What would these stories convey if they were t

Following the national responsibility theory in the school of international society which argues that national interest drives a state’s foreign policy, this thesis first attempts to deconstruct China’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in Myanmar since 2004 by picking apart and manipulating financial data in order to determine the resulting trends and developments. It then analyzes how Myanmar’s ab

Thailand’s food retail sector was rapidly transformed during the past decade. This change was resulted in a substantial reduction in the number of traditional retailers as well as the sales of the existing ones while the number of modern retailers and their sales accelerated progressively. However, this can be seen as the must-happened transformation process, as it was also seen in other developed

Vårt syfte med denna uppsats har varit att hitta adekvata förklaringsfaktorer med pedagogisk koppling till varför tjejer i högstadiet avstår idrottsundervisning. De kategorier av faktorer som vi kommit att fokusera på är: klassupplägg och undervisningsmoment, kroppsrelaterade faktorer, motivation och skolmiljörelaterade faktorer. Dessa kategorier har vi valt att studera då de är de mest frekvent f

2011 startades NPF-teamet vars mål var att finna strategier för elever med NPF (neuropsykiatriska funktionshinder) så att även dessa barn skulle kunna integreras och få möjligheten att fullfölja årskursen i en ”vanlig” skola. Då NPF-teamet till våren 2012 skulle fortsätta i annan form blev det viktigt att göra en utvärdering av detta projekt. Syftet med denna utvärdering var att belysa projektets

The media debate about child poverty in Sweden reached a new form of intensity in the spring of 2011. Various claims were made about whether or not child poverty was to be considered a matter of importance, due to its relative nature. My interest in how social problems are constructed made me choose to focus on this debate in my essay. The aim of this study was to, with a social constructionist ap

The aim of this study was to look further in to how adolescents perceived their primary schools sexual education and other sources of information on the matter. We wanted to find out how they valued and choose between the different kinds of sources they encountered. We also wanted to find out if there were any differences or similarities in how boys and girls searched for information. We used a qu

Med utgångspunkt i en flexibel arbetsmiljö med krav på kreativitet, syftade studien till att undersöka sambandet mellan skattat kreativt ledarskap och upplevt välbefinnande sett ur medarbetarnas perspektiv. Syftet var även att undersöka sambandet mellan kreativt ledarskap och kreativ organisation, samt hur mycket av medarbetarnas välbefinnande som kan tillskrivas kreativt ledarskap och kreativ orgBased on a flexible work environment with demands for creativity, the purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between estimated creative leadership and subjective well-being among the employees. The purpose was also to examine the correlation between creative leadership and creative organization, and how well these variables can be used to predict employee well-being. Furthermore,

The tradeoff between risk and return is a topic that most investors consider carefully before an investment decision is made. Markowitz’s pioneer work on portfolio selection using the mean-variance framework has entailed a great extent of research in this field. One research is the Sharpe ratio, which is a measure of a financial performance using variance as a risk measure. The shortcoming of vari

The study centers on the work of various filmmakers that made science fiction films in the countries of the Soviet Union, the Weimar Germany and the United States of America during the interwar years. Among these are for example films like Aelita, Metropolis and Flash Gordon. Recurring themes in these movies are of such nature as space exploration and alien encounters as well as depiction of futur

This qualitative study focus on the transfer of knowledge between the university and workplace, what the student brings from the education that is useful in the career. The gathered information consists of six depth interviews and the guidelines that social workers have to follow. We approach the area by looking into three different subjects – policies, discretion and education. To analyze the dat