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Lund Municipality has a citizen center where municipal guides serve as a vital link between residents and the various departments within the municipality. This thesis explores the detailed domain of impression management within the context of municipal guidance interactions in Lund Municipality. The aim was to examine the patterns of impression management that occur in the interaction between muni

Nowadays it is becoming more and more common for children, young and older, to have some type of mental health problems, but the question is how does this affect the person's life? The purpose of this paper is to get a more specific understanding of mental health problems regarding children. The paper aims to show how mental health affects children, after a diagnosis and/or a turning point in

In Italy, all aborted fetuses are required to be buried. However, when thousands of fetuses graves were found displaying a cross with the name of the person who had aborted, the practice was contested. The aim of this study is to examine the justifications behind the mobilization of the pro-life and pro-choice movements in Italy around the practice of the burial of aborted fetuses. Through the ana

This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of parents’ perspective and experiences of taking care of children with anorexia. Anorexia is a serious potentially deadly mental illness, characterized by drastic weight loss and personality change. It generally debuts during adolescence and negatively impacts the whole family. In order to be able to provide adequate family support, the perspective o

I ljuset av samhällelig betoning på mångfald och jämställdhet i ämnar denna studie att bidra med en ökad förståelse om konsumtionssubkulturen och extremspor-ten freeskiing. Sportens diskursiva inkluderings- och exkluderingsmekanismer undersöks i syfte att finna möjligheter för organisationer att strategisk kommunicera mot fler marknadssegment. Genom att anta ett mottagarperspektiv genomförs en netThis study aims, in the light of societal emphasis on diversity and equality, to con-tribute with a greater understanding of subcultures of consumption and the extreme sport of freeskiing. The sports discursive mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion are examined in order to identify opportunities for organizations to strategically communicate to a broader target group. By adopting a receiver perspe

The pressure on businesses to act ethically and to get involved in the development area has increased. At the same time, the strength of sportsas a vehicle for development is highlighted from various worldly respected leaders and organizations. The research maps the emerging field of businesses responsibility, development andsport in Kenya. Fifteen companies, which operate in the Kenyan market, ar

Syftet med uppsatsen är att kritiskt belysa, analysera och diskutera turordningsreglernas rättsliga innebörd och rättspolitiska diskurs i ett svenskt och EU-rättsligt perspektiv. Lagen om anställningsskydd trädde i kraft 1974 och har allt sedan dess varit en av de mest omdiskuterade svenska lagstiftningarna. I centrum för diskussionen står turordningsreglerna. Anledningen till att frågan blivit The purpose of this thesis is to critically highlight, analyze and discuss the priority rules, their judicial meaning and legal policy discourse in a Swedish and European legal perspective. The Act on Employment came into force in 1974 and since then it has been one of the most controversial legislations in Sweden. At the very center of the debate are the priority rules. The reason that the rules

There is a growing expectation in the field of sustainable development that cities are the most suitable scale for addressing global environmental issues, particularly through their ability to mobilize local actors. Business improvement districts (BIDs) are a form of public-private partnership (PPP) in cities typically established by associations of private actors that aim to generate value in com

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to contribute to the knowledge about Generation Z in the consumer society context, through a critical investigation of the possible negative impacts of the internalization of the consumerist mentality within the digital capitalist society. This is relevant since such internalization could interfere with the capacity of individuals to maintain long-term rela

This thesis explores the construction of motherhood in Northern Vietnam and how motherhood influences engagement with digital entrepreneurship. The study relies on 10 in-depth interviews with middle-class mothers of young children in urban areas in Northern Vietnam, who are currently running online businesses through Facebook. Existing literature on motherhood in Vietnam has placed motherhood with

An inclusive democracy is of essence to combat the changes that the world is going through seen in the trend of increasing female participation. However, attitudes towards women in the public sphere seems not as progressive as one might believe which is an understudied topic. The aim of this thesis is to examine this development through the phenomena violence against women in politics in the conte

Gender roles and constructions of ideals have long imposed unrealistic expectations on people to behave in certain ways and even be certain types of people. Women, more so, than others. Ideals of womanhood, what it means to be a woman, a good woman, a new woman, have required women to perform who they are at all times. The imaginary of the “New Woman” is only of these ideals that has been around g

The paper's broader purpose is to explore how conspiracy narratives are used for influence operations. This is accomplished by comparing conspiracy narratives regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, being disseminated by the Swedish group Frihet Sverige in Eskilstuna, with narrative strategies being used toward Sweden, and narratives occurring in Russia. My first aim is to contribute with a local pers

The Roma population of Sweden has been oppressed by the government for hundreds of years, which has been manifested through lack of civil rights, forced sterilisations and expulsion from society. Today, however, the government aims to include the Roma through various strategies for Roma integration. Although explicit discrimination is not the case anymore, prejudice is often persistent in society.

Apart from the previous writings about fetishism within a paraphilic discourse in the medical and psychology fields, fetishism, from an individual perspective, is a rather under-studied field and somewhat of a blind spot in the adjoining field of BDSM-studies in both a Swedish and international context. Fetishism can be defined as the ability of feeling a sense of satisfaction when handling or bei

To the reader acquainted with academic discourses about working time reduction, the public discussion about such a policy seems incomplete. This raises the question of how and why certain academic discourses are taken up in the public debate, while others are excluded. This thesis aims at developing a theoretical framework to explore this question in the light of social power relations. It thereby

Bygg- och fastighetssektorn är en av de sektorer som släpper ut mest växthusgaser. Under ett enskilt år så svarar byggbranschen för utsläpp av växthusgaser på 21 miljoner ton koldioxidekvivalenter, vilket motsvarar 21 procent av Sveriges totala utsläpp. Av det totala utsläppet på 21 miljoner koldioxidekvivalenter så kommer 12,8 miljoner ton från inhemska utsläpp av växthusgaser och 8,2 miljoner toThe building and real estate sector is one of the sectors that emits the most greenhouse gases. For a single year, the construction industry is responsible for greenhouse gas emissions of 21 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, which corresponds to 21 per cent of Sweden's total emissions. Of the total emissions of 21 million carbon dioxide equivalents, 12.8 million tons come from domesti

I mötet med EDI i ensembleundervisning under VFU väcktes ett intresse kring EDI samt om dess möjligheter och begränsningar i ensemblesammanhang. Studien syftar till att undersöka dessa aspekter; upplevelsen och innebörden av instrumentet samt hur instrumentet fungerar i ensembleundervisning på gymnasiets estetiska program. Litteraturgenomgången behandlar den musikteknologiska utvecklingen i skolanDuring our internship we experienced EDI in ensemble teaching and our interest about EDI:s possibilities and limitations in ensemble arose. The purpose of the study aims to investigate; the experience and meaning of the instrument and how the instrument works in ensemble teaching in the high school's music program. The chapter Literature Review treats the evolution of music technology in the s