In a democracy the people should be able to communicate with the politicians and express their opinions. Social movements, being part of the civil society, have their own ways of influencing and making their voices heard. Theories about institutionalisation state that social movements are radical in the beginning, but become more and more professional and less radical the more they grow. They have

The aim of the study was to take a closer look at the thoughts of a group of adolescent students concerning drug abuse and whether they think it is something one can find a way out of or not. The main questions are: - How are their thoughts about use and misuse of drugs? - Do they believe that a person with a drug abuse problem can quit? - How do they think it is done and what factors may facilita

Denna uppsats behandlar frågor om allemansrätt och hur den förhåller sig till olika typer av områdesskydd i 7 kap. Miljöbalken (MB), främst naturreservat. Skyddsformen naturreservat utgör del i en bas av de skyddsinstrument som finns för att skydda värdefulla naturområden. Lagstiftaren framhåller det som viktigt att värna om allemansrätten och att inte begränsa den i onödan i skyddade naturområThis thesis treats questions about common right of access to private land and its relation to different types of protected areas in Chapter 7 of the Environmental Code, considering mainly nature reserve. Nature reserve as a form of protection is part of the elementary forms of protecting valuable nature areas. According to the legislator it is important to uphold the common right of access to pr

Lathund för inventering. Ökade utsläpp av växthusgaser är idag ett stort problem då det bidrar till klimatförändringar som t.ex. mer frekventa översvämningar och stormar. I uppsatsen granskas en lathund om inventering av växthusgaser i en kommun som Klimatkommunerna har arbetat fram. Klimatkommunerna är en förening som jobbar med att minska växthusgasutsläppen i Sverige genom att bl.a. ta fram kli

The aim of this study was to examine how commuting social workers, who work in child protective services (CPS), experienced their work in a smaller urban environment. Working in CPS means that the social workers sometimes have to take drastic measurements to ensure the protection of children. This may not always go well with the rest of the family and sometimes even lead to hostility in the relati

In the era of urbanization and globalization, many small, rural and post-industrial cities struggle for growth. The competition for citizens and visitors is intense, and one commonly used strategy is to promote the city to a target audience. Place marketing, however, is homogenized to a great extent. Marketing thus seems like a useless approach, yet almost every city does it. By using discour

The background to this thesis is the fact that high temperature during transport and storage, degrade the glucose of peritoneal dialysis fluid (PD-fluid), into a toxic substance. Research at Gambro has shown that exposure to high temperatures can destroy the PD-fluid in just a few hours, requiring months to repair. With this knowledge it became important to monitor the temperature, and evaluate wh

The countries of the European Union are in an ongoing phase of integration. The influences on individual states domestic structures are unquestionable and the governing prerequisites have changed significantly. Poland, a relatively new member state is in the middle of the process and so this study analyses the effects of Europeanization on polishes domestic structures. The study examines four pub-

The following thesis is examining compliance with EU-law from a member state perspective. The variation in the compliance level between the member states from 1995 to 2005 is analyzed to prove the fact that the Nordic member countries during the measured time period experienced a low number of infringements. The infringements that did occur were resolved faster and more efficient in the Nordic cou

In classic academic social studies of East Europe, terms as Communism and Post-Communism are commonly used to describe the main characteristics of this geographically imagined area. This paper makes a not so frequently seen attempt to apply Post Colonial Theory for the same field. With start point in Post Colonial theoretical writers, the author wants to find a East European Post Colonial version