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WOMEN’S VULNERABILITIES TO HIV/AIDS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL STATUS—THE CASE STUDY OF YUNNAN PROVINCE, CHINA
The purpose of this study was to analyze women’s vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS from the perspective of their social status in Yunnan Province. Three main questions were asked: what are the current situation of women’s HIV/AIDS infection and the reasons behind the epidemic in contemporary Yunnan Province, China, how do sociocultural factors which have effects on women’s social status influence their
CONSTRUCTION OF MOKEN IDENTITY IN THAILAND : A CASE STUDY IN KURABURI
The purpose of this thesis is to explore Moken identity in Thailand and to expand the knowledge about them. Many Moken live on Surin Island and other islands, but some of them managed to settle down on the mainland after the tsunami in 2004. This is a case study of the Moken living in a village in Kuraburi. Therefore the result of this study cannot be generalised. Both the Moken and non-Moken were
THE DEADLIEST FREE PRESS IN ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF THE PHILIPPINES
In the Philippines, the post-Marcos era has seen little decrease in violence against journalists. The onset of democratization in 1986 gave way for more press freedom, yet the 78 journalists killed since question the notion of a functioning free press in a nation that prides itself as being the “freest” in the Southeast Asian region. The study posits that the condition of the Philippines as a weak
FAST ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH HIGH INEQUALITY: WHY IS MAINLAND CHINA DIFFERENT FROM TAIWAN, CHINA?
This thesis was dedicated to explain mainland China’s fast economic growth and high inequality from the approach of economic transition and to answer the question why economic transitions contrast in mainland China and Taiwan. Combined with both qualitative and quantitative strategies, and based on secondary data as well as official statistics, the thesis chose comparative study as research design
Zero Emission Developments - Towards future sustainable communities
A raised awareness around climate change has been followed by different initiatives and targets being set around the world to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Pressure is not only being placed on international and national bodies but also on local communities, industries, businesses and even individual households. The most prominent international action is the funding of the United Nations Frame
Fysisk träning och spelrelaterad smärta hos professionella jazzmusiker och jazzmusikerstudenter.
Uppfattningar av ledarrollen bland ledare inom idrott och fysisk aktivitet för barn och ungdomar med funktionshinder.
EXPRESSION OF SEXUALITY AND LIFESTYLE IN SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK : A CASE STUDY OF SINGAPOREAN HOMOSEXUAL MEN
This thesis discusses the expression of sexuality and lifestyle among Singaporean homosexual men in the context of Singapore and Bangkok respectively. The objective of this research was not to generalize the pattern of the expression but to provide examples from individual cases. There were in total 13 Singaporean and Thai interviewees included in this research. These interviewees consisted of 7 S
Utvärdering av en modifierad KBT-gruppbehandling utifrån kvalitativ metod
The aim of the study is to evaluate a modified form of cognitive behavioural group therapy (CBGT). The treatment is called Tisdagsgruppen and was started by a private care institute, HjärnHälsan in Lund in August 2008. The method of the study was qualitative and seven semi-structured interviews were conducted. The interviews were analyzed in accordance with Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Umgängesrätt - en rättighet för barnet. En kvalitativ studie av hur myndigheter samt organisationer hanterar och tillvaratar barnets intresse vid vårdnads- och umgängestvister.
The main purpose of our essay was to study how children legal rights to both parents are practised in the social work. We wanted to find out the consequences of a forced and non practised contact rights. We have also looked in to which opportunities and difficulties that may appear in the social work with an aim to reach a well-function contact between a child and a parent. Our essay is presented
Modernitetens brunnar - En kulturhistorisk läsning av författarskapet Haruki Murakami
Ockuperad film – Kurosawas filmproduktion under de amerikanska ockupationsåren, 1945-52
Att göra västvärldens bild till sin - en postkolonial läsning av Ett Öga Rött
Sexuality and poverty: a case study of sex workers in Kampala, Uganda
The emerging focus on sexuality in development thinking has provided an opening for sex work issues to be included in the development framework. Unequal gender power relations restrict women’s employment opportunities and sex work becomes the best option out of very little choices. However, sexuality norms and beliefs have stratified sex work as ‘unacceptable’. As a result, sex workers face a wide
Cereal Flows and Social Capacity in a Pastoral Region: Glimpses from Dollo Ado, Somali Region, Ethiopia
This thesis investigates how social relations influence cereal flows between pastoral households and between pastoralists and traders in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. By examining this case through a narrative approach, I clarify how cereal exchanges are embedded in social capacity. Through interviews and focus groups with pastoral and agropastoral households and interviews with cereal traders, I present s
GRAIN MARKET AND RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN ETHIOPIA: A CASE OF STRUCTURE, CONDUCT AND PERFORMANCE OF GRAIN MARKET IN LUME WOREDA OF OROMIYA REGION.
Agriculture Development Led Industrialization (ADLI) has been government development strategy since 1990s; and its objective was to develop a market oriented modernized agriculture sector, with the development of the industry to follow this as a next development stage using the raw material from agriculture. The strategies for the agriculture development have focussed on extension and research ser
Rural Clusters: Promoting Structural Transformation in Armenia
The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the possibility of application of the cluster based rural development approach in Armenia to promote its structural transformation. Case study was selected as a research methodology, and both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. Analysis of the key findings from the ‘field’, i.e. - the potential cluster, shows that rural households pract
Minskys teori om finansiell instabilitet och dess relevans i moderna kriser
Syftet med uppsatsen är att testa om Hyman P. Minskys teori om finansiell instabilitet och uppkomsten av finansiella kriser är relevant för, och applicerbar på, moderna ekonomiska förhållanden. Metod: Studien är framför allt av kvalitativ metod, och tar hjälp av tidigare forskning och olika nyckeltal i analysen av de finansiella kriserna. Valet av kriser har avgränsats till den svenska fastighetsk