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The purpose of this study was to compare what trainee supervisors think of long time unemployed trainees. Two groups were compared, one group that had gone through a course in improving their psychosocial work environment and one control group that shares the same characteristic but hasn't had the same course. The study was based on seven semi structured interviews, where four of the interview
This study investigates the claim that German juvenile criminal law often fails to adequately address the ''educational focus'' intended by the authors of the Youth Court Act (Jugendgerichtsgesetz) [hypothesis 1]. Further, the study examines a second claim, that this neglect stems from the inadequate design of the Youth Court Act and a lack of resources to carry it out in practice
The contemporary labour practices within the readymade garment industry in Bangladesh represent sweatshop-related working conditions. The garment workers suffer from appalling working conditions that have not existed in the global North for a couple of hundred years. The export of garments is Bangladesh’s main source of income. In order to ensure that the country remains competitive in the global
The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of the dynamics behind Chinese-Western buyer-supplier relationships. The study takes on a partially inductive approach by commencing with exploratory in-depth interviews. The main body of the study consists of a cross-sectional survey. Data has been collected through an on-line questionnaire. The theoretical review consists of industrial re
Based on the debate in the media following the SOU (2003:49)-reports different suggestions to strengthen the childs role in the adoption process, we started considering the adoptive parents reactions to all this. Has anyone asked them? What support would they want? The objective of our paper was to present the result of a number of interviews with adoptive parents regarding some of the questions f
The main purpose of this study is to form a picture of what happens in a child's life when their parents separate and how this event is seen through the child's eyes. This study is based on qualitative research methods in which eleven children from six families were interviewed. In addition, the parents were asked a few questions about their custody arrangements and the amount of the coop
Services of general economic interest are economic activities that public authorities identify as being of particular importance to citizens and that would not be supplied or would be supplied under different conditions if there were no public intervention. Examples of services of general economic interest are transport networks, postal services and social services They are provided by States to i
To suggest that slums exist in Sweden is still rather controversial. However, several cases of highly unacceptable housing conditions have been revealed lately. The aim of this study is to examine whether there is slum in Sweden today, and further and more importantly, to identify the mechanisms that enables slum to arise. The fundamental theoretical perspective for the essay lies in “the right to
The aim of this study was to investigate the third-phase process, exploring participant’s perceptions and experiences as part of the research. The third-phase process is a labor market policy for those who’ve been unemployed for four hundred and fifty (450) days or more. The selection process was based on five participants between the ages of thirty- two (32) and fifty- three (53) years old, two m
This thesis aims at comparing the differences between Chinese welfare system and Swedish welfare system in respects of maternity insurance, parental leave and childcare. The reason comparing welfare system in these specific aspects is because they have intense relations with the mothers’ and children’s benefits. They also influence the mothers’ will of pregnancy. Selecting these two countries as t
In this project I discuss perfection and perfectionism. The ideals in our society are challenging and sometimes impossible to live by. This goes for everything from social life, to looks and career. I based the research both on readings, talks, experiments and a own observations. In a survey I found that most of the participants that was in design school felt a lot of performance anxiety, and tha
There has been widespread recognition in the Global South of the role of participatory governance approaches to urban development in responding to citizens’ immediate concerns. However, critiques note that participatory initiatives are often avenues for the political and economic elite to ensure their interests and profits, rather than improving the livelihoods in non- serviced urban peripheries.
BACKGROUND: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) has been suggested to cause exocrine pancreatic dysfunction. However, a case-control-based autopsy study failed to associate systemic sclerosis with any pancreatic histopathology. The primary objective of this study was to examine the exocrine pancreatic function in consecutive SSc patients in relation to an age- and sex-matched control group. A secondary objec
In policy and research on sustainable consumption in general, and climate-oriented consumption specifically, key questions centre around whether people are motivated and prompted to support such consumption. A common claim in the scholarly debate is that policy makers, in face of fundamental governance challenges, refrain from taking responsibility and instead invest unrealistic hopes in that cons
Using ethnographic data, this paper investigates the techniques used inside pubs, bars and nightclubs to solicit and sustain alcohol consumption among patrons. Focus is on venues with the majority of patrons belonging to the age group of approximately 15-35 years. The paper identifies a number of techniques, both overt and covert, including: alcohol advertising; special offers (e.g. 'Happy Hours'
Background: Early cartilage changes in knee osteoarthritis (OA) can be assessed by both intravenous (i.v.) and intra-articular (i.a.) delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of cartilage (dGEMRIC). Purpose: To examine the relationship between i.a. dGEMRIC and delayed gadolinium-enhanced MRI of menisci (dGEMRIM), and to investigate if the approach can be used to assess the morphological degeneration of men
Over the last four decades, the extended usage of cars for the daily mobility of people inwards and outwards the city of Limassol has taken over a huge part of the public space and formed a nature of urban ataxia (lack of order).Environmental pollution, social isolation, cultural stall and economical failure have become collateral consequences, at increasing rates and at high cost to all living be
This study focuses on the demand side of prostitution and sex-trafficking. The aim is to examine how young men construct the purchase of sex in the male peer group. We did six qualitative interviews with Swedish men between 20 and 30 years of age and used the theory of sexual scripts and stigma to analyse them. Through this, we could obtain that there is male peer groups where buying sex is constr
This case study seeks to contribute to an ongoing discussion about planning for a sense of community by exploring which approach is used by the municipality of Linköping when planning for the neighbourhood Vallastaden. Vallastaden is presented as a neighbourhood planned to create meetings and a local sense of community. However, in times of increased mobility and digitalisation, this local scale o
Armenia is a small, land-locked, transitional economy in the region of South Caucasus with a huge potential of developing its solar energy system. The challenges that the country’s energy sector is facing, such as high dependence on imported natural gas and oil, energy dependence on a single market, high transport costs, old and inefficient infrastructure, as well as the risk of repetition of ener
