In this thesis, I draw attention to what at first glance might look like the opposite of family life – those living by themselves – people who at times are stereotyped as deviants even in research. The aim is two-fold. Firstly, I am interested in how those living by themselves arrange and construct their social connections, such as friendship, family or kinship and work life. Secondly, I am intere

This paper will focus on a comparative analysis of the gendered social construction of parenting (mothering and fathering); in relation to possible relationship burdens faced by parents, in the process of care giving and administration of therapeutic mechanisms, to children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The gendered social construction of parenting and respective burdens will be a

This thesis is to look into media representation on issues that involve female marriage migrants, in particular, in relation to citizenship, in Singapore, one of the most popular destinations of marriage migration in Asia. Categorized and labeled as “foreign brides” in Singapore, these foreign-born women have long suffered from biased or one-dimensional representation in the local media, particula

Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to generate a wider measurement of welfare by carefully chosen variables in mainly three different areas: economic, socio-economic and environment in order to generate a welfare index which describes the world yesterday, today and tomorrow. Method: With the Principal Component Analysis 14 variables from 115 coun-tries are studied and verified and analyzed wit

The innovative efforts of the pharmaceutical sector have provided society with numerous new remedies and medicines. Innovation is considered to be of key importance to the sector. The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the relevant legal frameworks should be developed to account for the innovative need of the sector. In order to develop these frameworks it is important to understand the underlyin

The purpose of this thesis is to display our results received from the assignment GfK addressed to us. GfK is an independent part who aid companies when they need statistical assistance. In order to forecast sales for one of GfK’s customers we have build models with time series analysis. We received 26 products with monthly data from 2005 to 2008. In this thesis we have narrowed it down to six of

Vi har i denna C-uppsats undersökt hur införandet av studieavgifter för tredjelandsstudenter kommer att påverka antalet internationella studenter. Inledningsvis beskriver vi bakgrunden till införandet av studieavgiften och definierar vår frågeställning, hur kommer avgiftsinförandet att påverka antalet internationella studenter på Sveriges lärosäten? Vidare ser vi på utvecklingen av antalet interna

Denna studie syftar till att beskriva kvinnliga chefers individuella syn på balans mellan arbetsliv och privatliv, samt rollkonflikten mellan dessa två sfärer. Undersökningen syftar till att lyfta fram vilka möjligheter och hinder som finns för att åstadkomma balans, samt kvinnliga chefers resonemang kring balansfrågan. Genom intervjuer med nio kvinnliga chefer på fem olika företag beskrivs och an

Syfte: Denna uppsats avser att utreda om aktierelaterade incitamentprogram påverkar företags aktieavkastning. Det testas även om företagen som väljer att införa incitamentprogram har haft bättre avkastning, intäkter och return on assets jämfört med de företag som inte infört incitamentsprogram. Metod: För att få fram resultat har data samlats in dels från respektive företag dels från databasern

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur de svenska skogsbolagen arbetar med valutariskhantering samt att genom beräkningar av β-värden undersöka om en signifikant exponering mot utländsk valuta finns. Metod: Jag har för vart och ett av bolagen undersökt hur de arbetar med valutasäkring, detta genom en intervju, en enkät samt genom granskning av årsredovisningar. Sedan har jag beräkna

To estimate the relation between FDI and domestic firm exports, this paper employed several variables, such as domestic firm exports for each province, FDI, GDP, average money wage, the number of labors in manufacturing sector, exchange rate, dummy variable about exports processing zones, lots of time dummies. The panel data about these variables contains 4 municipalities and 23 provinces covering

Today lots of old problems connected to juveniles take place on the internet, without any help from adults. The aim of this study was to bring out what young people, 16-18 years old, think about the need of adults on communities which is visited by juveniles, and if there is a difference between how young people behave on communities versus in real life. The method used is three focus group interv

This thesis is a theoretical exploration of “southern theorists”, with special focus on their contribution to re-thinking, challenging and expanding western conceptualizations of gender. The aim is to identify scholarship that promotes decolonizing and liberatory ways of constructing gender. Hegemonic knowledge production in social sciences and gender theorizations will be criticised with a specia

This study aimed to highlight ADHD in adolescents (12-18 years) and the connection to crime on the basis of the professional discourse perspective. I have also chosen to investigate the value of a possible diagnosis, but also the importance of social factors when it comes to development of criminal behaviour among young people. The interviews have been semi structured and the interviews that have

Samhällsutvecklingen leder till ett ökande informationsflöde, och ökande krav på beslut och åtgärder i olika situationer. Vuxna är bättre rustade än ungdomar att hantera sådana psykologiska stressituationer. Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att undersöka om det förelåg någon skillnad mellan två grupper gymnasieelever under sista året på naturvetenskapligt program. Interventionsgruppen, som

This study analyzes the effects of real crude oil prices on the macroeconomic variables in Turkey by discussing the effects in the short run (3-6 months) and more persistent effects (2-5 years) on business cycles using Hodrick-Prescott filter method. There is an investigation about the relationship between world crude oil prices and real aggregate output, inflation, monetary aggregate, short term

Abstract. Author: Julie Bergman Title: Barns behov i centrum (BBIC). Uniform system – an unreachable goal? Supervisor: Alexandru Panican Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort Previously during the 1990s, national studies and reports made by the Swedish provincial government revealed severe deficiencies in child welfare investigation policies. In 2005, a system of inquiry developed in England was in part im

This paper aims to enhance the understanding of the extent to which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are able to shape the civil regulation of transnational corporations (TNCs), in addition to civil regulations’ potential to compensate for failed state-regulations. For this purpose, the paper examines the case of Shell’s civil regulation in Nigeria, where the oil-industry is effectively left

The proliferation of NGOs with an international agenda has been one of the most profound trends in international relations during the past years. Their role in the outcome of international politics has however been insufficiently theorized. The aim of this research was to fill this gap by explain how and under what conditions NGOs were able to influence the agenda of OECD in development policies.