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This thesis is a study of women in Belfast in two working-class ethno-national communities: Falls (Catholic/Nationalist/Republican) and Shankill (Protestant/Unionist/Loyalist). Theories of gendered nationalism and transversalism are used to analyze the material from a qualitative interview study. The study focuses on intersections of gender and nation: women’s identity as biological, cultural and

Abstract Author: Elin Eisenschmidt Title: The social worker in the newspaper – a discourse analysis of the portrayals of social workers in Swedish national and local papers. Supervisor: Anders Olsson The purpose of this study was to examine the portrayals of social workers in Swedish newspapers. The method used in the study was discourse analysis inspired by Faircloughs tools for text analysis. A

This thesis is located at the intersection of two concepts: accountability in and communication for development. Two review chapters provide an overview of their general reception in the development discourse, relevant definitions and the significance both concepts have gained for the work of development NGOs. Within each concept the thesis focuses on a particular aspect: downward accountability a

In the United States of America media and the press have the important role of being ”the fourth estate of government” which means that American media has the task to examine the political processes taking place within the country, as well as the USA's actions abroad. The importance of media not being biased or not framing certain kind of information cannot be overemphasized, but despite this,

Our aim of this bachelor was that trough qualitative semi structured interviews enlighten the experiences, understanding and knowledge of social workers’ sessions with people suffering from dementia. These five social workers we interviewed were currently active in dementia care within Region Skåne. We found out how the social workers describe their intentions in having sessions and how they exper

Syftet med vår studie är att undersöka hur fyra sångpedagoger beskriver hur de förhåller sig till och arbetar med personligt uttryck, härmning och förebildning samt genrekunskap och hur deras syn påverkar samverkan mellan begreppen och metoderna. Studien är av kvalitativ art och vi har använt oss av semistrukturerade frågor för att fånga pedagogernas tankar och åsikter. Sångpedagogerna säger sigThe purpose of our study is to investigate how vocal teachers describe how they relate to and work with personal expression, imitation, demonstration, knowledge about genre and how their views affect the interaction between these concepts and methods. The study is qualitative in nature and we have used semi-structured questions to capture the teachers’ thoughts and opinions. The vocal teachers s

Densification is used as a sustainable urban planning strategy in many municipalities in Sweden. This paper aims to investigate how officials at the urban planning office in Lund handles the social dimension of sustainable development in the planning process regarding densification, and the challenges and obstacles that they face. Theories of current planning ideology and norms together with theor

This thesis asks why the EU has expanded its military interventions in Somalia to a broad, multifaceted engagement. The thesis is a theoretically-informed, empirically-driven case study. The analysis rest on three theoretical concepts of global justice. I have formulated assumptions from these conceptions of global justice, which direct the analysis in answering the research question. The primary

Over the past few years the EU has seen a surge in reports showing that analogical products of dual quality are being sold in different parts of the Union. An East – West divide has been noticed in the way that products of identical branding and packaging are of poorer quality in the Central and Eastern European shops, but not in the Western ones. The aim of the research is to investigate if the l

Den 25 maj 2018 träder Europaparlamentets och Rådets förordning (EU) 2016/679 om skydd för fysiska personer med avseende på behandling av personuppgifter och det fria flödet av sådana uppgifter samt om upphävande av direktiv 95/46/EG (dataskyddsförordningen) ikraft. Förordningen ersätter då Europaparlamentets och rådets direktiv 95/46/EG om skydd för enskilda personer med avseende på behandling avOn the 25th of May 2018 the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) enters into force. The regulation supersedes the Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Co

Vissa hävdar att i dagens digitala samhälle är personuppgifter den mest eftertraktade råvaran, på samma sätt som oljan var för 100 år sedan. Det nu gällande dataskyddsdirektivet som har införlivats genom PUL i Sverige anses inte längre uppnå den skyddsnivå som krävs för att skydda personuppgifter och samtidigt följa med i det innovativa samhället. Den 25 maj 2018 införs istället den nya dataskyddsSome claim that in today's digital society personal data is the most sought-after commodity, just like oil was 100 years ago. The current regulations available for the purpose of protecting peoples’ data is no longer considered enough to protect peoples’ personal integrity. On 25 May 2018, the new General data protection regulation will be introduced with the aim of creating a strong and coher

En suverän stat har en inneboende rättighet att bestämma sitt konstitutionella namn. På grund av namnkonflikten med Grekland har denna rättighet inskränkts för Makedonien. Greklands krav på ett namnbyte har ingen rättslig grund, men som medlem i internationella organisationer har landet haft ett övertag i namnkonflikten och en maktposition. Det ledde till att EG inte erkände Makedonien som en suveA sovereign state has an inherent right to choose its constitutional name. This right has been restricted for Macedonia, due to the name conflict with Greece. Greece's requirement for Macedonia to change its name has no legal basis, but as a member of international organizations the country has had an advantage in the name conflict and a position of power. It led the EC not to recognize Macedo

The study aims to examine the effects on election results for three nische parties’ in Sweden due to mainstream parties accommodating nische parties’ politics, as well as why these effects appear. This is relevant since mainstream parties may accommodate not because it finds it attractive or aversive, but because the mainstream party recognizes a strategy attractive in order to eliminate an oppone

This essay examines the working-class representation in the Swedish Social Democratic party´s parliament group, during the following parliament periods: 1982-1985, 1994-1998 and 2006-2010. The study is based on the detailed biographical compilations about the members of the parliament, which the Swedish parliament has released since 1982. The results of my research show that the number of working-

This thesis sets out to further expand on the knowledge on governance of NGOs in disaster recovery and reconstruction by looking at the coordination between and governance of national and international NGOs after the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. The study is based on interviews and field-observations from Kathmandu and Rasuwa district and applies governance networks and governability theory to expla