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Mental illness among the elderly is a problemarea that requiers further research to increase knowledge. Therefore the aim of this study was to investigate how the elderly’s mental health are prioriticed in elderly care, talked about by first-line managers and nursing staff in elderly care and also to investige possibilities for prevention of mental illness. The studie was conducted through qualita

I studien genomförs en undersökning om varför människor väljer att skänka pengar till ideella insamlingsorganisationer. Vi vill studera hur organisationers kommunikation och handlande bidrar till att en individ skänker pengar, ifall de val organisationen gör påverkar potentiella givare till att ge, eller kanske till att inte ge. Studien undersöker även vilka emotionella förutsättningar eller sociaThis study aims to identify the circumstances which influence individuals to donate money to charity organizations. One of the study’s issue regards how the organizations way of communicating contributes to an individual’s preference to donate and if the organizations choices affect potential donors to donate, or perhaps not to. The study also examines the emotional state or social circumstances l

The focus for this qualitative research is how the best interests of the child has been interpreted in two asylum cases by the Supreme Court. The context is how most liberal democratic states have committed themselves to international human rights laws, binding them to safeguard the rights of the child, while facing extra-legal pressures from constituents to limit migration. This research draws pr

With a discourse analytical approach, our main theory and premiss for this thesis was to examine how identity is created and reflected in the database Europeana, through election of objects made at national level. The focus of this thesis was primarily on the manufacturing process and the institutions and secondary on the user level. Our intention was to investigate whether it is possible to ident

Med den digitala utvecklingen har varumärkesinnehavarens kontroll över vad som berättas om varumärket minskat. Vem som helst med uppkoppling till internet kan idag skapa och dela med sig av sin egen varumärkesberättelse. När varumärkesinnehavaren öppnar upp för att inkludera konsumenten i varumärkesbyggandet, bland annat på sociala medier, samskapar de gemensamt varumärkets mening. Studien visar aThe digital evolution has led to a decrease in the brand owner’s control of the stories that are being told about the brand. Anyone who is connected to the web can today create and share their own brand stories. When the brand owner includes the consumer in the brand buiding process, i.e. in social media, they co-create the brand meaning. This study shows that the consumer’s brand narratives deriv

In the year of 2004, a tsunami struck the coast of Thailand. Around 30 000 Swedish tourist was present, and over 500 was killed. The Swedish government acted slowly in helping its citizens, which created a political crisis in Sweden when the support for the government declined. After the crisis management of the tsunami was over, the government started to reform Sweden’s national security. The mai

This thesis investigates how Vårdförbundet, a Swedish trade union organizing nursing personnel, articulates the problem of the wage gap between men and women. Using discourse analysis, it also focuses on through what kind of strategies members are encouraged and assumed to achieve pay equity. The main finding is that a neoliberal discourse is highly present in the way of which the problem is thoug

The purpose of this thesis was to study about the implication of Mandarin language in creating unity among ethnic Chinese in Malaysia. The research was carried out by exploring the role of Chinese school in order to produce an analytical overview of language and unity in Malaysian Chinese context. The identity issue was also being analyzed to find out how Mandarin language helps to create Chinese

The Swedish democrats crossed the four percent threshold for parliament representation in Sweden for the first time in the election 2010. This controversial party has teared open a lot of emotion in the Swedish debates, mostly because of their anti-immigrant politics. The Swedish democrats politics all weigh heavily upon a clear distinction between the swedes and the non- swedes. The party appears

En semiotisk analys av cigarettens symbolik och produktplaceringen av denna i TV-serierna Sex and the City och Californication. Problemområdet och bakgrunden till denna studie ligger i att dagens media och populärkultur till stor del påverkar sina mottagares uppfattningar vilket innebär att trots direktiv och lagstiftning om förbud mot annonsering av cigaretten utgör produktplaceringen av denna en

This thesis explores the imagined futures of young Swedes with a focus on how they envision creating work-life balance and how they aim to divide their time between paid and unpaid work. This is done by analyzing written accounts of 168 upper secondary students from both university preparatory schools (UP) and vocational schools (VO) in a middle-sized town in Sweden. Three top-level strategies for

The purpose of this essay is to investigate the attitudes of Swedish citizens towards the amount of migration. Furthermore, how these attitudes relate to whether the citizen believes that migration makes Sweden a better or worse country to live in. Through a discourse analysis, investigate whether the attitude portrayed by the media matches the statistical results and how these relationships diffe

In the last thirty years, the field of education and educational policymaking has become increasingly internationalized. Consequently, more actors, especially actors beyond the national level have become interested and involved in educational policymaking. International Organizations (IOs) in particular have become prominent in the educational sphere and their role in affecting and defining educat

The aim of this study was to examine the significance of psychosocial work and perspective in addiction care within the Swedish healthcare system and what it is that enables or limits healthcare counselors’ psychosocial work in the medical context. The methodology is based on a qualitative approach using eight semi-structured interviews with healthcare counselors working with addiction care in the

The aim of this study was to examine how school counsellors perceived their role within the schools various work against bullying and which impact their work environment had on their role. Because the study aimed to study the school counsellor's role, a role theory was used to analyse the empirical material. This was a qualitative study done through five semistructured interviews with school c

Övergivna återvinningscentraler på flera platser i Skåne har under det senaste året varit ett omtalat ämne. I Sverige finns ett hundratal fastigheter som saknar ägare. En fastighet kan bli herrelös genom att en konkursförvaltare väljer att överge fastigheten under pågående konkurs om fastighetens ekonomiska värde är negativt. Förfarandet har kommit att benämnas som abandonering i svensk rätt. Det In recent times, it has been a debated topic with abandoned recycling centers in several places in Skåne. There are about a hundred abandoned properties in Sweden that lack an owner. A way for a property to become abandoned is for a bankruptcy trustee to choose to abandon the property, in bankruptcy if the property has a negative value. The procedure is referred to as abandonment. There are no law

The recent push for decarbonization in the maritime sector presents an opportunity for ports to strengthen their position as energy hubs. This work studies the existing energy flows in the Port of Trelleborg, one of Europe's biggest roll-on, roll-off ports, and proposes some energy-related development strategies. The current energy flows directly concerning the port are for the most part elect

The concept of defense capability is commonly used in Swedish social debate and within strategically oriented communication from the government and armed forces. However, this concept does not origin from any formally established definition or concept clarification. Instead, its meaning varies, or is implicit, which is unfortunate when this capability needs to be addressed and communicated intelli

This thesis examines the effects of South Africa’s electricity crisis on the government-driven development of renewable energy from 2007 to 2023 by testing the applicability of the energy security framework. The electricity crisis presents itself through regular electricity cuts, extreme power tariff rises and a lack of long-term sustainability due to the high reliance on coal and Eskom, the monop

The aim of this study was to examine how organisations present their arguments regarding international homosexual adoption. The material of this study consisted of texts and the analysis have been based on the arguments from referral responses regarding the bill SOU 2001:10 (Children in homosexual families). Four themes were identified that seemed to pay a significant role in discussion of the iss