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The purpose of this dissertation is to study how hierarchies among teenage girls are constructed, what criteria determine them and who decide on the criteria. Inspired by Connells (2005) theory of masculinity are hierarchies of femininity examined. With the concepts of power and hegemony, I study relationships within a gender category to examine how its members rank themselves and who decides what

Communications where the location and environment limits the options is an issue for Samon AB. Some of their gasdetectors work in a marine environment where they are surrounded by steel walls. These steel walls act like a Faraday cage and make radio communication ineffective. Other gasdetectors are retrofitted in hotels when the demand for air-conditioning increases. With retrofitting comes the is

Rwanda har den högsta andelen kvinnliga parlamentariker i världen. 2008 antogs en ny lag om genusbaserat våld in Rwandas parlament. Den här kandidatuppsatsen undersöker hur kvinnor i Rwanda upplever effekterna av lagen i relation till deras handlingsutrymme och politiska självbestämmande, empowerment. En fältstudie genomfördes under april- maj 2010 med syfte att samla material om kvinnors erfarenhRwanda has the highest representation of female parliamentarians in the world. In 2008, a law against gender based violence passed the floor in the Rwandan government. This bachelor’s thesis examines how women in Rwanda experience the effects of this law in terms of their own perceived acting space(s) and empowerment. A minor field study was carried out in Rwanda April-May 2010 in order to gather

Railway expansion is usually associated with containing and supporting economic growth. This particular research approaches railways from the angle of technological potential. It explores whether railways can drive China towards technology-led growth, and if so, the way in which this process occurs. The study uses a theoretical framework of complementarities adjusting it to the qualitative analysi

I samband med att tekniken och användartraditionen rör sig mer mot musik via internet uppstår det nya musiktjänster, ofta använder de sig av olika affärsmodeller som ger spridda resultat. Vi ville undersöka de olika framgångsfaktorerna som finns bakom de etablerade musiktjänsterna. Denna studie undersöker de olika faktorerna för framgång bakom de etablerade tjänsterna och har sin utgångspunkt i an

Media, technology and globalization are the key words in academic contemporary consumer and cultural research going on today. From these ideas, many different research directions could diverge. This thesis explores the listening habits of female, native Finnish and English speakers living in Sweden who are within the age groups of 20’s to 40’s. Focusing on media, technology, and mobile world citiz

I denna uppsats analyseras sex svenska filmer som haft premiär efter år 2000. De är indelade i två kategorier: stor publik (mer än 400 000 besökare) och liten publik (mindre än 10 000 besökare). I kategorierna finns en film representerad från vardera genren thriller/action, drama och komedi. Kravet har varit att budgeten ska ha varit minst tio miljoner kronor och att det ska finnas med något välkä

In 293 A.D, the emperor Diocletian introduced the tetrarchy. Each one of the four emperors was to rule one part of the Roman empire so the stability could be assured. But as most of the Roman emperors, all of them sought to rule the empire by themselves. Between the years 309-313 most of the candidates to the imperial office died or were killed in internal wars. Some of them were strangled, some o

På grund av att människor idag placeras in i olika fack, och därmed får olika förväntningar på sig, skapas ojämställdhet i samhället. Då människan på grund av sitt kön inte får samma förutsättningar i livet blir jämställdhetsfrågorna kring män och kvinnor till ett stort problem. Vad som sedan är manligt respektive kvinnligt är beroende av tid och rum vilket gör att vi också kan förstå att mycket a

Att arbetsmarknaden är i ständig förändring råder det ingen tvekan om. Produktionen av både tjänster och varor efterfrågar nya former för förvärvande av arbetsprestationer. Mer eller mindre nya grepp inom företagsvärlden som till exempel utkontraktering och projektanställningar vittnar om detta. Förändringarna gör att gränsdragningen mellan att vara arbetstagare och uppdragstagare inte kan förväntThe labour market is constantly changing. The production of both services and goods are now acquiring labour in new forms. More or less new tendencies in business management such as outsourcing and project assignments are realities today. These changes add complexity to the process of defining whether a person, the work performing part, is to be considered as employed by the principal or as an ent

Abstract Authors: Mia Lunderot and Rebecka Sandberg Title: “It might be more safe not to listen at all”- A study of how pedophiles are portrayed in media Supervisor: Charlotta Zettervall Assessor: Mats Hilte The aim with this study was to analyze and describe how pedophiles are portrayed in Swedish media. We wanted to look further into the way that media describe who the pedophile really is and

This essay examines the relationship between governance, aid effectiveness and economic growth using a newly developed governance index consisting of a variable for institutional quality from the Fraser Institute and three policy variables. The governance index is an extension to the policy index developed by Burnside & Dollar (2000). As earlier research has predicted, the author finds that ai

This Master Theses comprises a product development of heat recovery systems for a GRANULDISK dishwasher, starting from a mission statement and resulting in testable prototypes. Some competitor’s products with heat recovery systems are identified in the market research. Analyzing existing products gives an overview of the solutions on the market and how they work. Target specifications are establis

The Cocoon project was carried out as an entry to one of the World’s largest design competitions for industrial design students, The Electrolux design lab. The “Cocoon” won the first prize competing with almost 1000. The Cocoon is a sustainable response to the world’s growing population and its desire to consume meat and fish. The Cocoon prepares genetically engineered and pre-packaged meat and fi

Abstract Authors: Belma Dzafic, Lejla Huseinovic Title:”The flowers of Rosengård will bloom – a qualitative study about young people in a segregated residential area and their thoughts about the area, the surrounding and the future” Supervisor: Charlotta Zettervall The purpose of this study was to examine how young people in the age of 16 – 17 in Rosengård think about their future, their reside

Föreliggande uppsats behandlar ämnet vågsurfing. Utgångspunkten för uppsatsen är frågeställningen: Vad motiverar personer till att vågsurfa och vad har aktiviteten för funktion i deras liv? Syftet med uppsatsen är att påvisa ett relevant sociologisk fenomen som tidigare är outforskat i Sverige. Uppsatsen förklarar fyra svenska surfares motivation till att de surfar och förklarar vad surfingen har

The aim of the thesis is to investigate livelihoods of rural households and the role agriculture and nonfarm economy play in them. More specifically, the paper investigates income generation and income diversification strategies employed by rural households in the northern part of Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan was one of the poorest Soviet Republics, which for nearly 20 nears since independence has been