Sökresultat

This master's theises aims to investigate information practice and information literacy in the context of manga and anime leisure activities amongst adolescents. The context of manga and anime is interpreted using the theory of serious leisure. Information literacy is interpreted as given by the empirical field's social and medial context. It stems from Annemaree Lloyd's conceptualizat

Abstract Author: Da Sol, Jung and Rebecca Sundqvist Title: He who neglects to drink from the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance – A study of professionals’ view on their attitude in meeting with clients and professionalism of the two organiations. Supervisor: Claes Levin Assessor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson The aim of our essay was to study if there were dif

The aim of this study was to examine how Swedish women who are living in Japan as expatriates experience their life by studying their social networks and the relationships they formed. By interviewing six Swedish women, using semi-structured interviews, it was possible to identify three major themes that seemed to have a major role in how the women viewed themselves and how they described their ti

The purpose of this study is to investigate what determines an individual to join the firm and how the membership in the firm affects the individual and his identity. This study is based on the interviews with six members of a football firm in Sweden. The selection of firm members to participate in this study was made based on the writers contacts within the firm. The results of this study shows t

Kandidatuppsats om mitt examensarbete vid författarskolan.

What does film costumes tell us about a film? The list is endless. This essay proves that fact, illustrated by an analyse of the costumes in the film The Fifth Element (Luc Besson, 1997). The essay begins with an analyse of the costumes in relation to the character who wears them and in relation to the story of the film. To broaden the result the text also discuss the artist behind them, Jean-Paul

How does biotechnology and genetic engineering of an embryo affect our view on our own human nature? We want to cure genetic diseases like diabetes with genetic engineering, but where do we draw the line? This essay is about how we as human beings take on the research that exists and will appear in our lives in the future. Do people go against the technology or do we use it to gain individual succ

En grundläggande målsättning i svensk rätt är att barnets bästa ska sättas i främsta rummet och det ska alltid ske utifrån barnets individuella förhållan-den. Umgänge bedöms som utgångspunkt vara bra för barnet. Barn har rätt och behov av att träffa båda sina föräldrar och umgänge ska ske under trygga former. Genom att analysera och kombinera det som anses vara bra för barnet, barnets vilja, barneA basic aim in swedish law is the ”best for the child” always should be giv-en first priority from an individual child perspective. Parental visitation rights are assessed according to what is best for the child. Children have right and also need to see both their parents under safe and secure forms. Through an analysis of what is reasonably good for the child, the child’s own will and need, the b

The purpose of the essay was to study and create an understanding for welfare officers´ work with focus on their preventive work. The study was based on strategic choice of five school welfare officers' experiences with preventive work in the schools and the method used was semi-structured interviews. The study was further more an investigation on how the welfare officers´ experience their wor

This essay is about why people participate in political parties in Sweden. The purpose of this essay is to gain more knowledge of people’s incentives for participation to help the political parties to recruit more members. I will use Panebiancos theory about the displacement of incentives for people to participate in political parties; collective incentives (idealists) such as ideology and social

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) from 1989 is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this paper we want to see how Save the Children Sweden relates to the CRC in their work. The material that has been used to compare and investigate Save the Children Sweden's project the Compass (2008) is their annual reports between 2008 and 2011. Reynaerts (et al.) C

Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are an integral part of a democratic society and of paramount importance to demonstrations and Non-governmental organisations (NGO). Both demonstrations and NGO:s are a very important sort of social capital and are part of horizontal organisations. Russia today is characterized by dominant vertical relations, even if there is a sufficient amount of hor

The aim of this study was to explore how care managers defined their mission and the needs of the elderly. Interviews were carried out with four care managers all working in a public authority in a middle-sized municipality in southern Sweden. The results were analysed using Michael Lipsky's theory of the street-level bureaucrat. The study showed that the care managers are caught between the d

Recension av Inge Adriansens bok Erindringssteder i Danmark. Monument, mindesmaerker og mödesteder.

Popular Abstract in Swedish Under det senaste decenniet har idén om maximering av aktieägarvärde (Shareholder Value) och en allmänt ökad aktiemarknadsorientering spridit sig från USA och Storbritannien, där den traditionellt har haft ett starkt fäste, till övriga Europa och utgör numera en dominerade ideologi i många av de större, börsnoterade aktiebolagen. Mycket av den traditionella litteraturenDuring the last few decades, the belief in the economic benefits of maximization of shareholder value as a principle of corporate governance has spread from its traditional Anglo Saxon strongholds to the rest of Europe and can now be described as an established and dominant ideology in many large corporations. The more influential part of the literature on shareholder value has mainly paid attenti

Participation of the people is essential for a democracy's vitality and survival. In this study we focus on the individual as an active participant in the traditional political arena and beyond its sphere into the society as a whole. The first part of the study has a normative aim. Firstly we examine why political participation is essential for democracy, and especially the ideal of representa