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This study aimed to examine second-generation immigrant women and their experiences of integration in Swedish society. Furthermore, the study explores what consequences and difficulties they experience in this endeavour. This study is conducted through qualitative semi-structured interviews with seven young women between the ages of 18-25 who have at least one foreign-born parent. In our theoretic
The purpose of this thesis is to research the relationship between trade unions and far-right parties in Scandinavia. Considering the well established trade unions, the Nordic model, with the rise of support for the far-right, and how their founding ideologies are very different from each other, the region of Scandinavia constitutes a unique area for the relationship between trade unions and far-r
This bachelor thesis explores the perceptions that exist – and how these are created – among six professionals who work with violence in relationships between young people. To understand how the perceptions are created, the study uses Charles Tilly’s (2003) theory of how social categories is created and defined. The study also sheds light on how these perceptions can be understood from a feminist
Author: Merima Colak Title: Organization of financial assistance - Perspective on an integrated and a specialized municipality [translated title] Supervisor: Håkan Johansson Assessor: Staffan Blomberg The purpose of this study was to examine how specialized and integrated social services manage their social assistance. In addition to this the aim was to examine how social workers and officials wo
Author: Frida Vejdal & Hugo Nyman Title: The worthy victim – A critical discourse analysis about beggars and begging Supervisor: Malinda Andersson Assessor: Eva Palmblad The free mobility within the EU has contributed to an increase of EU-migrants. They travel to Sweden, among other countries, mainly from the poorer countries in the Eastern Europe with the aim to find a source of income. The
This thesis explores the interlinking of evaluation and development through an anthropological lens by considering the indigenization process of an evaluation culture, and how evaluation travels across boundaries as an assemblage, similar to many other global phenomena. Central to the thesis is the national evaluation capacity building trend viewed as a two-sided project; first as internal capacit
Infertility is a medical condition where a person either cannot become pregnant or make someone else pregnant. Infertility can be challenging and stressful to process for the individual or couple experiencing it. This study aimed to investigate infertility caused by medical circumstances through qualitative interviews with affected individuals as well as healthcare counsellors who has knowledge an
Service user involvement has become an important part of social work in Sweden. Social services in Helsingborg has taken a step further in involving service users by including them in the recruitment process of some of their own staff members. Few studies regarding this particular phenomenon has been found thus the need of exploring it further. The aim of this thesis is to explore social workers o
The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge and insight into social service workers' experiences and opinions about the Swedish law on compulsory care of minors. The study also aimed to illustrate how social workers describe their work with the legislation and their role in it. We conducted six qualitative semi-structured interviews with social workers who had the experience in compulsory
Hamilton tells the story of the life and career of Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant who came to America at a young age and grew up to be a founding father as well as the first Treasury Secretary of the United States of America and the face of the US ten-dollar bill. Since premiering in 2015, the hip-hop-musical grew into a popular culture phenomenon, resonating with people all over the world while
The aim of this study was to examine factors which affect the occurrence of work related threats and violence toward social workers. Specifically differences in experiences of threats and violence between social workers who exercise public authority and other professionals who practice social work in general have been studied. The study has examined if there is a relation between social workers
The aim of this study is to highlight the emergence and spread of black protest, with a focus on Warsaw and Cracow in Poland, as well as Malmö in Sweden, from the participants’ perspective. Together with a historical background and theoretical discussion, I analysed the “Voices of Women” petition from the International Women’s Strike, and five qualitative research interviews with participants of t
The term incel has recently been brought up in media in correlation to the terror attack in Toronto, Canada, in 2018. The perpetrator, Minassian, described his motivation for the crime in a facebook status where he referenced websites connected to the incel movement, which is a group of men, who blame today's society and women for their involuntary celibacy. Due to the strong correlation betwe
Debts among individuals and households in Sweden have increased over the years. Although statistics from the Swedish Enforcement Authority show that the total number of people registered with excessive debts has declined for the third year in a row, the total amount of debt of those individuals and households who are already overindebted on other hand continues to increase. Moreover, debtors regis
Denna studie har som syfte att belysa hur man kan använda sociala medieplattformen Instagram för att visuellt skildra rådande maktstrukturer, normer och ideal som den nutida feministiska diskursen adresserar. Vidare undersöker den hur influencern Celeste Barber konstruerar sina inlägg på Instagram genom parodier för att vara normbrytande och motsätta sig de kvinnliga ideal som vanligtvis framställ
This paper examines how permaculture in Denmark can contribute to the green transition towards a sustainable state. Permaculture offer a practical design on how to live a sustainable life including a practical detailed design to farming. By analysing collected material through semi-structured interviews with the framework ”Capitalism and its Criticism” originated from the two sociologist Boltanski
The aim of this essay is to investigate to which extent the child's voice is heard in custody judgments, based upon the fact that the child's best interest is required by Swedish law to be fundamental in the assessments concerning children. This has become more relevant since the 1:st of January in 2020 when the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child became Swedish law. We ha
