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The purpose of this essay was to examine whether there were any differences in social workers way of investigating boys and girls, age 13-15. The main questions we wanted to answer were; which were the factors that the social workers focused on? Did the investigations lead to a measure and if so, which one? How were risk and protection factors described and ana-lysed? To answer our questions we r

This essay examines whether feminist theory can give a plausible answer to the question: does female and male students have different attitudes towards the labour market and towards wages? Further more, I examine if factors such as class and ethnicity affect student's attitudes. These questions are investigated through a quantitative study of students at four educations on two different univer

Abstract One aim of this thesis, has been to explore how discursive frames are constructed, frames to relate to, compare with, and therefore be part in shaping political subjects. The other aim has been connected with a more empirical platform, where I wanted to discover how these frames are established and structured discursively within a political organization, among its members; in this case w

Title: Investor relations from the perspective of young investors: A quantitative study of individual investors’ preferences in information and communication channels. Author: Cathrine Lorvik Advisor: Jesper Falkheimer Language: Norwegian Problem: Within the research field of investor relations there is lacking studies that focus on individual investors, i.e. the receiver perspective. At the same

The prominence of science in contemporary politics is remarkable. The prominence of science may however contradict democratic ideas since a potentially detrimental knowledge and power inequality exist between experts and non-experts. One suggested way of bridging the gap between the two groups is democratic deliberation which is an idea that will be considered in this study. Furthermore, scientifi

This is a study of the growing phenomenon volunteer tourism, defined as Westerners traveling to countries in the ”third world”, mainly through commercial agencies, with the purpose of ”helping out” in social and environmental projects. The purpose is to examine how the volunteer travel as a social practice produces discursive meaning, identities and subject positions. I have studied the web pages

Trots att tonårstiden för många är ett livsskede präglat av oro och nedstämdhet är kunskapen om tonårsdepressioner relativt liten. Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka eventuella samband mellan identitetsutveckling och depressiv problematik under de sena tonåren. Ett identitetsteoretiskt frågeformulär (Dimensions of Identity Development Scale) översattes till svenska. Formuläret uppvisAlthough many adolescents experience depressive symptoms relatively little is known about the development and maintenance of adolescent depression. The purpose of the present study was to examine possible links between identity formation and depressive problems during late adolescence. A five-process identity formation questionnaire (Dimensions of Identity Development Scale) was translated into Sw

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