Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilka makroekonomiska faktorer som påverkar råvarupriserna. För studien används två välkända råvaruprisindex, CRB Index och S&P GSCI Index. Perioden för undersökningen sträcker sig från 1973-01 till och med 2010-04 och observationerna är månadsvisa. Tidigare forskning har visat att industriproduktion, räntan, US-dollarns växelkurs samt penningmängd ä

Using household level data from the Survey on the Status of Women and Fertility provided by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Population Studies Centre of University of Pennsylvania, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the determinants of women’s empowerment and the presence of gender-related constraints within the household in rural India. Households from two states of different demogra

The aim and purpose of this study has been to examine how Swedish media portrays homeless people. This essay will explain my conclusions of how five Swedish newspapers, morning and evening press, describes homeless people. The articles I have chosen are from the largest newspapers and they are all published during a four month period of 2010. I have used Norman Faiclough´s model for a critical dis

Hur bedrivs pedagogisk utomhusaktivitet som främjar barnets intres-se och vilja att lära? Hur påverkar det utomhuspedagogiska utveck-lings arbetet förskolebarnens lärande? Detta är frågor som besvaras i denna uppsats. Avhandlingen tar upp ett försök att utveckla verk-samheten för barnen vid en förskola i södra Sverige i enlighet med det som föreskrivs i Läroplan för förskolan (Utbildningsdeparte-m

Everyday life of divorced and/or seperated fathers [translated title] The aim of this study was to examine how divorced and/or separated fathers perceive everyday life. The target group was delimited to Swedish men that had their children living with them on half-time or more. The analysis took the sociology of knowledge as a starting point and was made on the basis of the research findings of ei

The aim of this report was to examine how social workers in Sweden who meet women subjected to violence experience their work. The main focus of the report was to examine how social workers reason about the discretion in the work with women subjected to violence. The method of qualitative research was used to examine this. Four social workers were interviewed and presented a fictitious case by whi

China‟s relations with African countries represent a growing trend in international relations and South-South cooperation. One important aspect of these liaisons is China‟s financial assistance and its deployment of resource-backed infrastructure loans. Angola is China‟s biggest supplier of oil, whereas China is Angola‟s largest donor, having provided Angola with 7.4 billion dollars in credit line

Syftet med uppsatsen är att redogöra för hur revisorns lagstadgade ansvarsförsäkring enligt 27§ RL är utformad. Vidare studeras hur dess utformning är anpassningsbar till att revisorns rådgivande roll kan tänkas öka efter revisionspliktens avskaffande för mindre bolag den 1 november år 2010. För att kunna uppfylla syftet kommer följande problemformulering att besvaras: Hur är revisorns ansvarsförs

Stock seems to evolve over time in a structure similar to what is proposed by the Dow Theory. The investigation of intra-day investor behaviour suggests that the return characteristics are different from previous research around market close. It is most likely due to Sweden being a small and open economy affected by the global financial markets. The findings correspond to what is expected in terms

Research aim and questions: The aim of this research is to investigate the way Radio Free Europe’s Romanian Language Service presented the events of December 1989 in Romania. Since Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was one of the most important international broadcasting institutions during the Cold War, it is relevant to see what kind of interpretation was assigned to Romania’s 1989 political and

Moving to a new country and living in a new culture involves many processes of change and adaptation for the individual. Not only is the person surrounded by a new language, different norms, behaviour and traditions, but suddenly he or she is also an “immigrant” in this new society. This study was set out to examine the experience of being an immigrant in Sweden, with the aim to make the Swedish s

Denna jämförande litteraturstudie behandlar hur öppnandet av den östtyska gränsen skildrades i nyhetsmedier. Syftet är att utröna om Dayan & Katz definition av en mediehändelse är applicerbar på hur händelserna i Östtyskland den 9 november 1989, samt tiden däromkring, skildrades i nyhetsmedierna dagspress, tv och radio. Om ”Berlinmurens fall” är en mediehändelse, vilka frågor kan man då ställa

The aim of this study was to examine the professional’s experience of children’s computer use in families where the parents are seeking advice considering the question. Media writes about that the problem only can be found in the child and that most parents are in need of assistance. The study was based on qualitative interviews with five professional’s that have had contact with parents who were

En förlikning är en överenskommelse mellan två tvistande parter om hur de skall lösa tvisten. Detta kan ske både med eller utan domstolens medverkan. Från lagstiftarhåll har det dock länge påpekats att en av tingsrätternas viktigaste uppgifter är att verka för samförståndslösningar. Ett av syftena med den muntliga förberedelsen i tvistemål är att undersöka om det finns förutsättningar för en förliA settlement is an agreement between two litigants on how to resolve their dispute. The court does not necessarily have to be involved in the settlement. However the Swedish legislature has for a long time stressed that one of most important missions of the District Courts (tingsrätt) is to promote settlements. According to the Swedish procedural law one of the purposes with the preliminary meetin

Abstract Author: Madelene Öhlin Title: Meeting across borders – a study of the social worker’s reception of clients with borderline. [translated title] Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Eva-Malin Antoniusson Borderline personality disorder is a diagnosis that it has been researched a lot about, but there is very little research for what a good reception to these clients’ means. People with

The aim of this essay is to investigate the prison chaplain’s work in the pastoral care treatment in Swedish prisons. The theoretical frames conclude modern theories and ideas from Thomas Luckmann and Anthony Giddens which explains how the modern human beeing relates to religion in different contexts. Interviews with inmates and prison-chaplains represented the qualitative method which I applied i

Studien ämnar undersöka effekten av mångfaldsarbete samt om det finns några samband mellan arbete med mångfald och företags relativa position i branschen. För att kunna besvara uppsatsens syfte använde vi oss av primärdata från en genomförd surveyundersökning samt sekundärdata inom ämnet mångfald. Enkäten skickades ut till 200 stora svenska slumpmässigt utvalda företag. Resultatet av vår studie vi