In recent times, Sweden has experienced a boom in the construction of new arenas, which constitutes a good example of modern day planning in the country. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what these arenas symbolise and what sets of values influence and possibly alter the decision-making processes surrounding the construction of the arenas. The analyses are based on the theories of neoli

Our understanding of the society and the world around us is partly communicated to us through the newsmedia. The language used, both written, oral and images, affects the way that we talk about, understand and act upon certain events. In a newsbroadcast there are several interpretations and representations, all communicated in various forms of language, and this language will in turn be the basis

This essays focus is to unravel the discourses concerning women by doing a historic-comparative qualitative content analysis on Malleus Maleficarum, written in 1486, and modern papal writings in order to compare the similar or different ways in which the ideal woman is understood. The reason for why these materials have been chosen is based on the influential spread these writing had or have, and

Mass Rapes in Bosnia-Herzegovina illustrated the structural sexual violence in war and made it hypervisible. Despite the fact that 111 cases involving sexual violence during the war are being heard in the court of Bosnia and Herzegovina only thirty-six cases have been completed. Sara Sharratt’s theory argues that all institutions in society including the courts are affected by the stereotypes and

Feminism is a concept that can be considered extremely topical in Sweden in both the social and political context. Therefore, it is interesting to examine women’s position towards the concept and if they want to be identified as a feminist. This study is based on how women’s position towards feminism and feminists can be challenged by stereotypes and ideal types in the discourse of the concepts. T

The purpose of this paper was to show how politicians choose to use the history and the national discourse to mobilize for their ideological purposes. The Yugoslavia war is a clear example of that history can be used as a dangerous weapon during national and ethnical conflicts. To illuminate this a discourse analysis of nationalism and the ideological use of history will be done on three ex-Yugosl

Uppsatsen belyser jämställdhets- och genusarbete på några svenska förskolor. I studiens centrum står tre fokusområden, vilka även format huvudfrågeställningen: Hur ser verk-samhetsansvariga på tre olika förskolor i Skåne på könsneutralitet, normkritik och genuspedagogik i den egna verksamheten? Val av fokusområden beror på deras aktuella ställning i jämställdhetsfrågor inom förskolan. För att besv

Titel: Ett ramverk för portföljhantering ­‐ En fallstudie på Alfa Laval Författare: Jacob Gustafsson Per Nilsson Robin Thiberg Handledare: Stein Kleppestø, universitetslektor. Företagsekonomiska Institutionen, Ekonomihögskolan, Lunds Universitet Dag Näslund, universitetslektor. Avdelningen för Teknisk Logistik, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Lunds Universitet. Hans Karlsson-­‐Höiden, doktor. Project O

Rapporten är ett examinerande moment i kursen Brandteknisk riskvärdering. Syftet med rapporten är att utvärdera personsäkerheten vid brand för besökarna på Halmstadtravet och ge förslag på eventuella förbättringar. Syftet är även att studenterna ska tränas i sin ingenjörsmässiga förmåga. I byggnaden som utvärderas finns bland annat restaurang, kök, sittplatsläktare och caféverksamhet. Det redogörThe report is an examination element of the course Brandteknisk riskvärdering. The purpose of the report is to evaluate human safety of visitors in case of fire at the racetrack Halmstadtravet and suggest possible solutions if the human safety is deemed insufficient. The purpose is also to train the students in their engineering capability. The method is to choose several fire scenarios that chal

Bakgrund: Postoperativa sårinfektioner efter ett kirurgiskt ingrepp är den tredje vanligaste vårdrelaterade infektionen (VRI) i Sverige. Konsekvenser av VRI är ofta ökat patientlidande, förlängda vårdtider och ökar vårdkostnader för samhället. I operationssjuksköterskans omvårdnadsansvar ingår att arbeta infektionspreventivt i enlighet med Patientsäkerhetslagen och evidensbaserad vård. Syfte: S

I mars i år lämnade regeringen ett förslag till riksdagen som syftar till att stärka skyddet mot tvångsäktenskap och barnäktenskap. Förslaget innehåller såväl civilrättsliga som straffrättsliga lagändringar. Förslagets utgångspunkt är att sådana äktenskap inte kan tolereras. Redan idag ger svensk rätt uttryck för att sådana äktenskap inte är önskvärda. Att tvinga någon att ingå äktenskap är idag sIn March this year the Swedish Government submitted a proposal to the parliament that aims to strengthen the protection against forced marriages and child marriages. The proposal includes law changes that are both civil and criminal. According to the Government such marriages cannot be tolerated. Which Swedish law already expresses. Forcing someone to get married is punishable as unlawful threat.

Investing in renewable energy sources (RES) is one pivotal way to ensure future energy sustainability that also mitigates climate change. The EU has committed to increase the share of renewable energy (RE), and has tasked member states with targets. The Netherlands has now issued the ‘Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth’ to attain a share of 14% RE by 2020. Coincidentally the theoretical knowl

The aim with this thesis is to clarify the scope of the Schumacker doctrine and specifically to answer the questions "Which tax rules are considered to take into account the ability to pay?" and "What are the thresholds for determining when a non-resident is in a comparable situation to that of a resident?". The findings of the study are that such rules are difficult to ident

The Maldives currently suffers from climate change, and will be soon rendered inhabitable due to rising sea levels. A political past stained by dictatorship and corruption has also led to inconceivable amounts of environmental destruction. With the idea of ecology and green politics gaining ground throughout the world, it is viable to question the possibility of practicing these concepts in an env

Issues related to attribution of profits already exist in the traditional economic framework and are of a different nature, however these issues seem to become more bothersome in transactions conducted in e-commerce context, with an electronic economy. The matter is similar to the traditional economic problems in regard to transfer pricing adjustments; however these issues are much more complex du

'Identity' is a frequently used concept within the field of European studies, which has resulted in a myriad of different perspectives on what its meaning entails. As such, the meaning of identity is often claimed to be ambiguous, which causes problems for methodology related issues. This thesis suggests that the field of European Studies as a research area has to adjust its approach to th

While overall Erasmus participation rates are increasing, the number of UK students taking part is falling, and the particularity of the ‘British case’ is one that merits investigation. This thesis is concerned with notions of identity as understood by English Erasmus students specifically, and investigates how such students understand European identity and British identity, both in relation to ea

Sammanfattning Sverige har upprepade gånger fått kritik av olika FN – organ för att inte följa den internationella folkrätten för de rättigheter som ursprungsbefolkningar har, i Sveriges fall samerna. Kritiken handlar bland annat om samernas bristande inflytande på beslut som angår dem. Gruvnäringen anses vara ett stort problem då gruvnäringens intressen sätts före de samiska rättigheterna samtidiSummary Sweden has repeatedly been criticized by the UN for not following international human rights law for indigenous peoples, in the case of Sweden, the Saami. The criticism include the Saami people's lack of influence on decisions affecting them. The mining industry is considered to be a major problem because of its big impact on the Saami culture and the swedish mineral-law gets critic be