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

Companies and corporate foundations have become important players in philanthropy. For many companies, philanthropy is part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy. They brought their entrepreneurial customs, values and expectations into the world of philanthropy. This gave rise to new forms of philanthropy next to the conventional form of donations. These developments lead to severa

This article explores the role of religion in political transnationalism using the case of the Shi'a Iraqi diaspora since 2003. The article focuses on three areas that capture important trends in Shi'a transnationalism and their implications for transnational Shi'a identity politics. These include Shi'a diasporic politics, transnational Shi'a civic activism, and the cultural production of Iraqi Sh

Short fatigue cracks are known to have a growth behaviour different from that of long cracks, the latter well predicted by linear elastic fracture mechanics. Short cracks can grow at high rates at load levels well below the threshold value for long cracks, before entering into the long crack region, or arrest and become nonpropagating cracks. The growth behaviour of short cracks is strongly influe

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the genuine problems face by female teacher of Govt. Girls Primary schools and Federal Community Girl Primary School in F.R Peshawar. The main theme of this study is to investigate female teachers’ work related issues in government primary schools and federal community schools?, also what are the available facilities to female teaching staff at g

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

A mixed marriage is defined as a social union between the couples families and friends where emotional bonds are tied across borders. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how a mixed marriage can contribute to a union between the ethnic groups in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnia-Herzegovina is a multiethnic country populated by three different nationalities, Bosnian Croats, Bosnian Serbs and Bosniaks

Beskattning av pokervinster har inte minst under 2011 varit ett ämne för många diskussioner i media. Vissa anser att det krävs stora inslag av skicklighet för att vara duktig på poker och att det inte borde anses vara ett lotteri. Denna skicklighetsaspekt var fall för prövning i HD under 2011 i den s.k. Grebbestadsdomen. Vissa ansåg att domen skulle direkt avgöra om pokervinster skulle komma att bTaxation on poker winnings have not the least in 2011 been a topic of discussion in the media. Some believe that it requires significant element of skill to be good at poker and that it should not be considered a lottery. This skill aspect was tried in the Supreme Court in 2011 in the so-called Grebbestad verdict. Some felt that the appeal would directly determine whether poker profits would be ta

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

Abstract Authors: Caroline Persson & Theodora Sjöberg Aas Title: Hurtbullar och smala ideal! – En jämförande studie om ungas och äldres mottagande och upplevelse av medias hälsobudskap The purpose of this study was to examine the receptivity of Media’s image of health with focus on age differences. We wanted to examine and compare how Media's messages are experienced by young and old, ho

During the last couple of decades the world of business has changed. It has changed its ways, its methods, its range and its focus. Many companies have grown in size and power, and have now reached a level above the host countries in which they do their business when it comes to authority and influence. Due to these change the national governments no longer have the ultimate dominance. This means

Abstract Authors: Emelie Nilsson & Mairi Winbladh Title: Changing fathering roles with the internet as a venue (translated title) Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson The aim of our study was to collect material from male Swedish bloggers that themed their blog about fatherhood. We wanted to distinguish if there were any factors visible through a blog that could create, uphold or change the

UPPSATSEN ÄR SKRIVEN I ÄMNET TJECKISKA (KURS TJE252). The history of gender equality in the Czech Republic i's long and diverse. Thi's thesi's aim's to provide a concise mapping of it's development, with the purpose to illustrate and explain factor's that have consequence's to thi's day. The principal focu's of the study i's the civic women''s movem

In Sweden we are spared from large natural disasters. However, in January 2005 part of Sweden was struck by a hurricane. It did not only leave a decimated landscape in its wake. It also left its mark on many people who lived in the south of Sweden. In this paper the reader will be presented six qualitative interviews that build on forestowners' experiences during and in the aftermath of the St

The aim of this Master's thesis is to study whether bibliometrics can serve as a method to analyse the humanities. To investigate this a literature study was conducted that examined previous studies concerning bibliometrics and the humanities. Furthermore a bibliometric analysis of comparative literature was carried out. These research findings were then further examined through the perspecti

Glimmingehus is one of the most well preserved medieval castles in Sweden. This essay examines why it was built ? what were the intentions of the Lord, Jens Holgersen? Even though we?ll never be able to ask him, the answer to the question ?why?? can give us an insight of how a man of his position thought in the Late Medieval time. To answer the question the castle are explored through three diffe

In today's society social movement are dependent on media as a channel to com-municate their political message and their discourse. Media is an arena for dis-courses but at the same time, along with Attac, one of the actors who struggle to be part of the dominant discourse of the society. This struggle is uneven due to media and the relationship is to some content hegemonic. Attac Sweden was