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Think tanks are a growing phenomenon in Western Europe. The majority of them possess a clear political agenda and their main goal is to spread their ideas and influence the public discourse as well as decision makers to subscribe to their ideology. This is normally done through gaining the attention of the media. However, it is not fully understood how think tanks manage to act as agenda-setters i
The aim of this essay is to explore the discourse of institutional cultural policies on the promotion of reading, through a series of questions centring on power relations and ideology. The theory and method chosen for this investigation are that of Critical Discourse Analysis, mainly as developed by Norman Fairclough. As the ability to read and understand written texts is imperative to democracy
This thesis is constructed on an examination of the global principles and operational methods of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and their linkage to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). These phenomena have implications for the sustainable banking business, which aims to deliver banking products and services aligned with a triple-bottom-line corporate approach contributing to sustainable
Abstract Title: Personal branding – opportunity or necessity? Seminar date: 2015-01-15 Course: FEKH29 Business administration: Degree Project in Marketing, Undergraduate Level, 15 hp. Authors: Magnus Skog, Justus Jahja, Niran Ahmad Advisor: Jon Bertilsson Key words: Social media, brands, Ceo, financial result Objective: The objective of this thesis is to in an explorative approach obtain th
ESammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Vin & Sprit – Konsekvenser av försäljningen till Pernod Ricard Seminariedatum: 2008‐06‐04 Ämne/kurs: FEKP01, Examensarbete magisternivå, 15 poäng Författare: Malmborg Niklas, Måwe Mikaela, Pettersson Mikael Handledare: Skärvad Per Hugo Fem nyckelord: Vin & Sprit, Absolut Vodka, Pernod Ricard, varumärke och förvärv Syfte: Syftet med
Syfte: Denna uppsats syftar till att se om den svenska koden för bolagsstyrning har levt upp till sitt ursprungliga syfte, att förbättra bolagsstyrningen samt att öka förtroendet. På så sätt ska vi avgöra vilken betydelse sådan här reglering har för styrning av svenska bolag och förtroendet för dessa. Vi har även för avsikt att se om och i så fall hur inställningen till koden har förändrats efter
Uppsatsens titel: Revisorns och Skatteverkets verksamhet mot manipulering av kontantredovisning – Går brottet att eliminera? Seminarie datum: 5 juni, 2008 Ämne/Kurs: FEKP01, Examensarbete magisternivå, Företagsekonomi, 15p. Fördjupningsinriktning: Redovisning Författare: Hanna Hideng och Karin Plato Handledare: Gunnar Wahlström Fem nyckelord: Manipulering, Kontanthantering, Kassaregister, Revision
Titel: Kryssningsfartyg som rum – en polemik kring rumsliga begrepp. Nivå: Kandidatuppsats vid Institutionen för Service Management, Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg. Författare: Katarina Håkansson, Christine Sund och Caroline Svanberg. Handledare: Christer Eldh och Ola Thufvesson. Problem: Det finns idag flera begrepp gällande platser för turism. Dessa är relevanta var för sig, men relaterad
This thesis aims to investigate the relationship between public participation and self-segregation. The Delegation for Sustainable Cities (2012) argue that it is problematic that measures against segregation often are project-based, with a unilateral focus on socioeconomic weak areas. The strong opposition that urban planners meet when implying efforts against segregation in socioeconomically stro
With the purpose of contributing to research on the relation between identity and threat perception, this thesis comparatively examines Estonian and Lithuanian political discourse for the period of 2014-2018. Case selection is based on relatively significant difference in Russian minority population in Estonia and Lithuania. Applying Social Identity Theory, the thesis uses conceptualisations of in
Den här studien syftar till att genom kvalitativa intervjuer lyfta några tidigare elevers röster för att se vad som motiverade dem i celloundervisningen på kulturskolan och vilka faktorer som påverkade dem att sluta ta lektioner. Studien genomfördes genom tre enskilda intervjuer med två före detta celloelever och en nuvarande celloelev, som under cirka ett år tog uppehåll från cellolektionerna. LiThis study aims to, through qualitative interviews, highlight the voices of pupils who have dropped out of the culture school, to see what motivated them in the cello education at the culture school and what factors influenced them to stop taking lessons. The study was conducted through three individual interviews with two previous cello pupils and one current cello pupil, which for a period took
The aim of this study was to find which major themes could be found in self-help books geared towards individuals with binge eating issues. Furthermore, the goal was to understand what type of meaning these themes communicated. To do this a strategic sampling was first used to find such books to study. This led to the choice of using books in English, written by professionals, that were also avail
Sexhandel förekommer i alla kulturer och samhällen. Trots det har detta område visat sig vara nästintill omöjligt att på ett oproblematiskt vis integrera i länders lagstiftning. En konvergent lagstiftning mellan olika områden är grundläggande för att ett lands rättssystem ska fungera. Sexhandeln är ett politiskt, moraliskt och ideologiskt ämne vilket medför komplikationer när lagstiftningsarbete kSex work occurs in all cultures and societies. Nevertheless, this area has proved almost impossible to integrate into a countries’ legislation in an unproblematic way. Convergent legislation between different areas is fundamental for the functioning of a country’s legal system. The sex trade is a political, moral and ideological subject, which entails complications when legislative work on the sub
I såväl media som inom myndigheter och organisationer har det under de senaste åren i allt högre grad uppmärksammats att migrerande arbetskraft inom jordbruket/den gröna näringen eventuellt används på ett sätt som kan strida mot arbetsrättsliga och sociala regleringar.Avsikten med föreliggande studie är framförallt att sammanställa den forskning som finns avseende olika arbetslivs- och arbetsmiljö
This study examines the memory of the Lebanese civil war, and the sense of belonging to contemporary Lebanon by interviewing Lebanese immigrants residing in Sweden. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with Lebanese who have personal experiences and interests in the war. The interviews have been holistically analysed and the study concludes that respondents’ discourses surrou
This thesis provides an analysis about the issue that how national identity is constructed and approached by Swedish domestic design works. The case studies mainly focus on the products from two companies in Sweden. They are the porcelain of Gustavsberg AB and the domestic design of Svenskt Tenn AB. Majority of the empirical material was collected by the author through the visit of these two compa
The object of this study was to try to comprehend, how the rehabilitaion of individuals towards employment and beeing able to earn their own living, could be facilitated through co-operative actions from the concerned local authorities. This comprehension was founded on the narratives from individuals, about their needs and qualifications. In order to reach this object, I interviewed participants
This thesis critically examines the Swedish cement industry, comprised of Heidelberg Materials Cement Sverige AB (HMCS), through a discourse analysis of their public communications i.e. press releases, articles and web pages. The aim is to research what discourses HMCS participates in and how they participate in different discourses in regards to their sustainability work. The Swedish cement indus
The United States is witnessing the emergence of what has popularly been coined Trumpism – a new conservatism inspired by the administration of Donald J. Trump, however, extending beyond to other far-right politicians. This research aims to better understand Trumpism as it relates to environmental (in)justice via a legislative case study analysis including the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)
