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The aim of this qualitative study is to investigate how social workers, working with social welfare, understand the practice and the reasoning for decisions regarding social welfare. I conducted six semi-structured interviews with social workers working with social welfare. For my analysis, I have applied the theoretical perspective of accounts to my interviews. My findings show me that morals a

The purpose of this study is to explore how social workers experience of working with men with a violent behaviour towards their partners in heterosexual relationships. We also aim to gain a deeper understanding of the emotional factors that affect the professional meeting. We have interviewed six social workers, one of whom defines herself as a woman and the rest of whom define themselves as men.

Den svenska Natodebatten kommer och går och har gjort så under lång tid. Att debattörerna för och mot Nato har skilda åsikter i sakfrågan vet vi redan. Men på vilket sätt skiljer de sig vad gäller ordval när denna fråga debatteras? Hur yttrar sig den intertextuella kontexten? Och hur ser processerna, modaliteten och de textuella ramarna ut i debattörernas texter? Ett försök att besvara ovanståen

A big challenge faced by the digital communication world today is increasing the reliability of information which is being transmitted. During the transmission of information, there is a possibility that the information is corrupted or distorted. If this distortion is considerably high, it becomes dicult to decode and retrieve the original information. To help mitigate this eect, the information b

The aim of this study was to examine how participants were described in the final report of four different projects with the aim to help individuals go from financial aid to supporting themselves. These people received financial aid of some form, and this aid was dependent on their participation in the projects. The reports were processed and analyzed with the help of qualitative content analysis

Syftet med uppsatsen är att bidra till en reflektion och diskussion kring meningsbegreppet i dagens humaniora, och mera specifikt inom dess posthumanistiska rörelse. Min tes är att meningsbegreppet är teoretiskt underutvecklat inom posthumanismen i allmänhet, och att det i själva verket använder sig av en Deleuziansk förståelse av mening utan att göra det explicit eller reflektera närmare över d

On 1 April 2015, the EU milk quotas were abolished after 30 years in force. The purpose of this paper is to assess the Intra-Union trade effects of the reform, using the gravity model of trade. In particular, the aim is to find out whether competitive Member States have started to export more dairy products as compared to the non-competitive Member States following the reform. In order to perfor

This essay investigates the impact of a bank’s local economic environment that on its overall bank risk. Balance sheet data of Germany’s regionally-active savings banks (Sparkassen) and credit cooperatives (Kreditgenossenschaften) is matched with data from regional statistics to construct a dataset spanning the time period from 2000 until 2013. Bank risk is measured by time-varying Z-scores, an in

The aim of this study was to investigate how Palestinian refugee women in refugee camps perceive themselves as actors who affect and influence their lives and communities. Research shows it is a topic that is not often discussed or highlighted in today’s discourse about refugees. The material was conducted through semi-structured interviews with eight Palestinian women in a Palestinian refugee cam

Ny version av ISO 14001 skapar nya utmaningar med certifierade miljöledningssystem År 2015 så publicerades det en ny version av den internationellt största standarden för miljöledningssystem, ISO 14001. Redan certifierade företag och organisationer har nu fram tills år 2018 att ställa om så att deras ledningssystem möter de nya kraven. Den nya standarden innehåller ett flertal nya avsnitt och kraISO 14001 is a standard for environmental management systems and is the most commonly used one worldwide. The standard is used in all different industries to manage companies’ and organisations’ environmental impact. After a revision of the standard a new version was realised in 2015. Companies and organisations which are certified have until 2018 to adopt the new version to retain their certifica

Bakgrund: Idag lever ca 160000 personer med demens i Sverige. Demens är en obotlig sjukdom som med tiden leder till olika funktionsnedsättningar och svårigheter att tillgodose grundläggande behov. Livskvalitet är en parameter för att beskriva hur personen med demens upplever sin livssituation. Tidigare studier visar på att sjuksköterskans bemötande kan ha påverkan på personen med demens livskvalit

I Sverige representeras flera av de politiska församlingarna idag av en kvantitativ jämställdhet, som innebär att både män och kvinnor finns jämnt företrädda och ska kunna ges lika möjligheter att påverka och forma villkoren för beslutsfattandet. Denna studie syftade till att undersöka upplevelsen av hinder bland skånska politiker, och genom det ta reda på om förutsättningarna var lika för båda kö

I den här studien fördjupas förståelsen kring en grupp psykologers och kuratorers upplevelser om att vara i samtal med klienter, och om hur de påverkas av den sekundära psykiska påfrestningen som kan uppkomma då. Syftet med studien är att ta reda på vilka strategier de använder för att hantera svåra samtal, samt vilka strategier de använder för att bibehålla balansen mellan arbetsliv och privatlivThe results from this study deepens the understanding of how psychologists and welfare officers experiences therapeutical consultations with clients, and also how they are affected by the secondary mental stress that may occur. The objectives of the study are to examine which strategies the interviewees use to manage the impact difficult consultations may have on them selves, as well as which stra

The aim of the study was to examine how Swedish police officers reason about domestic violence in bisexual and homosexual relationships. The study involved six officers serving with varied work experience and age, stationed at different locations in southern Sweden. The method of the study was a combination of semi-structured interviews and vignettes. The study material was analyzed from a gender

The purpose of the study was to examine how the district court describes the plaintiff in rape convictions in order to gain a deeper understanding of how the district court reasons about the plaintiff’s credibility. The material used for the study consisted of ten district court verdicts from one bigger and one smaller city in Sweden where the verdict was given in 2015 and 2016. The material was a

The purpose of this study is to make researches into the experiences of the social welfare secretaries about the work of the organization with streamlining from cost- and client efficiency with emphasis on units that work with children and youths as well as welfare. The study was provided and accomplished by using a qualitative method and semi structured interviews. Five social welfare secretaries

As climate change continues to escalate, the need for drastic changes is urgent. The world has agreed on a limit to global warming, and all countries are aware of the problem. The theory behind the Environmental Kuznets Curve is based on an inverted relationship between emissions and environmental impact and GDP growth. It could easily be interpreted as an easy way out of, which means that if a co

Parallellt med ökningen av cancer i samhället ökar behandlingsmöjligheterna för cancersjukdomar. Allt fler människor kan i nuläget erbjudas kurativ cytostatikabehandling mot sin cancersjukdom. Syftet med studien var att belysa livet hos en människa som genomgått cytostatikabehandling för malignt lymfom sett ur ett patientperspektiv. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med nio patienter på en