Whether a law implementation can be said to have had an social impact is largely dependent on if the law in question effected the minds of the people it was tasked to govern. Previous research of successful implementation of laws identify the importance of certain conditions to be present if a law is to be termed “successful”. A law implementation that has been recognized as having had a marked ef

This paper seeks to develop an understanding of how configurations of masculinity were shaped and represented by the Swedish Ballet in the 1920s through the use of a symbolic language of signs. With in-depth analysis of storylines, roles and scenography I aim to show how certain symbols, signs and metaphors where tied together to display masculinity. Further, by applying theory on space/place, thi

Social workers meet individuals who structure their family in varied ways; these public servants have the possibility to initially accept and normalize new family forms. Their work is an arena where political power is exercised and it is therefore important that resources that are at hand enable them to meet non-normative families in an including and understanding way. This study investigates ho

Då extraarbete tycks allt vanligare bland studenter var syftet med den här studien att undersöka varför studenter extraarbetar och om heltidsstudenter skiljer sig åt i avseende på deras självskattade mentala hälsa beroende på om de extraarbetar eller inte. Vidare var avsikten att undersöka om heltidsstudenter som extraarbetar bedömde sin mentala hälsa som bättre om de samtidigt uppvisade en högre Since working extra amongst university students seem more common today the purpose of this study was to examine the rationales for doing so, and whether or not full time students differ in aspects of their self rated mental health depending on whether or not they engage in extra work outside school. In addition we examined whether student that worked extra and if that was associated with higher le

Crime is a serious problem in many countries and societies. The consequence of a crime for the victim is both physical and psychological. In 2010 the Swedish government presented a bill to the parliament about harsher sentence for violent crimes. What arguments did the government have in support of a harsher and stricter sentence for a violent crime, and what were the arguments against the bill? W

The aim of this study was to explore and get an insight in unaccompanied youth experiences of being a part of sport teams in Sweden. I wanted to investigate how the youths described their experiences. Also I wanted to investigate the significance the participation had for their situation here in Sweden. I conducted three semi-structured interviews with unaccompanied youths that were active in some

This is a case study of child marriage in Tanzania aiming to explore how failures to implement laws prohibiting child marriage can be understood in the Tanzanian context. The study is of a qualitative nature and primarily based on interviews with development actors, working on community and national level with the issue of gender based violence and child marriage. A theoretical framework combining

Mellan metastas och primärtumör – karaktärisering av cirkulerande tumörceller Bröstcancer är idag en av de vanligaste och den typ av cancer som leder till näst flest dödsfall bland kvinnor idag. Det uppskattas att ungefär 30% av alla som lider av primär bröstcancer till slut utvecklar metastatisk bröstcancer (MBC), detta betyder att cancer spridit sig till andra delar av kroppen. MBC går idag inBackground: Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer related death among women in the developed world. Around 30% of patients diagnosed with primary breast cancer will develop metastatic breast cancer. It is believed that the tumor cells found in the blood, termed Circulating tumor cells (CTCs), could serve as a prognostic marker for this disease as it progresses. Objectives: To st

Att skapa en cirkulär ekonomi med hållbara produkter är en nödvändighet för dagens samhälle, särskilt kopplat till de klimatutmaningarna som vi har idag från bland annat överkonsumtion och dålig hantering vid slutet av produkternas livslängd. Projektet fokuserar på att ta fram en produkt som gjorts på återvunna material och att utmana tidigare materialbegränsningar. Detta har gjorts med en betoninCreating circular economies and sustainable products is a requirement in our contemporary society where a lot of environmental issues are due to overconsumption and unmanaged end of life. The project focuses on designing a product from recycled materials and pushing boundaries of material possibilities with a focus held on specifications in relation to recycled content, product durability and fina

This study is about how preschool teachers interpret the Swedish legislative rule concerning mandatory reporting and how organizational culture affects the teacher to make a report. Our main questions are: How is the obligation to report in SoL 14:1 interpreted by preschool teachers and how is the obligation to notify practiced based on their interpretation? Are there and how do preschool teachers

With recent increased media attention on sexual assault against women, many people question why so many women do not report the crimes. One key may reason lies in the phenomenon of victim blaming. This study examined the effects of social dominance orientation (SDO) and perspective-taking on victim blaming after a sexual assault using a between-subjects experimental design. 111 participants respon

The thesis explores the transformation of everyday spaces into spaces of resistance through “supported action”. It is based on semi-structured interviews with eight organisations fighting for reproductive rights and justice in Ireland. A diffractive analytical method is employed to identify intra-actions of space, bodies and objects in the transformation of politically produced and capitalist spac

This study describes three young men and four young women and their quest for identity in a culture they, for many reasons, never seriously considered to be their own. The aim of the study was to find out, through interviews, what characterizes the culture of individuals identified as “blattar”, individuals with a cross-cultural background growing up and living in Sweden. We wanted to find out wha

Sverige är idag ett sekulärt och individualistiskt samhälle. Detta ställer höga krav på hur religiösa organisationer kommunicerar. Med ett socialkonstruktionistiskt synsätt undersöker vi hur Svenska kyrkans anställda anser att organisationen bör kommunicera för att legitimera sin roll i samhället. Vi undersöker även hur detta yttrar sig i Svenska kyrkans kommunikationskanaler. Detta har vi gjort mToday, Sweden is a secular and individualistic society. Communication is therefore a great challenge for religious organizations. With a social constructionist approach, we examine how employees of the Swedish church believe that the organization should communicate to legitimize their role in the Swedish society. We also examine different communication channels to see how the Swedish church commun

The purpose of this study was to get a deeper understanding about which arguments the appeal court in Sweden presents to motivate their decision in a custody dispute. The main focus was to explore the differences between the assessment for joint and sole custody. We wanted to learn more about what a parent need to do to keep the joint custody and which behavior could be so ill it could lead to a r

Authors: Ferida Kaffoshy & Nasrin Shahmohammadi Title: “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor” – a qualitative study on pregnant women that abuse drugs. [translated title] Supervisor: Anett Schenk The aim of the essay is to explore what kinds of attitudes, support, and biases drug abusing pregnant women might face in society to understand whether these women are treated similarly as non-

Violence is a central part of criminality with young men overrepresented in assault relates violence, both as perpetrator and victim. Our aim of this study was to get a picture of what attitudes ordinary young men have toward masculinity and manliness as well of violence and how these attitudes relate to their picture of the young man as a victim. The empirical material was qualitatively collected