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This thesis aims to examine the European Union’s policy regarding immigration to the EU from third part states. The main purpose is to highlight the reformations that have taken place since the late 50’s. Through an critical discourse analysis as a method, the thesis concludes that EU’s present-day restrictive migration policy has had substantial influence on how we interpret the concept of immi
The Swedish Sea Cadet Corps (Sjövärnskåren / SVK) is a unique voluntary organisation with potential to greatly contribute to the Swedish society in times of crisis. The unique feature of SVK being the only voluntary organisation in Sweden that operates in the maritime domain, does not come without problems. I have in this study made clear to the reader where the problem lies and why there are prob
Factors influencing and improving a student’s academic attainments, in particular, test scores, are an essential concern for academics as well as policymakers. In this thesis, I add a student’s ordinal rank, calculated from underlying test scores, as a new input factor to the education production function. By using experimental data on primary schools in the United States, I assess whether the ord
The thesis explores the transformation of everyday spaces into spaces of resistance through “supported action”. It is based on semi-structured interviews with eight organisations fighting for reproductive rights and justice in Ireland. A diffractive analytical method is employed to identify intra-actions of space, bodies and objects in the transformation of politically produced and capitalist spac
Syftet med studien var att utifrån en kvalitativ ansats undersöka högstadielärares motivation i deras dagliga arbete. I undersökningen har lärarna fått reflektera och berätta om sin självupplevda motivation, hur de upplever sina arbetsuppgifter och hur deras yrke påverkar dem personligen. Undersökningen har gett en djup bild av lärarnas egna upplevelser av sin arbetssituation. Genom semistrukturerThe purpose of this study was to examine motivation of high school teachers in their daily work. The teachers in the study have been given an opportunity to reflect and describe their work motivation, how they experience their work and how their profession affects them personally. The survey has given a deep picture of the teachers' own experiences of their work situation. Through semi-structu
This thesis concerns the research area of International visual relations. It also concerns the media platform Instagram, and how it has come to be used by Swedish politics between 2014 and 2022. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether the way Swedish political parties express visual political communication has changed. This is done through a quantitative approach. Content analysis is
Miljöbalkens övergripande mål är att uppnå hållbar utveckling enligt balkens portalparagraf. Begreppet består av tre element: ekologisk, ekonomisk samt social hållbarhet. Hållbar utveckling ska genomsyra tillämpningen av hela balken. För att hållbar utveckling ska förverkligas krävs att underliggande delmål beaktas. Inom ramen för det övergripande målet finns 16 miljökvalitetsmål fattade av riksdaThe main objective of the Environmental Code (miljöbalken) is to achieve sustainable development, according to the code’s initial paragraph. The objective of sustainable development consists of three pillars: ecological, economic and social sustainability. Sustainable development is supposed to permeate and influence the application of the entire Environmental Code. In order to achieve the goal of
Capturing how consumers understand brand authenticity is a prominent quest by scholars. However, the concept is characterized by its multiplicity of meanings. Especially in the context of social media, the meaning of brand authenticity remains uncaptured. Focusing on beauty brands, this study aims to explore the consumers’ process of understanding brand authenticity on Instagram by taking the sens
Gold mining causes various negative social and environmental impacts in countries of extraction like Colombia. Voluntary and legal efforts to tackle these challenges have recently increased in Europe. To understand the complex supply chain and the impact of the newly evolved governance structures better, more research is needed. Based on a literature review and interviews, I identify important Eur
This essay will handle the subject of how the municipality of Malmö along with its real estate company MKB construct a discourse on how the neighborhood of Augustenborg should be understood. The essay uses critical discourse analysis to understand how the discourse is constructed, and what social consequences this has. The structure of the discourse has been mapped out with the concepts of the voi
This study examines articulations between place, power, and difference between social groups in a farming community of afro-descendance and foreigners appropriating land in Ecuador. It is an iterative-inductive ethnography that combines the extended case study with autoethnography to move between layers of systemic structures, intersubjectivity and subjectivity. Socio-ecological space is understoo
Bangkok is a multicultural metropolis where different cultures are exchanged and frequently in contact. The Chinese diaspora has settled in Bangkok for a long period of time. The intermarriage between the Thai and the Chinese has created a complex identity known as Sino-Thai for their descendants. This study aimed to explore the identity perception of the third generation Sino-Thai in Bangkok by a
Inom den arbetsmarknadspolitiska verksamheten är begreppen arbetslös och företagare, samt deras förhållande till varandra, inte närmre definierat i författning. Detta trots att en individs arbetslöshet ofta är ett krav för att få del av stöd och insatser inom denna verksamhet. Att bedöma när en individ är arbetslös är vidare särskilt problematiskt i de fall individen har företagsengagemang. I uppWhen discussing labor market policy activities, the definitions for unemployed and business owner, and their relationship to each other, are not clearly defined in the statute. This in spite of an individual’s unemployment often being a requirement to qualify for support and measures within these activities. To assess whether an individual is unemployed or not is particularly difficult in cases wh
The aim is to conceptualize and develop the understanding of interprofessional teams, team dynamics and job rotation to gain more nuanced knowledge about the phenomenon by answering the following research questions: How can team dynamics be understood in interprofessional health care teams? How is team dynamics affected by job rotations in interprofessional health care teams? This research is an
National libraries play a leading role in the creation of national identities. For that reason, the destruction and reestablishment of libraries may hold strategic meanings beyond the physical. This master thesis examines the symbols and cultural implications of such devastating events and resilient initiatives. Data for the thesis was collected through interviews with two librarians in Baghdad, w
The aim of this study was to gain knowledge about which self-care strategies are used by health care counselors who work with patients in crisis or patients who have experienced trauma. To do so there was also a need to gain knowledge about stressful or emotional challenges the health care counselors experience in the daily work. The method used was a case study with semi-structured interviews. Si
The purpose of this study is to analyze how deacons embody their second ordination vow concerning ‘helping those in need and standing by the oppressed ones’ side’. We conducted seven semi-structured interviews with deacons from one diocese in the Church of Sweden. The empirical material for this study is based on previous research about diaconia and analyzed through theoretical concepts of calling
Earlier studies have shown that when assessing explanations of psychological phenomena, there is a bias for explanations including references to neuroscience, even when these references contain logically irrelevant information (Fernandez-Duque, Evans, Christian & Hodges, 2015; M inahan & Siedlecki, 2016; Weisberg, Keil, Goodstein, Rawson and Gray, 2008; Weisberg, Taylor & Hopkins, 2015
