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This thesis focuses on the experiences of Christian women in the Netherlands regarding their religion, faith and daily lives – especially within the (envisioned) family. Through Bible study discussions and individual interviews, 11 women shared how they navigated the traditional systems at work within each of these spheres, how they negotiated their own understandings of each and how they would ch

Tidigt under åren i arkitektskolan lär vi oss att forma och utforska våra egna kreativa processer. Dessa blir djupt personliga, och i detta projekt vill jag försöka formulera och utforska mitt sätt att arbeta. Under min studietid har jag upplevt att de största problemen jag haft under designprocessen varit att jag tenderat att bli för självkritisk i ett tidigt skede, vilket har resulterat i låsnin

The purpose of this essay was to seek an understanding of what meaning the self-help-groups Alcoholics Anonymous and Sällskapet Länkarna,the Links, have in supporting former addicts to self-enhancement. The essential questions were: - in what way do the individuals describe for them the personal meaning of the AA:s/Links - how do the individuals experience the group - how do the individuals explai

The aim of this essay has been to study the work of personal agents in Kristianstad. Personal agents was initiated by National Government with the purpose to recognize the needs of mentally disabled, and through a function as coordinaters give a better support to these clients. The main questions in this study are focused on the personal agents experience of their work, and how clients and their i

The purpose of this study was to examine how mangers in eldercare in the municipality of Helsingborg view the causes of burnout among employees and staff members, how they handle the situation when burnout appear and which preventive measures they use at the working site. The purpose was also to examine if the facts mentioned by the managers was supported by former studies and already existing res

Development has become a matter of security, and therefore development has a new strong role in the liberal peace-building, though not all theoretics agree to this hegemony. Social capital has become a global term when discussing development, and though the concept derived from a Western civil society, social capital cannot be ignored as a deeply rooted concept describing social structures of trus

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relation between resilience as a discourse and governmentality. Drawing on theory by Foucault, a comparison and application of liberal governmentality will be made with contemporary resilience policy. The DFID, a global leader in resilience-building, will serve as a case to show in what ways power-relations are embedded within the organisation’s di

Perception of temperature in mammals is critical for their survival, it enables them to perceive the world around them and act with an appropriate physiological or behavioural response. However, the full understanding of the thermosensory system in mammals has thus far been clouded. TRP channels are thermally sensitive and are known to associate with heat sensitive nerve fibers and keratinocytes i

This study is an attempt to determine to what extent the friezes on the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius depict actual military practices with respect to the equipment worn by legionaries and soldiers of the regular auxilia. Both columns display a very strict separation between citizen soldiers and auxiliary troops in terms of armor and weaponry, but the specific components that comprise the

Trelleborgen, the Viking age fortress in Trelleborg, and its reconstruction, in this essay, constitutes an example of the importance of ancient monuments and the reconstructions of these can have to people who were and are affected by them. This concerns politicians and inhabitants in the area as well as archaeologists. By studying the archaeologist’s theories about Trelleborgen, by interviewing

The transnational parties in Europe, the Europarties, have often been criticized for their lack of capability to represent the people of Europe. This essay takes its starting point from this criticism and examines to what extent the Europarties carry out the demands of political representation theories. The research presents seven different representation theories and analysis the Europarties from

The thesis that this essay rests upon implies that economic values are much higher prioritized then democratic values in the Swedish administration. This assumption applies throughout the entire public administration. A lot of research points on the danger with the decreasing focus on democratic values and increasing focus on economic values. The two different kinds of values are often seen as inc