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Comparing contemporary legislation and social debates to films and TV-shows from the 2000s and 2010s, this study shows a change in approach to the subject of sexual assault from an intersectional angle. The analysis describes a more individual, neo-liberal angle in the early 2000s, and a more holistic and societal angle in the 2010s. With the intersectional approach, the study finds that whiteness
I den här uppsatsen undersöks förutsättningarna för spanska översättningar i Sverige genom kvalitativa intervjuer med sex svenska förlag. Syftet är att försöka bidra med en förståelse för hur den svenska översättningsmarknaden fungerar och mekanismerna bakom urvalet av den översatta spanskspråkiga skönlitteraturen, som kan sägas vara representerad i relativt låg grad i Sverige. Frågor som ställs t
The aim of this sociological study is to explore and to understand mechanisms of power being embedded in daily procedures of detention establishment with the focus on the case officers’ work tasks. In the study the emic approach is being used in order to understand from within power at detention. Observations, field notes, interviews and written documents constitute the empirical material being co
The following study aims to examine the structuring functions of migration in relation to globalization, and how these affect the subject. Through interviewing six persons with the experience of migration and living without documents in Malmö, I have analysed the interviewees’ narratives in relation to a global context. This is a qualitative study produced through a narrative method, with the inte
Credibility assessment of testimony is a very important part in the asylum adjudication procedure. The credibility assessment is intended to tell decision-makers whether they should accept the facts as supported by the applicant’s statement. Only those parts of the statement which are recognized as credible will then be considered in determining the validity of the asylum claim. This thesis exam
According to the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), the cost of equity estimates are a function of the systematic risk relative to the market portfolio. The market portfolio is a non-observable portfolio containing all investible assets in the world. CAPM is a well-established model in practice. However, most practitioners use an equity-only proxy to calculate the estimated cost of equity. In thi
The aim of this article is to propose a method for creating a more coherent concept of norms – and to deliver a tentative and open suggestion on how to define norms in a way that might fit into the context of Sociology of Law (further on shortened, SoL). The idea is that the norm concept can be chiselled out through ontological analysis, and that this analysis can be conducted in a way that allow
