A number of theories explain how and why groups are setting up boundaries between them. Groups are often categorising each other and individuals are created into stereotypes for belonging to a certain group. Our theory is that there exist boundaries between individuals and small groups within a larger group. We examined different factors that we think could participate in these exclusion- and incl

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur personer som tidigare erhållit socialbidrag beskriver orsakerna till att de inte längre behöver socialbidrag samt hur de upplevde kontakten med socialtjänsten. Målgruppen har varit hushåll som idag klarar sin försörjning utan det behovsprövade socialbidraget. Undersökningsgruppen bestod av 158 hushåll i Jönköpings kommun som under 1997 avslutat sin kontakt

The purpose of this paper was to listen to juvenile criminals about there experience of the social service secretary, the sentence and the correctional system. The questions I wanted an answer to was: how did the youngster experience the contact with the soical service? What did they think of the sentence and the measure from the social service? Did they have any significant others who could helpe

The aim of this essay was to examine, from the relative's angle, which actions and behaviour that had an effect on how the relatives valued the encounters with the personnel at so called group housing for persons with cognitive disabilities. The constructional frame of the investi-gation originated from two presumptions. Firstly that the encounter between people is af-fected both by the person

The purpose of this essay was to find out why people who had used alcohol and narcotics for a long time, stoped using drugs. If there were any special occurrences, personal skills or surroundings that influenced sobernes. The main questions were: · Why stop using drugs? · How has the way to a drug free life turned out? · Were there any special occurrances or factors that started the drug free life

The purpose of this paper was to find out which objectives the curriculum for the compulsory basic school (Lpo 94) and the Education Act, states for the support of pupils in need of special support in general and the measure programmes in particular, furthermore which experiences the pupils and their custodians have about the support and the measure programmes, which have been offered in the compu

The aim of the study was to analyze the reasons behind the increasing number of people with the diagnosis Asperger syndrome and the effect of the diagnosis on the individual, the family and society. The theoretical approach was based on the theories of Michel Foucault and complemented with two articles by Mats Börjesson and Per Solvang. I asked the following questions: How was the diagnosis establ

The aim of the present study was to investigate the background, efficacy and theories behind a parent education program. I came in contact with this program during my practical fifth semester at the Bureau of Family Treatment in Lund. The training program originates from the United Kingdom, where it was called Mellow Parenting. The goal of the parent education is to enhance parent-child relationsh

The purpose of this study was to examine the work of clinical social workers. More specifically our aim was to perceive the knowledge and competence of clinical social workers using their own description of their work. The main questions that we address in this thesis are: How do the clinical social workers describe their knowledge and competence? What are the opinions of clinical social workers o

ABSTRACT Author: Aferdita Haxha, Anna-lena Hulander Title: ”Man måste brinna för att bli bränd” – en studie om en grupp kvinnors upplevelse av utbrändhet Supervisor: Anders Lundberg Assessor: Mats Hilte The aim with this essay was to examine seven women’s experiences regarding burn-out. Furthermore we looked at what emotions these women experienced during their burn-out period and how their rec

Utifrån Bourdieus (1977, 1990, 1995) förståelse av kroppslig och praktisk logik – med utvidgad förståelse av agentens handlingsutrymme – har jag genom fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer med kvinnor från ROKS-anslutna kvinnojourer diskuterat samhällsteorins samspel med praxis i det rumsliga görandet av socialt arbete. Genom uppsatsen utmanar jag förståelsen för det rumsliga ramverk inom vilket det By letting Bourdieu’s (1977, 1990, 1995) theory of bodily and practical logic – with a broader sense of the agent’s acting space – meet the data extracted from four semi-structured interviews made with women working at ROKS’ women’s shelters, this thesis explores the interaction between social theory and practice in the contextual making of social work. Throughout this thesis I challenge that cont

Syftet med studien var att undersöka vilka strategier personer med multiple skleros använder sig av för att handskas med sjukdomen då den innebär skiftande dagsform. Sju personer deltog i studien, två män och fem kvinnor. Studien hade en kvalitativ ansats och datainsamlingen skedde genom intervju med hjälp av en egengjord intervjuguide. Efter innehållsanalys identifierades tre kategorier och ett f

Denna studie undersökte korrelationen mellan romantisk anknytning och representationer av omvårdnad. Deltagarna var 56 föräldrar vars äldsta barn var mellan 1 och 6 år, och vars parrelation hade varat i minst 2 år. Hälften av deltagarna intervjuades med Caregiving and Attachment Interview (CAI), en semistrukturerad intervju om relationen till sitt äldsta barn. De genomförde även Experiences in CloThis study examined the correlation between romantic attachment and representations of caregiving. The participants were 56 parents whose oldest child was between the age of 1 and 6 years old and whose relationship with their partner had lasted for 2 years or more. Half of the participants were interviewed with Caregiving and Attachment Interview (CAI), a semistructured interview regarding their r

This paper gives an introduction to the pro and cons towards biofuel in the current international debate. The thesis is empirically based on fieldwork in Tanzania and presents a specific biofuel investment from the Swedish company SEKAB (Swedish Ethanol Chemistry AB). The location of fieldwork was in the Rufiji District where SEKAB plans to invest. The study’s focus is on the present quality of li

The purpose of the essay is to examine explanations offered by both police and social workers for street robbery committed by juveniles. Our conclusions are based on the findings from a series of semi structured qualative interwievs conducted with social workers and police from Landskrona and Malmö. These findings have been analyzed using hypotheses suggested by Merton´s anomie/strain theory and H

I denna studie har jag undersökt hur en organisation kan lyckas med sina utvecklingssamtal. De har det senaste året genomfört vissa förändringar gällande processen kring utvecklingssamtal. Studien har genomförts med utgångspunkt i medarbetares uppfattning, analyserat utvecklingssamtal och granskat vilka utvecklingsmöjligheter medarbetaren har. Vidare har jag även undersökt vilka förutsättningar so

Author: Caroline Degerfeldt Title: “We´re all the same!!” A survey with the purpose of looking in to what knowledge Social welfare secretaries have about the living conditions of GLBT-people. Supervisor: Carina Tigervall Assessor: Olle Frödin The aim for this study was to examine in what extent Swedish social welfare secretaries have knowledge about the living conditions of GLBT-people (Gay, Les

The purpose of this study was to analyse and describe the homelessness in the city of Lund. More specifically the aim was to describe the problem from different actors' points of view. The central questions were: How does the problem with homelessness appear in Lund? For what reasons does homelessness still exist according to the actors who come in contact with the problem? Who is responsible

The aim with the study was to describe and analyze the profession “personlig assistant” in Lunds kommun. The study was based on interviews with five assistants and one employer/ chief working for Lunds kommun. Eight themes were identified and discussed: tasks, working hours, working environment, the relationship between the assistant and the client, the balance of power between the assistant and t