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This master's thesis includes a qualitative case study which uses John Kingdon's Multiple-Streams framework. It focuses on the Swedish development policy process that deals with the developmental aspects of illicit capital flows. The empirical findings have been extracted from six key-stakeholders from the Swedish Governmental Offices, and from specialists working in Non-Governmental Organ

Abstract Author: Nicole Eklund Title:”Female wedding-frenzy and male urges - A qualitative content analysis of the two fashion magazine’s ELLE and King” [Translated title] Assessor: Elisabeth Martinell Barfoed Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg The main purpose behind this paper was to study two fashion magazines, King and ELLE, and how they describe and portrait men, women, femininities, masculinities

Med utgångspunkt i en flexibel arbetsmiljö med krav på kreativitet, syftade studien till att undersöka sambandet mellan skattat kreativt ledarskap och upplevt välbefinnande sett ur medarbetarnas perspektiv. Syftet var även att undersöka sambandet mellan kreativt ledarskap och kreativ organisation, samt hur mycket av medarbetarnas välbefinnande som kan tillskrivas kreativt ledarskap och kreativ orgBased on a flexible work environment with demands for creativity, the purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between estimated creative leadership and subjective well-being among the employees. The purpose was also to examine the correlation between creative leadership and creative organization, and how well these variables can be used to predict employee well-being. Furthermore,

Temporary migration to advanced countries from developing ones and its effects on host countries are important issues in contemporary demographic studies. Economic performance of return migrants from the U.S. in Mexico has been studied from the viewpoint of financial gains from working abroad. This paper looks into an impact of human capital accumulated through working in the U.S. on economic outc

The aim of our study was to investigate the image the Swedish media present of cannabis and in particular hasch. We gathered all articles published during one month in the year 2002 and in 2012 in three major newspapers in Sweden. The newspapers examined where Dagens Nyheter, Aftonbladet and Metro. Through a social constructive perspective and discourse analysis as method we divided the content in

Sedan 1960 talet har det visat sig att atmosfärer hos de största stjärngiganterna i vår galax, nämligen röda jättar och superjättar av spektralklass mellan K och M, påvisar starka bevis av att innehålla vattenånga. Detta var på 60-talet helt obegripligt då de enda stjärnatmosfärer som förutsågs kunna innehålla och hålla kvar vattenånga var av kallare karaktär. Sedan de första spektroskopiska detekWater has been found to be an important molecule in stellar atmospheres of as hot stars as red (super)giant stars with a stellar class as early as K. Former model photospheres of these stars did not allow water to be present and although the presence of water has been proven countless times, no satisfactory explanation has yet been found. The subject is a hot field of research and is currently bas

This is a comparative study of symptom differences between Funktionell Family Therapy (FFT) and Treatment as usual (TAU) for compulsory care of young Swedish women, aged 16-21 years. Are there any differences in problems/symptoms between these both groups of youth that can be crucial to where they get their treatable? Current research supports and admits home-based family therapy. Department care

Abstract Authors: Nina Niemelä and Christian Persson Title: About the art of being a relative – a qualitative research about being the relative of a person who is abusing drugs Supervisor: Lars Harrysson This study is written as an attempt to shed light on the relatives to people who are abusing drugs or alcohol. We have aimed to explain and research how the relatives are effected by and handle t

The number of accidents in the construction industry has always been high and despite the many efforts made by national legislation and the companies themselves they remain alarmingly so. The purpose of this report is to examine how workers see their own working-environment and how they think that safety performance on construction sites may be improved. This is achieved by conducting interviews w

Nyckelord: Miljömål, miljönyckeltal, ekonomistyrning, CSR, strategi, Alfdex Författare: Henrik Nilsson & Sandra Abdul Karim Handledare: Hans Knutsson Titel: Miljövänlighet i fordonsindustrin? En studie om styrning av miljömål på Alfdex AB Problem: Miljövänlighet och ekonomisk framgång har länge setts som motpoler. Det har lett till att många företag i fordonsindustrin har föredragit att beKeywords: Environmental goals, environmental KPI, management control, CSR, strategy, Alfdex Authors: Henrik Nilsson & Sandra Abdul Karim Supervisor: Hans Knutsson Title: Environmental friendliness in the automotive industry? A study about managing environmental goals in Alfdex AB Problem: Environmental friendliness and economic success has long been seen as opposites. This has resulted in

The purpose of the study was to investigate how companies can harness the power of social media by utilizing Social CRM. It was investigated how integrating social media channels into existing Client Relationship Management platforms can influence customer service and customer loyalty. A mixture of both qualitative and quantitative research methods with an abductive approach was used. The researc

Author: Ulrika Eklund Title: "Sometimes the goal is not to become self-sufficient, it is rather about feeling better." A qualitative study on the activation of refugees, related to migration and mental illness. Supervisor: Torbjörn Hjort The purpose of this study was to examine how the city of Malmö are working with people with PTSD and mental illness related to migration who receives

The famous novel by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, will be the subject of this thesis. I will seek to research the character of Mr. Rochester and his use and display in four film adaptations. All the adaptations will be compared to the source as well as to each other to determine how the character of Mr. Rochester is circumstantial each time. The adaptation theories from theorists such as Robert Sta

Vid tunnelbygget genom Hallandsås i nordvästra Skåne har man stött på tre större vittringszoner och har periodvis haft problem med stort inflöde av vatten till tunnlarna. Detta vatten kommer från de ovan– och omkringliggande akvifärerna och dräneringen registreras som sjunkande grundvattennivåer i kontrollbrunnar på åsen. För att försöka skapa en bild av sprickakvifärernas utbredning i området ovaDuring the tunnel boring project through Hallandsås in the northwestern part of Skåne, large-scale weathering zones have been encountered and there have periodically been problems with great amounts of water leaking into the tunnels. This water comes from the above and surrounding aquifers and the drainage is registered as sinking groundwater levels in control wells on the ridge. In an attempt to

The purpose of this study is to investigate the performance of traditional stop-loss rules and trailing stop-loss rules compared to the classic buy-and-hold strategy. The evaluation criteria of whether stop-loss strategies can deliver better results are defined as return and volatility. The study is conducted on daily equity returns data for stocks listed on the OMX Stockholm 30 Index during the t

Abstract This paper analyses the concept and the construction of homosexuality in relation to the issue of gender and feminism in Ethiopia. While Female homosexuality is simply overlooked, male homosexuality has been criminalised under Ethiopian law with imprisonment up to three years. The media and the elite has been creating homophobia in discourse and linguistic terms; however, it is the church

The threat of change and the loss it can incur creates the need to preserve a detailed version of the past. Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford can be interpreted as a piece looking backwards as a means of looking forward; acknowledging and commemorating the existence of a rich and detailed past allows for the closing of its chapters, and thus eventual movement into a new future. In this paper I will