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Abstract Author: Madelene Öhlin Title: Meeting across borders – a study of the social worker’s reception of clients with borderline. [translated title] Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Eva-Malin Antoniusson Borderline personality disorder is a diagnosis that it has been researched a lot about, but there is very little research for what a good reception to these clients’ means. People with

The aim of this essay is to investigate the prison chaplain’s work in the pastoral care treatment in Swedish prisons. The theoretical frames conclude modern theories and ideas from Thomas Luckmann and Anthony Giddens which explains how the modern human beeing relates to religion in different contexts. Interviews with inmates and prison-chaplains represented the qualitative method which I applied i

Studien ämnar undersöka effekten av mångfaldsarbete samt om det finns några samband mellan arbete med mångfald och företags relativa position i branschen. För att kunna besvara uppsatsens syfte använde vi oss av primärdata från en genomförd surveyundersökning samt sekundärdata inom ämnet mångfald. Enkäten skickades ut till 200 stora svenska slumpmässigt utvalda företag. Resultatet av vår studie vi

This paper attempts to contribute to existing knowledge through an explicit threefold purpose. Initially, the importance of leverage in explaining equity return volatility is determined through two fixed effects panel data estimations. The panel dataset runs from 1990-2009 and includes 20 years worth of observations for the 45 firms on the Stockholm stock exchange for which data is available. The

Elcertifikatsystemet är ett komplext system med egenskaper som kan liknas vid flera olika nationalekonomiska styrmedel. I den här rapporten kommer ni att kunna läsa om hur elcertifikatsystemet fungerar. Dess egenskaper kommer att belysas med nationalekonomisk teori. Rapporten behandlar bl.a. statiska aspekter av elcertifikatsystemet, kostnader anknutna till systemet, investeringar och fördelningse

This field study is made to analyse possible spillover effects on domestic export companies within the Export Processing Zones in Kenya. More specifically this paper aims to investigate if, how much and through which ways potential spillover effect impinge upon the companies in question. The specific spillovers investigated are imitation, skill acquisition, competition and export. The analysis sho

This thesis inquires into the land policies carried out by the Chinese Communist Party during the 1940’s and 50’s. Using contemporary research and original sources, the land policies of the two periods are described and compared. It is concluded that the land movements of the two periods were different in terms of both aims and outcomes. The “land reform movement” of the 1940s was launched in a co

Over the last 25 years a new asset class has been developed in Sweden. Inflation linked bonds which are issued by the Swedish national debt office. The asset class has not yet been covered in many academic articles despite that the market size for inflation linked bonds is over 200 billion SEK in Sweden. My study will mainly focus on two things; the development of the Swedish market; the risk prem

The goal of this research is to asses the reach and characteristics of the Phantasmatic as a proposed concept, useful to understand fundamental aspects of the romantic subjective experience in artists, aesthetes and writers. This experiential level has been exemplified in artists that had been living or intermittently residing in Dresden during the first half of 19th century. Caspar David Friedric

I denna uppsats undersöks huruvida omgivningen har en inverkan på ett enskilt lands tillväxt i Afrika söder om Sahara och Västeuropa, samt om skillnader avseende den direkta omgivningen föreligger beroende på om det enskilda landet befinner sig på någon av dessa två kontinenter. Uppsatsen fokuserar på omgivning och tillväxt. En ekonometrisk modell ställs upp med utgångspunkt i ekonomisk teori samt

Women represent the majority of the world’s poor, and are simultaneously discriminated against in access to land, jobs and financial resources. This study demonstrates how increased access to credit can help women circumvent problems of lacking job opportunities, increase their status and lead to enhanced development. The fact that credit to women spurs development to a greater extent that credit

Denna studie behandlar bemanningsföretag, och mer specifikt vilken roll de har i dagens vårdsektor i Sverige. Diskussionen har avgränsats till att främst behandla hyrläkare. Min ansats är att få en överblick över fenomenet, samt undersöka varför det vuxit fram:
• Var finns hyrläkarna och vilken eventuell problematik finns kring dem
• Varför använder sig de svenska landstingen av hyrläkar

Abstract: The study covers several aspects of Thai immigrant entrepreneurs in Sweden. The main focus is to study whether they should be regarded as ‘Working poor’ and why Thai working poor entrepreneurs in Sweden still continue their businesses. Moreover, employing the concept of the necessity and opportunity entrepreneur, the study explores their reasons to become an entrepreneur, and what kind o

Several prominent international reports have recently highlighted a disorganised international peacebuilding regime. In particular, coordination and cooperation have been emphasised as insufficient. This research paper aims to address this problem by applying neoliberal institutionalist theory to test the hypothesis that the peacebuilding regime can best be strengthened by creating an internationa

This report is part of a Master Thesis in Mechanical Engineering with Industrial Design at the Faculty of Engineering, Lund University. The Master Thesis was performed at SCA, a global paper company that operates within the segments personal care, tissue, packaging, publication papers and solid-wood products. SCA sells products in more than 100 countries. Tork is the global brand name for SCA prod

The purpose of this thesis has been to examine the condition under which Social Enterprises exist on the market. Also how it affects the that they are a part of the social economy and the third sector. The study is based on qualitative interview as method. Six Social Enterprises has been interviewed. Social Enterprises as seen as an arena is heterogenic. The enterprises have the same ground va

Motivet till uppsatsen är ett intresse för hur lärare kan utveckla sin lärarförmåga och bli mer medvetna om sina möjligheter att utnyttja interaktionens positiva effekter på mänsklig växt. I hermeneutisk anda, med den hermeneutiska cirkeln som inspiration, har lärarkommentarer i utvärderingar efter handledningsgrupper analyserats för att undersöka om lärare själva beskrivit deltagandet som interak

This is an explorative qualitative study of a cognitive-behavioural group treatment (CBT) with seven young women within the framework of a larger project. The project’s main objective was to get participants to start working or studying. The function of our particular treatment program was to help the participants reach this goal. Group CBT treatment included psychoeducational components as well a