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Uppsatsen behandlar, utifrån ett animal studies-perspektiv, den normalitetsförändring som sker mellan människan och noshörningen i Eugène Ionescos absurda drama Rhinocéros.

I denna uppsats diskuteras översättningsteoretiska aspekter i en facklitterär text av Alessandra Ponte, avsedd för publicering i tidskriften Glänta. Uppsatsen inleds med en kort presentation av uppsatsen och dess syfte och metod, följt av en längre introduktion av källtexten och dess författare. Den första stora delen av uppsatsen utgörs av en analys av källtexten, som genomförs med stöd av framfö

Inom ett demokratiskt samhälle är likhet inför lagen en av de viktigaste principerna. Men är den möjligt att uppfylla i praktiken? Går det överhuvudtaget att behandla människor lika trots att vi ständigt delar in varandra i olika kategorier? I Sverige idag tilldelas alla barn ett juridiskt kön redan vid födseln. Beroende på om barnet anses vara en flicka eller en pojke följer sedan helt olika förvEquality before the law is one of the most important principles within a democratic society. But can it be put into practice? Is it at all possible to treat people equally in a society where we constantly divide each other into different categories? Today in Sweden, all children are assigned a legal sex at birth. We have different expectations on what qualities a child is supposed to have dependin

I det svenska straffsystemet åtnjuter alla brottsliga gärningar ett straffvärde. Så även narkotikabrott. För snart ett år sedan, i juni 2011, avkunnade HD en dom som tydligt syftade till att ändra praxis avseende hur straffvärdet ska fastställas i narkotikamål. De två tilltalade som åtalet huvudsakligen avsåg dömdes av HovR till 14 års fängelse vardera. HD sänkte straffen till fyra års fängelse. EAccording to Swedish penal law all criminal offenses deserves a penal val-ue. So while drug offenses. Nearly a year ago, in June 2011, the Supreme Court gave a judgment that was clearly aimed at changing practices in the assessment of the penal value of drug offenses. The two defendants in the indictment were each mainly sentenced by the Court of Appeals for 14 years in prison. The Supreme Court r

This paper is a study of the meaning and definition behind aesthetic value in contemporary popular music. The material that this paper focuses on consists namely of written essays, published in the daily press, and that are in some way related to the topic, and different takes and views regarding value. These essays will help serve as the base of the discussion in this paper, and to help explain a

In 2010 a new opportunity was introduced in the Swedish legal system after an implementation of a directive from the European Union. -After an application for review, this amendment of the public procurement law provides the administrative courts with the ability to annul directly assigned procurement contracts. This opportunity has not previously existed in Swedish Law and has therefore been desc

Title: A changed life by hiv? – A study of three life stories [translated title] The purpose of this study was to, through a theoretical framework consisting of stigma and crisis theories, illustrate and create an understanding of how you can experience life after testing positive for HIV. More specifically its aim was to examine the impact of a HIV-positive test result and how an HIV infection a

The aim of this qualitative study is to define and compare the professional role of school and medical counselors in Sweden. It also addresses the question whether the counselor is a unified profession and if it is established among other professions in the organizations. The analysis is based on interviews with three medical counselors and three school counselors. Theories used in the analysis ar

Bakgrund: Höftfrakturer är ett stort folkhälsoproblem som kan leda till funktionshinder, nedsatt livskvalitet och dödlighet. I Socialstyrelsens riktlinjer för vård och behandling betonades 2003 vikten av att skapa lokala vårdprogram för att förbättra, säkra samt effektivisera vården och behandlingen av höftfrakturer. Samma år skapades vid Lunds Universitetssjukhus ett vårdprogram för omhändertagan

The aim of this study was to examine how social workers reason concerning homeless families with children from the term “the child’s best interest” found in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Socialtjänstlagen (Social services act). We wanted to study how social workers reason about placements of homeless families in hotels and hostels. We also wanted to find out how soci

En rad uppmärksammade skjutningar i bland annat Malmö ledde under våren 2012 till en ökad opinion för att den befintliga vapenlagstiftningen behövde skärpas, speciellt vad gäller innehav av vapen där innehavaren har en anknytning till organiserad brottslighet. Att äga eller inneha ett skjutvapen beskrivs som en del av en kriminell livsstil och efterfrågan på skjutvapen kan till stor del tillskrivaDuring 2011-2012 a row of violent shootings took place in Sweden which lead the government to present a bill proposing to change the legislation concerning firearms. During this process there were suggestions as to make the bill strike harder against possessions of firearms by individuals associated with organized crime as firearms are common amongst those living criminal lives and because the dem

The aim for this study was to gain a better understanding of how cyber-bullying presents itself among school students, and in what ways schools and school counselors are involved when it comes to working with the problem. The study was based upon semi-structured interviews with six school counselors from three primary schools in Sweden. The material was analyzed and put into the context of Hasenfe

Chemicals exist ubiquitously around us in the food we eat, in the clothes we wear and in the buildings where we live. Due to the input of chemicals in building materials, the materials constitute a risk and can damage human health and the environment. A non-toxic environment is one of three prioritized areas in the environmental work in Norrköping municipality. The overall ambition is to reduce us

The purpose of this study was to examine the subjective experience of schizophrenia. Four people, two of them diagnosed with schizophrenia and two relatives, were interviewed. The themes selected were development of the disease, recovery, belief in the future, the role of families and siblings, stigmatization and the relationship between violent crimes and mental illness. The development and exper

The aim of our study was to investigate the image the Swedish media present of cannabis and in particular hasch. We gathered all articles published during one month in the year 2002 and in 2012 in three major newspapers in Sweden. The newspapers examined where Dagens Nyheter, Aftonbladet and Metro. Through a social constructive perspective and discourse analysis as method we divided the content in

Den svenska jämställdhetspolitiken utgår från ett övergripande mål om att kvinnor och män ska ha samma möjligheter att forma både sitt eget liv och samhället. Målet bygger på en tanke om att det existerar ett strukturellt och ojämlikt maktförhållande mellan män och kvinnor. Det övergripande jämställdhetspolitiska målet anknyter på så sätt till Yvonne Hirdmans teori om genussystemet och den underorThe gender equality policy in Sweden is based on a main objective of equal opportunities for both men and women to shape their lives as well as the society. The objective is founded on an idea that there exists an unequal relationship of power between women and men. Therefore, the objective also relates to Yvonne Hirdmans theory on the gender system and the subordination of women that follows from

Av 3:3 första meningen ABL följer: ”Om bolagets verksamhet helt eller delvis skall ha ett annat syfte än att ge vinst till fördelning mellan aktieägarna, skall detta anges i bolagsordningen.” Vid en första anblick ter sig denna bestämmelse inte särskilt komplicerad. Ett aktiebolag drivs i syfte att ge vinst till fördelningen mellan aktieägarna om inget annat står i bolagsordningen. Det så kallaIn accordance to the main rule in 3:3 ABL, the aim of a corporation is to generate profit for distribution among the shareholders, unless otherwise is stated in the articles of association. The profit making purpose should prevail. At first glance, this regulation is not particularly complicated. 3:3 ABL is, however, the decision criterion that should permeate every decision that the company manag

Postcolonial studies is an academic theoretical field which often tend to have a strongly critical approach towards development organizations and their work and as a result the relation between the two fields is rather ambivalent. However, this paper will use postcolonial criticism as a tool to identify issues reproduced from the colonial era in an Education strategy which the organization Plan ha