Som förälder till en 12-åring ser jag en stor förändring i konsumtionsmönstret jämfört med då jag själv var barn på 70-talet. Skillnaden består kanske främst i att barn idag, generellt sätt, verkar ha mycket fler och dyrare prylar än vad min generation hade då vi var barn. Detta är ett intressant sociologiskt fenomen vilket utgör bakgrunden till min undersökning. Syftet med min uppsats är att unde

The rapid population growth in China during the last decades has put an enormous pressure on cultivation production and water supply. Many regions in China are therefore facing water scarcity and shortage of arable land. One of such regions is Gansu and it is considered as the driest and poorest province in China. This arid and semi-arid region is signifying a very uneven annual precipitation patt

The purpose of our study is to examine what risk factors can contribute to a child/youth with neuropsychiatric disorders developing an addiction to drugs. We also wanted to find out what protective factors can contribute not to develop an addiction. In order to find out these two different aspects we interviewed twelve professionals to get their view upon the matter. The professionals work within

In some postmodern philosophy and theology, the view of God has returned to the centre of the discussion. God is seen as a living reality beyond human conception. Some of the contemporary philosophers even relate to the negative or apofatic theology. They often do this as a contrast to the positive theology. The view of God in postmodern theology and philosophy is beyond our rational knowledge. Th

The Swedish Armed Forces have gone through a remarkable change. From being an organisation built on the notion of countering a Soviet invasion it has evolved to focusing on small, multilateral rapid reaction capabilities to be used within the framework of the European security and defence policy, ESDP. This thesis regards the change as a process of Europeanisation. Drawing from sociological a

This Master's thesis aims to investigate librarians' identity construction through the study of their narratives about themselves and their lives. We want to understand in what way the education in Library- and Information science contributes to shape the students professional identity and how these identities then continue to be transformed when they enter their professional lives. We ass

This essay analyses the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) legitimacy. Theories on input- and output legitimacy are used in the examination. After analysing stakeholder representation, forum for deliberation, transparency, independence, and information sharing, input legitimacy in EFSA is assessed to be high. Output legitimacy was examined through the authority's outcome effectiveness

This master thesis is written in the purpose to discover which attitudes the public libraries in Sweden and Denmark have towards offering popular music to their patrons, how they motivates their choices and why they make the choices they make. The essay focuses on the differences and similarities between the Swedish and Danish libraries and relates their attitudes to the Finnish researcher Sanna T

The purpose of our report was to analyze the effects of youth drug abuse on the families concerned. Youth drug abuse made us wonder about the effects on the family as a whole, of those involved with drug abuse. To answer this question, we decided to employ an empiric study in the form of interviews with four teenagers, five parents and four drug counselors. Because our intent was to understand rat

In the pilot study for a biography, some of the methodological and/or theoretical problems facing the anthropologist and biographer are discussed. The empirical section is based on a number of interviews I made with my grandmother over the period 1995-2001. I have come across inconsistencies in the material when rendering a historical event. Furthermore, the material makes me reflect on how the b

I det senmoderna samhället är det allt vanligare att människor skiljer sig. Det är något som är märkbart i vår närmaste omgivning, bland bekanta och vänner. Många sociologer talar om samhällsförändringar i det senmoderna samhället där dom nämner skilsmässor som en effekt av dem. Därför har vi valt att undersöka vilka omständigheter som ligger bakom och bidrar till att skilsmässor ständigt ökar i d

Jag har under mina år inom teatern ofta mött orden: Mod, glädje och arbetsmoral. Fina ord med fin innebörd. Men hur uppnår jag det? Jag kan omöjligt säga åt min kropp och hjärna: "Kom igen Mattias, visa lite mod, glädje och arbetsmoral!" Efter många funderingar kring detta har jag dragit slutsatsen att allt handlar om förberedelse för mig. Mitt mod, min glädje och min arbetsmoral kom och

The aim of this study is to offer a Lacanian psychoanalytic reading of some of the Danish philosopher/theologian Søren Kierkegaard's main writings. The thesis that I advance is that Kierkegaard is a subject of the lack, and that his writings are a modality of existentially handling this fundamental and constitutive lack. This is done, first, by showing what the concept "the subject of the

De senaste årens demokratidebatt har ofta handlat om passiva ungdomar som inte längre väljer att använda sig av de traditionella politiska och demokratiska uttrycksformerna. Hur framställs denna bild i forskningen? Det finns en tydlig motsättning i hur man inom forskarkåren återger ungdomsgruppens politiska deltagande och hur detta har förändrats över tid. Det politiska deltagandet påstås både ha

The effect from mechanical-biological pre-treatment (MBT) of wastes in Sweden and Germany has been studied. The organic matter and biological activities were studied and compared. Other parameters such as heavy metals and nutrients were examined and related to the organic matter. The effect of low water content on degradation was investigated and the relevant legislation in the two countries was s

This thesis explores and compares the former armed opposition groups; Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO), Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) and South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) transformation processes into political parties. The first question addressed is; What factors determines the ability of these armed opposition groups to transform into political parti

Den här studiens syfte var att studera den specifika kontext som uppstår mellan en viss förälder och ett visst barn inom samma familj, för att explorativt utforska de faktorer som kan tänkas påverka anknytningskvalitén. Detta gjordes via studien av anknytningsmönstret för tre par vuxna tvåäggstvillingar, i ålder 26-29 år, av samma kön. Studien gjordes med hjälp av anknytningsintervjun "Adult

Due to globalization, decentralization and the capitalist system's need to physical location cities have become increasingly important economic spheres during thee last decades. City mayors are seen as increasingly important actors, who can shape the future economic development of their cities through networking with businesses and strategic policy development. Therefore several European count

Företagets policy spelar en viktig roll när det gäller instruktioner till rekryteraren. En rättvisepolicy som betonar vikten av att de sökande behandlas på lika villkor kan tänkas leda till mindre diskriminering vid anställningar. En lojalitetspolicy, å andra sidan, som antyder att de nya medarbetarna måste passa in i företaget, kan leda till att sökande av annan etnisk härkomst diskrimineras. En

The Franco-African liaison has in the 21th century evolved from a bilateral to a multilateral logic of affiliation. This policy transformation is to a significant extent due to the French rationalisation of resources, which can be understood as an attempt to extract external resources from multilateral institutions, such as the European Union. France increasingly uses these organisations? capabili