The latest research by PISA informed that Swedish pupils performances are lower than average among countries in OECD. In addition Swedish teachers have low salaries compared to other countries. There are researchers that have been analyzing the correlation between salaries and school results before but the studies are mainly cross-nations based. The explanation for the correlation has been that hi

The process of constructing the individual must be understood as the production of a specific political subject. How the individual is constructed affects how the individual understand its identity framework and its perceived role as a political actor. The aim of this thesis is to compare the discourse production between the judicial discourse and the facebook discourse of the individual with the

In 1987, the international community adopted the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer – subsequently labelled as one of the most successful environmental treaties of our time. In 1992, Peter Haas emerged with a study on epistemic communities and their efforts to protect stratospheric ozone. According to Haas’ research, epistemic community members – consisting of United Stat

This study examines how and why threat images get a breakthrough. What decides which threat pictures will be on the agenda and which will not? Often it can seem like the most dangerous threats are the most prioritized. But threat images can be exaggerated and manipulated, which means there can be a lot of different factors that decide which threat picture will get a breakthrough. On April 24, 200

While the Swedish legal anti-discriminatory framework was extended to include the educational system in 2006, differences in elementary school results are continually growing. This raises questions about the ambitions and effectiveness of the school system’s anti-discrimination policies, which are framed as equal treatment. This study investigates the normative underpinnings of the concept of equa

The dominant democratization theories look at structural preconditions in order to explain successful transitions. This has resulted in deterministic conclusions about different preconditions for democracy. Benin is a small country in Africa with a history of military coups, ethnical competition and low level of development. Despite these conditions Benin is a one out of ten democracies in Africa.

Crimes and violations are constantly committed against human rights all over the world. Whole populations are victims of genocide and ethnic cleansing, while the international society has a commitment and responsibility in their hands to intervene. But what happens when the international society and the United Nations Security Council are unwilling to come to a unanimously decision? This study has

The purpose with the thesis is to critically analyze the Gates Foundation’s understanding of development. The author uses a critical discourse analysis inspired by Norman Fairclough, and the material is collected from the foundation’s website. The theory consists of four parts. First, the linguistic aspects of the material are examined. Second, the discursive practice of the foundation is understo

This thesis investigates the relationship between social capital and peacebuilding, and the potential contribution peacebuilding efforts can make in terms of generating social capital in post-conflict countries. Using a qualitative methodological approach, seven local civil society organizations in Guatemala were interviewed with the purpose of understanding in what way the organizations are contr

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att ur ett rättspolitiskt perspektiv undersöka och diskutera hur rätten till bostad implementerats i svensk lag och hur väl Sverige lever upp till sina internationella åtaganden när det kommer till rätten till bostad. Rätten till bostad är en grundläggande mänsklig rättighet som återfinns i ett flertal av de folkrättsliga instrument Sverige har ratificerat. Därmed

Irreguljära migrantarbetare utgör en särskild, odefinierbar grupp, som arbetar och lever i periferin av samhället. I rädsla för att hela deras tillvaro ska rasera, gör de allt i sin makt för att gömma sig från statsmakten. På grund av sin lagstridiga vistelse i landet faller de utanför det traditionella arbetsrättsliga skyddet. Internationella och regionala rättsliga regleringar är relevanta på gIrregular migrant workers constitute a special indefinable group, working and living in the periphery of society. In fear that their whole existence will demolish, they do everything in their power to hide from the government. Because of their illegal stay in the country, the traditional labor law protection does not apply. At any attempt of asserting their rights, they risk both dismissal and exp

Akutbesöken i Sverige är ständigt ökande. Syftet med studien var att beskriva föräldrars erfarenheter av kontakt med primärvården samt att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar dem att söka barnakuten med sin icke- akut sjuka barn. Metoden för studien var en kvantitativ enkätstudie. Enkäten besvarades av 136 föräldrar till barn med prioriteringsnivå 3-gul och 4-grön, på ett sjukhus i södra Sverige

Titel: Mental beredskap för musikelever - Vad säger musiklärare om hur de arbetar med mental träning i sin undervisning. Studiens syfte är att belysa vad musiklärare säger om hur de använder mental träning i sin undervisning. Studien lyfter, genom kvalitativa intervjuer med fyra lärare som undervisar i musik och mental träning, fram dessa lärares tankar. Resultaten visar att lärarna upplever att Title: Mental preparedness for music pupils – what do music teachers say about how they work with mental training in their teaching? The purpose of this study is to see how music teachers who work with mental training and music teaching, perceive their work with mental training in their teaching. The study is based on qualitative interviews with four teachers, who teach music and mental training.

Problembeskrivning: Vid ett oplanerat sectio sker en separation mellan mor och barn och partnern får då ta hand om barnet. Det finns sedan tidigare forskning kring kvinnans upplevelse av denna separation. Kring partnerns upplevelse finns inte forskning i samma utsträckning. Syfte: Syftet var att belysa partnerns upplevelse i samband med sectio. Metod: En kvalitativ metod med induktiv ansats använd

Young girls and boys in Sweden can be ordered to compulsory care by the Administrative court if they are in psychosocially problematic situations. The purpose of our paper was to analyze how the socially destructive behavior of girls and boys was constructed in verdicts made by judges at the Administrative court. With a qualitative textual analysis we analyzed what kind of acts and social situatio

Bakgrund Gravida utsätts för en ökande mängd radiologiska undersökningar som kan innebära risker för foster Syftet med studien är att kartlägga fostereffekter i samband med ultraljud, MRT och röntgen undersökningar. Syftet är vidare att klargöra olika möjligheter att reducera fostereffekter. Metoden som använts är en litteraturstudie där aktuella modaliteter täcks in av tio artiklar som underlag.

The purpose of this study was to analyze narratives of school counselors and nurses’ on how they identify children who live in abusive environments and the actions they have taken. We used a qualitative method and the study consisted of eight semistructed interviews with four school counselors and four school nurses. We have analyzed our material using Goffmans theory about the theater metaphor an

Uppsatsen behandlar Supersnippan som en del av en bredare feministisk rörelse och ämnar besvara hur denna Facebooksida fungerar som en parallell diskursiv arena, vilka strategier som används för att sprida ett feministiskt budskap, samt vilka hinder och möjligheter som Facebook erbjuder i förhållande till medielandskapet och dess politiska ekonomiska struktur. Studien är utförd med en fallstudieme