The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the identity of the Chilean environmental movement in relation to the Chilean nation-state. The theme is discussed through theories of social constructivism, identity and social movements. Of central focus is to discuss the role of the environmental movement in constructing environmental policy and in relation to national identity. The thesis draws on empir

Sjuksköterskeutbildningen har sedan dess start i mitten av 1800-talet utvecklats från att ha varit en rent praktiskt inriktad yrkesutbildning till en mer teoretiskt inriktad högskoleutbildning. Denna utveckling har fortsatt vilket innebär att klyftan mellan teori och praktik har ökat ytterligare. Mot denna bakgrund är syftet med uppsatsen att undersöka vilka krav på lärande den nyutexaminerade sj

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda vilken sorts makt de kritiker som idag figurerar i svenska medier har över vad som anses vara "den goda smaken" i Sverige och hur denna makt fungerar och används. Vilken roll har kritiker som bedömare av musikverk och vad har deras bedömning för betydelse för själva verket, för dem själva och för samhällets kultur? Åtta musikkritiker som figurerar

Internet has made information more easy to get, but also more difficult to retrieve. There is a need for information retrieval systems that assure accurate, reliable and up to date information. Quite a number of both commercial and non commercial search services has been developed on the Internet. We have made a qualitative study of one for-pay product in particular, NetS k, produced by BTJ (Bibli

In the last few years there has been an ongoing debate concerning the methods of assessing the quality of public libraries and their services. This study investigates the opinions and needs of the users at four different public libraries in Malm : the local libraries in Bellevueg rden, Limhamn, and Kirseberg, and the main library in central Malm . The purpose was to find out whether different user

Feminist debate on aerobics mainly focuses on the disciplining discourses that women face, to be thin, fit and beautiful. Although it is important to examine these discourses I argue that the discussion has taken a wrong turn in putting such emphasis on the disciplining pressures. I argue that this kind of debate, which is greatly influenced by Michel Foucault, disregards the experience of women a

My purpose in this essay is to show how the staff in an institution for young women with a drug addiction, are looking at themselves as "normal" and the young women as "abnormal", and to analyse how sex and gender are made, in interaction with sexuality and class. The essay is based on interviews and a participating observation. The study is made on a compulsory institutional

Access to resources and the holding of dominant perceptions about the environment is about power, the thesis is looking deeper into the structures that allow a new form of nuclear colonisation to control the life of the Aboriginal people in the South Australian desert. The question of the thesis is whether the Department of Education Science and Training has produced a Draft EIS containing a racis

Partly as a reaction to a perceived crisis in contemporary democracy, the nineties witnessed an upsurge in different forms of citizens? fora, dedicated to the promotion of increased participation by the citizen in the political process. Youth councils are a special point in case as they entail the general characteristics of a deliberative forum, with an emphasis on political learning. This study a

Såväl i staters och myndigheters hantering av flyktingfrågor som i den forskning som behandlar flyktingar, asyl och EU:s gräns- och flyktingpolitik talar man mest om flyktingar utifrån en manlig norm. Men vad händer när kvinnor försöker fly till EU? Har EU:s gräns- och flyktingpolitik några könsspecifika konsekvenser för kvinnor? De diskursiva och strukturella ramarna utforskas kritiskt med avstam

Jag har under ett år arbetat som Pro Kurator på en av Lunds 13 nationer. Mitt jobb gick ut på att sköta kontakten med de drygt 50 utskottscheferna och ansvara för beställningar och leveranser. Nationens högste ansvarige är kuratorn. Denna personen har hand om kontakt med myndigheter och universitet och är nationens ansikte utåt. Kuratorn sköter många administrativa uppgifter som t.ex stipendiefond

In the wake of the electronic revolution digital library has become one of the central themes concerning libraries. The present study takes up the question whether digital library can function in the same way as the conventional library. The question can obviously be posed from different perspectives, e.g. technological-, the user-, or the organizational perspective. The study investigates if (and

The public health care sector has come under increasing pressure to cut down costs, maximize productivity and satisfy patients' needs during the 1990s and onwards. As a way of "getting more for less" quality management has been introduced. Originating in the private manufacturing industry, quality management has a strong focus on productivity and efficiency, aspects which are measure

This essay revolves around partnerships established between local authorities and civil society to promote integration in segregated urban areas. The main focus is on who is active in formulating the local integration policy in these partnerships. The analysis is based on qualitative interviews with representatives from the local public administration and from different parts of civil society in R

In 1998 the Swedish Socialist Government initiated a project in order to promote economic growth and to end the discriminating social and ethnic segregation in the greater city regions of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmo. One of the goals of the project was and still is to promote political participation in 24 of the poorest areas of the three cities. In a quantitative analysis I evaluate whether o

Syftet med uppsatsen är att utröna om det går att urskilja några könsstereotypa mönster inom den straffrättsliga processen i våldtäktsmål. Min frågeställning är: Finns det någon förutbestämd mall över hur målsägande skall agera i den rättsliga tillämpningen av bestämmelserna om våldtäkt i 6:1 BrB, för att anses vara trovärdig? En grundläggande utgångspunkt i diskussionen är att föreställningarna o

Methodology: By using two indexes, this thesis aims to prove and define the relationship between human and technological development. The first index uses variables of human development (Life expectancy, literacy rate, GDP/capita and HDI, along with levels of democracy and corruption) and the second displays technological data (phone mainlines, cellular phone- and internet-usage). By applying the

The purpose of the study is to see differences and development of two institutions for social care (work science) in two countries - the University of Lodz, Polen, and the University of Lund, Sweden. The central question is, if there is any convergence between these Institutions for Social care. The method has been to use both earlier research and to have two interviews. I did interviews with tw

Argentina var först i världen med att införa lagstadgad kvotering av kvinnor till parlamentet. Målet med kvoteringen var att öka jämställdheten, detta genom att ge kvinnorna mer inflytande. Det har dock visat sig att kvinnornas inflytande över politiken inte ökat i samma takt som deras antal och vi försöker i vår uppsats förklara detta. Vi gör det med hjälp av teori om vikten av kvinnors organiser

Problem statement: Child work is a serious global issue that has been widely covered by the international media since the beginning of the 90s. The international community has increasingly realized their own link with the amount of childwork in the export-oriented industries. This has resulted in an increase of international pressure of various kinds, and to various campaigns which combat child wo