This is a qualitative study amongst professional social workers who work with financial aid for adults in Sweden. The aim of this study was to gain knowledge and understanding of how social workers view their discretion in relation to workload and legal certainty. We have conducted six interviews with social workers. By using Weber’s theory of the bureaucratic organization, Michel’s theory of goal

Today, climate change is one of the largest concerns about the future, which leads to investments in green companies becoming more relevant. This contributes to companies using greenwashing to attract investors. Beyond Meat is a company that produces meat substitutes and claims that their products have a lower carbon footprint than traditional meat. This paper compares the projected cashflow val

Bakgrund: Gymnasieelever är en stor målgrupp i Sverige, där många inte tar examen, med skoltrötthet som den vanligaste orsaken. Aktivitetsbalans är viktigt för att bibehålla hälsa och välmående. I dagsläget saknas det studier kring gymnasieelevers upplevda aktivitetsbalans. Syfte: Syftet var att undersöka upplevelser av aktivitetsbalans i det dagliga livet hos gymnasieelever i södra Sverige. Background: High school students is a large target group in Sweden, where many do not graduate, with school fatigue being the most common reason. Occupational balance is important to sustain health and well-being. Currently there is a lack of studies about high school students’ perceived occupational balance. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine high school students’ experiences of occu

In the summer of 2021 a massive rainfall caused floods in Gävleborg län. The flood contributed to high burden on SOS-alarm and the fire and rescue service when approximately 700 emergency calls were received in a short amount of time. The flood caused floodings in cellars, damage to infrastructure and problems moving through traffic. The high burden caused the inner commanding officer of the fire

The object of this paper is to describe the stylistic resources in literary texts and find out how textual density in narrative texts is created. Therefore, to a great extent the lyrical features are sought in the narrative. What is explicitly expressed within the text is investigated but what is not in the text, the empty spaces, is also commented on. It is reflected upon the concretizations or t

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur medarbetare upplever att deras obekväma arbetstider påverkar deras välmående i utifrån tre invarianta teman; återhämtning, work-life balance samt lärande. Uppsatsen präglas av ett medarbetarperspektiv på ett stort industriföretag där fyra medarbetare har intervjuats. Två medarbetare arbetar konstant natt och två stycken arbetar tvåskift, det vill säga

According to a previous study on domestic violence, in homes where violence occurs, 90 percent of children witness the abuse that takes place. The aim of this study is to understand how witnessing domestic violence affects children. Through six semi-structured interviews with social workers in Chicago and Decatur, Illinois, the impact on children who have witnessed violence in the home, and the me

The aim of this essay is to apply the theories of metaphor from Conceptual Metaphor Theory on a work of allegorical interpretation of the Bible – more specifically, Gregory of Nyssa’s The Life of Moses – and discuss what theological questions and perspectives arises from that. My primary question is thus: how can Gregory of Nyssa’s way of interpreting, and giving meaning to, objects in The Life of

Kan kemiska föroreningar leda till ökad resistens hos bakterier? I dagens samhälle kan de flesta känna en trygghet kring utvecklingen av moderna mediciner som gör att allt fler sjukdomar kan botas jämfört med innan. Varje år kan det kännas som att mänskligheten gör framsteg vad gäller den medicinska utvecklingen. Dock är det inte så att det bara görs framsteg kring läkemedel utan vissa läkemedel kAntibiotic resistance is currently a very serious and pressing issue. Grave consequences are predicted in the future if the rate of resistance development continues as today. In relation to this there are many contaminants in our environment and the grade of effects of these contaminants on antibiotic resistance is still very much unknown. The aim of this study is to give an overview on this subje

Taiwan issue is one of the hotspots of modern world politics, as well as China’s Taiwan policy. In order to understand China’s Taiwan policy and its dynamics, the thesis focus on the policy change made by China in 2019 that suspending Chinese individuals from traveling to Taiwan. The thesis using Fairclough-Inspired three-dimensional model conducting critical discourse analysis. After the analysis

In 2022, juvenile delinquency has been extensively debated in Sweden. Young people as a group are the most criminally active and it is natural to focus on this group in the discussion of crime. The media has the power in spreading knowledge and influencing the public's view and perception of social problems. This study aims to examine, through critical discourse analysis, the discourses some m

In this paper we examine TikTok trends relating to the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and the series about him, ”Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Brennan, Murphy 2022). Interest lies in how the fans and anti-fans of the series express themselves through video and text, as well as the role TikTok-creators play in the democratization of the media landscape. Naturally there is also an inter

The aim of this study was to understand how the different parties in court judgments motivate the “best interest of the child” and how the power relations between the parties appear in conjunction with the LVU process. The method chosen for this study was qualitative discourse analysis of six different LVU cases from the administrative court and the administrative court of appeal in Sweden between

Dumpen is an organization whose purpose is to stop potential child sex offenders by having adults behind the activity pretend to be a child in order to expose these people who are seeking contact with these fictional children on their website. Dumper's methods have been noticed and criticized in media forums, which has generated a debate publicly. Therefore, the study aims to examine how Dumpe

Detta är en kvalitativ studie med en fenomenologisk ansats, som grundar sig på intervjuer med sex fältarbetare på två fritidsgårdar på två bruksorter i södra Sverige. Syftet med denna uppsats är att belysa och öka förståelsen hur ett fenomen som den stora migrationsvågen år 2015 kan påverka barns och ungdomars fördomar och främlingsfientlighet. Mer specifikt; Hur upplever fältarbetare i två sydsve

Genom den popularisering som skett av feminismen har ett skifte skett i den marknadsföring som riktar sig till kvinnor, främst gällande framställningen av kvinnor i reklam. Dessutom vill många företag idag framställa sig som feminister, antingen för att de faktiskt är det, eller för att de vill utnyttja dess positiva påföljder. Det handlar alltså om två olika marknadsföringsstrategier; femvertisinThrough the popularization of feminism, a shift has taken place in the marketing aimed at women, mainly regarding the portrayal of women in advertising. In addition, many companies today want to present themselves as feminists, either because they are, or because they want to take advantage of its positive consequences. It is thus about two different marketing strategies: femvertising or femwashin

In 2020 an article was published about rough sex among youth. The article spread on social media and was the beginning of a debate in Swedish media that came to be known as the “rough sex debate”. The aim of this study is to achieve a greater understanding of the phenomenon of “rough sex” among youth. To achieve this aim, we analyze and highlight the discursive differences in the debate on “rough