In the past few years, there has been an ongoing debate concerning republished children’s literature which reproduce obsolete values. What are the difficulties for the publishing business in this issue; how should it act? Based on interviews, a recorded discussion and articles, this study makes an effort to answer those questions. Argumentation is supported and questioned in a qualitative analysis

The purpose of this study is to gain insights regarding the identity work and identity struggles of medical professionals that play out in response to the “NPM change” in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department at Skåne University Hospital. This study demonstrates how individual subjectivity produces multiple coping mechanisms which can effect organisational processes and outcomes.

The aim of the master thesis is to examine the nature of the rhetoric of corporate brands in order to deliver brand positioning as a means for brand uniqueness. The study is grounded on the brand management literature, in particular on corporate brand management and brand positioning theories. The research includes a comprehensive review of brand positioning theories. A quantitative content analy

During the past decades, the Swedish welfare state has been transformed in profound ways. Many important changes are related to the labour market, particularly the organisation of the unemployed. The unemployment insurance, as well as the health insurance system has changed dramatically, resulting in implications for the organisation of work at the Swedish National Employment Agency, Arbetsförmedl

The aim of this study was to examine parents’ experiences of having a child with eating disorders. Specifically the aim was to analyze the parental view on responsibility for nursing and the child’s recovery from the eating disorder, how the child’s eating disorder change and influence the relationships and interactions within the family and how the parents views on themselves have changed with th

Uppsatsen ”Varför gick det så illa när alla ville så väl?” En fallstudie om debatten kring TV-programmet Fittstim-min kamp, är författad av Christin Clausen-Bruun i ämnet Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid intuitionen för kommunikation och medier vid Lunds Universitet. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur bilden av feminism konstrueras och produceras genom mediala porträtteringar. Genom e

The aim of this study was to understand how elderly immigrants are being categorized in the discussion about ethnical elderly homes and which descriptions of problems are used to argue for the existence of the ethnical homes, from a social constructionist point of view. Furthermore, we investigate who the claims-makers are and how concepts such as ethnicity and culture are portrayed in this discus

This thesis investigates the effect of Objective-1 regional transfers on the per-capita income growth performance of EU NUTS-3 regions during the budgetary period 2000-2006. To be able to distinguish a causal effect and account for possible endogeneity a quasi-experimental regression-discontinuity design is employed. This strategy relies on the arbitrary set 75%-rule for Objective-1 fund eligibili

Kunskap om vatten och hydrogeologi är viktig, framförallt ur ett föroreningsperspektiv men även ur ett byggnadstekniskt perspektiv. Trots detta saknas ofta hydrogeologisk kompetens på många områden i samhället. Därför finns en allmännytta i att öka den allmänna kunskapen om hydrogeologi. Brunnsborrningsföretaget HP Borrningar AB har därför startat projektet ”Lilla Klåveröd” där de genom exempel fr

The term bibliotherapy is well known in several scientific fields as well as among practitioners in the US and in the UK, but in Sweden there seems to be a more modest use of the term as well as presence of practical bibliotherapeutic activity. On the other hand, some of the effects of reading that are commonly associated with bibliotherapy in the scientific literature seems to be similar to the e

The proportion of public procurement is nowadays more than substantial; it amounts to all the goods and services that the State, perceived as both: central and local administrations, demands in order to assure the effective and sustainable functioning of the society. Moreover, as the procurement procedures aim at simultaneously achieving best value for money and high standards in non-financial mat

Contrails are the visible line-shaped clouds that can be seen to form behind aircrafts if the air is saturated with respect to liquid. Furthermore, if the air is supersaturated with respect to ice, the contrails can develop into contrail-cirrus that affect the radiative forcing, locally up to an annual average of 1000 mWm-2 over Europe. Central Europe is especially exposed to contrails due to the

This thesis investigates the rationales of municipal co-financing. The introduction of passenger trains on the Söderås Line is used as a case study to investigate this concept. The empirical analysis is primarily based on 10 in-depth interviews – with decision makers, politicians and officials. Focus lies on Svalöv Municipality, who is co-financing the introduction of passenger trains on the Söder

The purpose of this thesis is to provide the impact Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has on economic growth and economic inequality in Sub Saharan Africa. Based on econometric estimates of 44 countries, the authors evaluate the impact on economic growth and on distribution of income in the region. A lot of the African countries hold valuable natural resources. Consequently, one would expect the cou

Denna studie hade tre syften. Det första var att undersöka upplevelsen av att vara partner till en person med ett spelberoende. Det andra respektive tredje syftet var att undersöka synen på och upplevelsen av att motta utomstående stöd i sin anhörigsituation. Studien hade en kvalitativ ansats och åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med kvinnliga partners till män med spelberoende. SamtliThe present study had three main objectives. The first was to examine the experience of being the partner of a person with a gambling disorder. The second and third objectives sought to examine the perception of need for, and the experience of receiving, support in ones’ situation as a partner. In this qualitative study eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with female partners of male g

One of the problems that people were trying to overcome for years is poverty. Almost half of the population lives on $2.50 a day. However, it appears that poverty could also be seen as the symbolic resource rather than a financial state. So called “poverty porn” is being widely used by NGOs for marketing purposes as a tool for fundraising. This research presents the analysis of poverty porn th

Popular science There are tiny airborne particles called aerosols in atmosphere that cool climate on the Earth by reducing incoming radiation from the Sun. They play an important role in cloud formation and affect the properties of the clouds. There were no clouds without aerosol particles. Aerosol particles can enter the atmosphere due to anthropogenic and natural emissions and that is why these

The potential tension between being a pan-European umbrella organisation and engaging in queer politics was the starting point of this thesis that investigates the implications that the concept and practice of queer has within IGLYO (International Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Youth and Student Organisation). My interpretations are informed by aspects of Queer theory and social movement t

One of the latest, and maybe the most innovative, institutional changes in the EU is that the president of the European Commission should be nominated after taking the result of the EP-elections into account. This is said to create a democratic link between the EU-voters and the president, stir EU-wide debate as presidential candidates emerge and hopefully result in higher voter turnout and a pre