The main research problem in this thesis is the lack of a holistic understanding of how neo-patrimonialism, colonial legacies, decentralisation, illiberal peace-building and the revitalisation of traditional reconciliation practices have affected conflict, peace and development in North Maluku Province (NMP). This is important to study, given the negative impacts inherent in the conflict-developme

This essay deals with the concept of rationality. More precisely how rationality is defined within the thoughts of the philosopher Jürgen Habermas and what consequenses this may have for different views of life. By analyzing Habermas thoughts with the experiences obtained from a presumptionistic perspective the study takes form as a critical evaluation of Habermas outspoken pluralistic and accep

The aim of this study was to examine how treatment staff considered the issue of seclusions of young people in institutional care. We also wanted to know how the treatment staff looked at their role and how they thought that the youth perceived seclusion/isolation. We were also interested in how the staff group cooperated in the seclusions and how they thought that a possible ban would affect thei

The aim of this study was to examine how swedish newspapers writes about domestic violence from a gender and a categorization perspective. Violence between partners is an social problem that affects both men and women which crime reports shows. In this study we’ve done a content analysis on 27 newsarticles from five swedish newspapers. For this study we’ve asked these two research questions: How d

Abstract Authors: Ingrid Leandersson, Malin Jönsson Title: The situation of children at women’s shelters – A qualitative study of the work with children in women’s shelters based on the staff’s perspective Supervisor: Malinda Andersson Assessor: Mikael Sandgren The purpose of our essay was to highlight the situation among children in women's shelters in Sweden in addition to inquire into t

Vinterhalvåret- tiden på året då stormarna trivs som bäst Det hände varje år, kanske flera gånger om året. Kuststäder svämmar över, granarna faller som plockepinn och strömmen går. Det stormar. Men varför? När det pratas om stormar i våra breddgrader syftas det nästan alltid på kraftiga vindarna som uppstår i samband med storskaliga lågtryckssystem, så kallade extratropiska cykloner. Dessa kan bilExtratropical cyclones (ETC) are synoptic scale low pressure systems, which have a large impact on the weather in the mid latitudes. These low pressure systems usually develop during several days and are connected to fronts. Thus, they can bring cloudiness, rain and even severe weather including strong winds. Extratropical cyclogenesis occur in regions of baroclinic instability and is thus a resul

I flera sociologiska teorier möter man en människa fångad av förtryckande strukturer utan vidare utrymme för motmakt, i ett Europa präglat av framväxande fascism och nationalism. I den här studien för jag in ett posthumanistiskt perspektiv, hämtat från Gilles Deleuze filosofi och Rosi Braidottis sociala teorier, för att undersöka människans möjligheter att göra politiskt motstånd genom utomparlameIn several sociological theories you are confronted with an individual trapped in oppressive structures without much space for counter-power, in a european context with emerging fascism and nationalism. With this study I introduce a post-humanistic perspective, inspired of Gilles Deleuze's philosophy and Rosi Braidottis social theories, to explore the possibilities for people to do political r

The purpose of this thesis is to understand if the picture of wealth in Matthew 27:57, where Joseph of Arimathea is described as rich, is coherent with the picture of wealth that appears in the rest of the Gospel of Matthew. This is investigated through an analysis of passages in the Gospel of Matthew, which implicitly or explicitly are associated with wealth. The greek word πλούσιος that depicts

Det blir allt mer vanligt att äta ute på restaurang. Dessa nya konsumtionsvanor sätter högre krav på att livsmedelsföretagen levererar säkra livsmedel. För att informera konsumenterna om livsmedelsföretagens livsmedelshantering har Malmö stad infört ett frivilligt premieringsystem som kallas för Smiley. Malmö stad har tidigare genomfört studier som fokuserar på vad konsumenterna anser om premieriConsumers today are much more mobile and are therefore eating out at restaurants much more than they used to do. These new consumer habits put greater demands on food businesses supplying safe food. In order to inform the consumers of the food businesses that have excellent food service, the city of Malmö introduced a reward system called Smiley. The City of Malmö has previously conducted studies

The aim of this study was to examine social policy strategies for elderly care, from a class perspective. The Swedish population is getting older which increases the need of elderly care. Given this situation and that research demonstrate that the number of elderly people have doubled between 2006 and 2011, and since there is a gap of knowledge of the class perspective in elderly care. I therefore

Over the past twenty years, the metal detector has received considerable attention, both from archaeologists, private persons and media, among other things because of problems with crimes related to archaeological heritage. Archaeologists have long pursued a hot debate on the regulations that are in force in Sweden concerning the use of the metal detectors. Comparisons with Danish regulations - wh

The aim of this study was to examine businesses which use horses in various kinds of social work, and the opinions and experiences of the professional practitioners of these operations. I used semistructured interview to answer my questions, and I ended up interviewing eight people from seven different operations. Everyone was working in some kind of business which used horses as either an aid for

Sammanfattning Avtal mellan kommuner och enskilda aktörer blir allt vanligare och spelar en tilltagande roll i samhället. Avtalsrelationen mellan dessa två aktörer är mer komplex än den vid avtal mellan två enskilda aktörer. Komplexiteten uppkommer på grund av att avtalsförhållandet är mellan två mycket olika parter. Ett exempel på sådant avtal är exploateringsavtal. Den första januari 2015 fördesAbstract The use of contracts between private actors and municipality’s is becoming more common and is getting a more important roll in the society. The relationship between the parties of agreement is more complicated than one between two private actors. The relationship between a municipality and a private actor in agreement is thereby one between two very different parties. This thesis focuses

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Dokumenterat förlossningsrädda kvinnor är en grupp som ter sig öka i samhället. Forskning som gjorts belyser oftast kvinnans upplevelse. Barnmorskans tankar och erfarenheter kring fenomenet saknas i debatten. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att belysa förlossningsbarnmorskors erfarenheter av och tankar kring att bistå dokumenterat förlossningsrädda kvinnor, samt hur de upplever v

Antalet magnetisk resonanstomografier av barn ökar. I de flesta fall används sedering eller generell anestesi vid dessa undersökningarna då det krävs att barnen ligger stilla. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns förberedelser och rutiner för att undvika sedering eller generell anestesi av barn, 0 till 18 år, som ska genomgå en magnetisk resonanstomografi. Studien är en litteraturstud

The aim of this study was to analyse the discourse about unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors from two major newspapers in Sweden. More specifically its aim was to critically analyse which types of discourses on unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors appear in the news articles published in the last 5 years by the two major evening newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen. The study was based on the criti

Den här kandidatuppsatsen behandlar acceptansen kring mobila betalningslösningar genom en grundlig genomgång av tidigare studier och litteratur samt en egen empirisk undersökning direkt riktad mot konsumenterna. Den empiriska studien är baserad på en modifikation av ramverket UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) där bland annat uppfattad risk har lagts till som en variabel. DThis thesis covers the acceptance surrounding mobile payments in i thorough review of previous studies and literature directly aimed towards the consumers. The empirical study is based on a modification of the framework UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) where, percieved risk among other variables has been added. The resulting empirical data shows that the respondents are l

Sexual health is an important aspect of quality of life. Norms regarding sexuality affect indi-viduals in several aspects. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of norms on sexual health, for nine (9) individuals based on their own written stories. The material consists of nine (9) written posts from the Internet forum Reddit. The theoretical frame of references consists of script t

The aim of this study was thru a qualitative study, with the theory about symbolic interactionism made by Mead, examine how the experiences of bullying in elementary school may occur as a consequence for future adulthood. I chose to use the internet-page Facebook to search for interviewees. Through Facebook, I asked my closest associates and friends to share this post so that the search would go o

The watch officer on board of vessels of the Netherlands Royal Navy has to deal with a wide variety of interest during his/her duty. Despite the wide variety of interests the watch officer has to manage, the amount of incidents and accidents is few. Apparently, the watch officers of the Netherlands Royal Navy are well able to manage this wide variety of interests. The aim of this thesis research