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In Sweden there is a first language Swedish and minority languages such as Finnish, Tornedalen Finnish, Romany, Samian, and Yiddish. Although English is not a second language in Sweden some people suggest it should be. From the age of nine children start to learn the English language in school. English is a core subject in the school system alongside Swedish and math. In several companies it is th

Secondary clients: a discourse analysis of affinity and kinship In recent years, a trend has developed in care-giving systems. It was previously thought that care for our elderly, physically disabled or chronically ill relatives and loved ones, was to be provided by and cared for in institutions. As of now, we see a retrograding trend where a lot of the treatment and/or care is to be provided in

The aim of my case study was to examine and describe the methods of HIV/Aids prevention work that are used in Kabale district, southwestern Uganda. I will in this study discuss the importance of peer monitoring, education and reducing stigma to decrease the number of HIV infected people. I will use the theory of Pierre Bourdieu about the social, cultural and economic capital to try to give an expl

Denna studie och dess problemformulering behandlar huruvida fördelarna uppväger riskerna gällande användandet av molntjänster för småföretag. Syftet med studien är att försöka ge en bättre förståelse för småföretag gällande molntjänster. Studien består dels av en litteraturstudie, men även en kvantitativ undersökning i form av en enkätundersökning samt en kvalitativ undersökning med genomgripande

Sustainability Science (SS) has, as of today, no explicit agreement on which philosophy of science should be used to guide its research. Though SS is a broad and often diffuse concept, there are certain guiding principles which are generally agreed on. Based on these principles, it has been seen if Critical Realism (CR) could be an appropriate meta-theory for SS. The approach used is therefore pri

There is always an interesting side for any lawyer or law student concerning the study of the ship arrest. The continuous development for this type of action in the maritime law gives it a significant importance. This action implemented against the ship to secure a claim that is of a maritime nature, in other words directed against the ship and not the ship owner. Since the adoption of the 1952 Ar

Uppsatsen undersöker om den upplevda nivån av psykologisk egenmakt på arbetet kan påverka anställdas inställning till en organisations-förändring som har förlitat sig på toppstyrd kommunikation. Studien utförs mot en bakgrund av flera olika faktorer från tidigare forskning kring förändring. Resultaten gav inget belägg för en koppling mellan psykologisk egenmakt och engagemang i förändringen. Dock This thesis explores if the perceived level of psychological job empowerment for employees exposed to top-down communication during an organizational change, impact on the perceived level of behavioral support for the change. This is done against the backdrop of several constructs from previous research on organizational change. The results gave no indication of an association between the level o

Denna kandidatuppsats undersöker organisatoriska förutsättningar för strategisk kommunikation med externa intressenter vid förändringar. Den utforskar även vilka faktorer som påverkar de externa intressenternas meningsskapande i organisationsförändringar. Uppsatsens syfte är att analysera och diskutera vilka faktorer som kan påverka organisationers förutsättningar för extern förändringskommunikatiThis bachelor thesis examines organizational prerequisites for strategic communications with external stakeholders to change. It also explores the factors that affect the external stakeholders sensemaking in organisational change. The aim of this essay is to analyse and discuss the factors that may affect organisations' requirements for external change communication. The essay is based on a qu

Reviewing the historical legacy of colonialism and slavery on attitudes about race, gender and citizenship within the United States, this thesis attempts to illuminate three principle archetypes within development discourse: the Brute, the Victim and the Authority. Each of these three discursive threads, deriving from unique historical processes, provides an opposing Other against which US citizen

The way to a Profession - Voices of students in social studies about their education The purpose of this study was to examine how students of social wcience view their education in relation to their future profession. The study was based on qualitative individual interviews with students at School of social work at Lund University in Sweden. The aim was to contribute to an understanding of the st

I den här uppsatsen studeras överföringen av litterär kodväxling mellan A Confederacy of Dunces och översättningen Dumskallarnas Sammansvärjning. Tre karaktärers personliga koder och sättet dessa markeras på analyseras, och kodframställningens roll för karaktäriseringen diskuteras. I analysen framkommer att källtextförfattaren markerar karaktärernas koder till stor del på morfosyntaktisk och grafi

Uppsatsen avhandlar Joakim Thåströms sånglyrik ur ett kontinentalfilosofiskt perspektiv. Gilles Deleuzes terminologi används för att undersöka hur textens uttrycks och på vilka möjliga sätt uttrycken kan påverka sina åhörare. Därutöver närmar sig uppsatsen musikvetenskapen, genom att diskutera b.la. musikens samverkan med Joakim Thåströms sånglyrik och hur den uttrycks.

Alkohol är ständigt närvarande i samhället och det förknippas med både glädje och elände. I den svenska kulturen är alkohol ofta något självklart och förgivettaget i flera sociala sammanhang. Uppsatsen tar inte ställning varken för eller emot alkohol, utan tyngdpunkten ligger på hur och i vilka sammanhang alkohol konsumeras och uppmärksammas. Uppsatsen ämnar att studera vilken roll alkohol spelar

Authors: Besnik Meziu & Sophie Ståhlnacke Title: We're personnel, but also their mother, father, sister or brother... Tutor: Johan Cronehed Assessor: Carina Tigervall The purpose of this study was to examine how personnel within an asylum accommodation for unaccompanied refugee children understood and looked at their own professional role, both in terms of professionalism and emotional com

“Abuse – That’s not really a factor in my world”: A qualitative study about how abuse is defined and constructed within geriatric care Nursing homes have increasingly come under attack in recent years for scandals involving the abuse of elderly care-takers within their organisations. The purpose of this study was to determine how abuse can be defined by the staff within geriatric care in nursing

This research will focus on the economic geographic patterns of the diffusion of grid photovoltaic (PV) cells. The analysis is specified to the EU 15 and the time period 1990-2010. The causal and correlational relationships will be derived from energy transitions that occurred in history and recent research directed towards renewable energy and solar energy in particular. This results in five inde