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Decentralization and support to local democracy are keystones in Sweden's development cooperation. This cooperation is channelled through local partnerships in order to create fora for exchange of experiences of local self-governance and to strengthen democratic institutions on a sub-national level. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of, and to future research on, decentralizat
According to latest research the world politics is experiencing an expansion of judicial power. International institutions are becoming more legalized and courts are getting more influence over political issues. In this thesis I investigate the relationship between politics and law in the European Union (EU) and how this international trend is present in the current constitutional changes that are
Abstract Author: Ellen Andåker Title: Living with anorexia - a qualitative study on how anorexics experience their lives. Supervisor: Anders Giertz The aim of this study was to create an understanding for how it is to live with the disease anorexia nervosa and how the anorexics feel about their living conditions within the areas family, employment, health and social life is affected by the disease
The purpose of this essay was to explore the meaning of interculturality and intercultural competence and its importance in social work. In Malmö there are currently over 285 000 citizens representing 170 different nationalities speaking over a hundred different languages. Is this diversity being exploited within the social services in Malmö, and if so in what ways? Our empirical material is based
The cases of sexually transmitted diseases and abortions among teenagers in Sweden are increasing. Mainly among youth in the ages 15 to 24 years. Our purpose with this study was to look at the reason for this by answering the question; why do youth expose themselves to the risks associated with unprotected sex? To answer this question we chose to do a quantitative survey by letting students in Lun
Svenskt skolsystem som vårt samhälles viktigaste kunskaps- och kulturbärande institution står inför en historisk utmaning som består i att möta den nya mångkulturella verkligheten. Elever med en annan etnisk bakgrund än svensk uppvisar dessvärre betydligt sämre skolresultat vilket utgör ett allvarligt hot mot skolsystemets möjlighet att uppnå sina mål men i förläggning också ett hot mot de grundlä
Syfte: Att med utgångspunkt i de undersökta företagens rörelsekapital, analysera huruvida PE-bolag genomför förändringar vid en LBO som skapar värde. Med hjälp av nyckeltalsanalys samt intervjuer, ämnar uppsatsen att ge en bild av de förändringar svenska PE-bolag genomför i rörelsekapitalet under holding-fasen. Metod: Uppsatsens metod grundar sig i en kvantitativ undersökning i form av insamlad da
Denna uppsats syftar till att ekonometriskt undersöka möjligheten till ett asymmetriskt konsumtionsbeteende vid en ändring av räntan med utgångspunkt från livscykelteorin. Detta skulle kunna innebära att en sänkning av räntan leder till en högre konsumtion men en höjning av räntan leder till en mindre minskning av konsumtionen. Datat är mellan 1985-2007 för Sverige respektive USA. Den beroende var
Syfte: Att med hjälp av optimal arbetslöshetsförsäkringsteori samt empirisk analys – genom en jämförelse mellan länder – undersöka om, och hur, utformandet av de olika fragmenten i en arbetslöshetsförsäkring förklarar arbetslöshetsgraden. Metod: Problemet kommer att angripas med såväl optimal ekonomisk teori som med ekonometri. En multipel regressionsanalys med tvärsnittsdata är den modell som kom
Europeiska unionen har länge arbetat för att uppnå fri rörlighet på den inre marknaden. På de flesta områden har arbetet nått långt men det finns undantag. Hypotekslånemarknaden inom EU är, trots betydande ekonomisk storlek, inte harmoniserad och ett flertal hinder mot den fria rörligheten av kapital existerar. Fokus i uppsatsen ligger framförallt på harmonisering och införande av en europeisk hThe European Union has long worked to achieve free movement within the internal market. In most areas, work has come a long way but there are exceptions. The mortgage market in the EU, despite significant economic size, is not harmonized, and a number of obstacles to achieve free movement of capital exist. The focus of the essay is primarily on the harmonization and implementation of a European
The aim of this essay is to investigate in what way the Iron Age human is conveyed in living history museums, such as the Viking village in Foteviken and the Land of legends in Lejre. In the opening chapters I will describe the enivronments and the platform itself of making prehistory come alive. In addition to that I will give a detailed account of the museums objectives. Thereafter I will discus
UPPSATSENS TITEL: Lär av de bästa - en fallstudie av benchmarking inom den svenska banksektorn. SEMINARIEDATUM: 2012-05-30 ÄMNE/KURS: Magisteruppsats, FEKN90, Examensarbete på Civilekonomprogrammet, 30 HP. FÖRFATTARE: Martina Bengtsson, Lisa Ohlsson HANDLEDARE: Per Magnus Andersson FEM NYCKELORD: Benchmarking, Svensk banksektor, Jämförelser, Benchmarking i banker, Benchlearning SYFTE: Syf
This study explores dance as a bodily and spatial resistance. The aim of the study is to investigate stories about and experiences of working with dance to explore the potential of dance as a resistance strategy. The study is based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with dancers, choreographers and project developers, coupled with a thematic analysis. Based on the interviewees’ stories, the
The aim of this thesis is to explore how people in 18th century Sweden understood emotional and bodily experiences of pregnant women. By combining devotional books with manuals for childbirth and obstetrics, the separation of theological and medical perspectives by previous historical research is questioned. Instead, ideas about pregnancy and the pregnant body are situated in a religious-medical s
The aim of this study was to examine social workers' experiences with collaboration and confidentiality when working with youth crime. A qualitative approach was employed, and five semi-structured interviews were conducted to investigate the research questions. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data, which revealed both obstacles and opportunities in collaborating with third-party orga
It is known that the phenomenon of child language brokering, where children act as interpreters for family members, exists in Sweden. Several studies have shown problematic aspects of the practice. The aim of this study was to explore young adults' experiences of child language brokering in appointments with professionals. The method chosen for this study was qualitative interviews with nine y
Denna studie berör incel-män på forumet Flashback och deras livsberättelser utifrån teman om ensamhet, utanförskap, maskulinitet och samhälleliga faktorers roll i problematiken. Tidigare forskning tyder på att ensamhet och utanförskap samt upplevd hopplöshet inför möjligheter till sexuella och/eller romantiska relationer förekommer frekvent inom gruppen incels. Syftet med studien är att utöka kuns
This essay analyzes multiple speeches by Boris Johnson during his campaign for Brexit and a period after the polls were closed. It examines if Boris Johnson's speeches are characterized and influenced by English nationalism. Furthermore, if his arguments and ideas correspond with the values of nationalism and particularly English values. The referendum of Brexit polarized the United Kingdom. M
