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Hur platser marknadsför sig, det vill säga deras platsmarknadsföringsstrategier blir allt mer centrala för dess framtida utveckling, den plats som kan erbjuda bäst förutsättningar samt kommunicerar detta på rätt sätt får en konkurrensfördel. Rätt strategier och kommunikation kommer i allt högre grad kunna attrahera och bibehålla företag samt investeringar, locka nya resenärer, invånare samt utöka

This paper develops a theory for understanding negotiation situations involving states and indigenous peoples. Using relevant constructivist theory as a starting point, the paper develops a theory about understanding the relationship between power and culture implicit in the concept of the state. This relationship is examined in negotiations situations involving states and indigenous peoples. Stat

This essay aims to examine how theories within childhood sociology have evolved. The main questions are: Who are the central scientists within the field, what are their objects of study and who are the intended recipients of their work? How can the origin of the theories be described? Which elements are central in the theories and have they changed over time? How can the theories be evaluated base

The purpose of this study was to look at teenagers' thoughts and ideas regarding sports and doping, and what they think about information on doping. Important questions for our study were: What do sports mean to teenagers? What thoughts do teenagers have about demands and expectations in sports? What thoughts do teenagers have about doping? What do teenagers think about information on dop

In 2003 the deciding political council in Bromölla municipality requested that an overhaul on the committee and public administration structure should be conducted. In the report Bromölla was characterized as a traditional organization with a low degree of change. This case study will examine why the organization previously has been reluctant to change its structure and why they are willing to do

The United Nations is an important organization when it comes to international peace and security. Recent events in international politics, however, have brought about a widespread concern about the abilities of the organization. Powerful states have shosen to act outside of the organization to achieve their goals. They have furthermore a disproportionate influence on the decision-making body, the

I min uppsats vill jag undersöka vad det är som gör att man återvänder till arbetslivet. Jag har intervjuat fem kvinnor med diagnosen utbrändhet och de har alla varit långtidssjukskrivna, men har idag återvänt delvis eller helt. Dessa kvinnor är samtliga socialarbetare i 46-60 års ålder. Jag har även intervjuat medaktörer i kvinnornas sjukskrivningsprocess för att se hur de tänker och vad de kan g

This is an essay about how disabled young people look upon themselves and their handicap. The purpose of the essay was to illustrate how the identy and self-image of young disabled persons is formed during their youth, and also how they experience their handicap during this time in life when you compare yourself with friends and other significant persons. My questions were: 1. In what ways is th

The purpose of this essay was to study whether the UN convention on the Rights of the child is implemented in the Swedish executory authority, in cases that include compulsory auction of property belonging to families with children, in the southern area of Sweden. I have especially focused on questions concerning whether civil servants work with child consequence analyses, whether they have been o

I denna uppsats behandlas de grammatiska fenomenen complete phase och incomplete phase i det austronesiska språket rotumanska. Min avsikt med uppsatsen är att ta reda på varför complete phase respektive incomplete phase används i en viss syntaktisk eller morfologisk kontext. Jag har baserat denna studie endast på litteratur, främst från C.M Churchwards Rotuman Grammar and Dictionary.

This report concerns the unequal sex distribution among pilots. The purpose was to find an explanation to why this is, and come up with suggestions for a change. It has been done by studying literature on female pilots and women in non-traditional occupations, and by applying gender theories to their findings and conclusions. To be able to examine the role of the pilot the report starts by introdu

The aim of this phenomenological research was to study immigrant women with satisfactory lives and to explore their emotions, impressions, thoughts and experiences of a cultural transition to gain more insight in how they have managed to deal with the initial acculturation process. An open question was sent to the participants (n=8) via e-mail, and the self-reports were analyzed with MCA-Minerva (

The aim of this Master's thesis is to examine the contemporary educational tasks of the Swedish public library as they manifest in Swedish library journals. Our main question at issue is: Which educational discourses are there? And in relation to our main question: how do the concepts of information literacy, lifelong learning and adult education relate to each other? Is there an antagonism be

Problem/Bakgrund: År 1993 gick startskottet för den "första omgången" av den så kallade "pigdebatten" som kretsade kring huruvida hushållstjänster skulle skattesubventioneras eller inte. Idag är debatten återigen aktuell och frågan har allt mer kommit att framställas som ett feministiskt krav. Frågan har dock starka kopplingar till maktrelationer som grundar sig i genus-, klass

The objective with the study was to evaluate what key persons at LFV Group (Luftfartsverket) think about-presented core values and their implementation within the company. Another objective of the study was to describe and compare the process of implementation of core values and how this affects organization culture at two selected reference companies. A qualitative method was applied in the form

The purpose of this essay is to examine the concept of competence within the social services. More specifically it aims to find out how the social workers themselves look upon their own competence in social investigations concerning children. As the study was based on focus groups the main questions were vague at the beginning and were cleared later on during the group sessions. In three focus gr

This essay focuses on a träffpunkts-activity within LSS's disability care, which started a year ago. The study has an evaluating perspective. The purpose of this essay is to describe the activity, study its intentions and to describe how far it has come reaching its intentions/goals. The questions we have focused on are: What were Träffpunkten's goals and how far has it evolved during the

I denna studie har det huvudsakliga syftet varit att undersöka hur de danska diftongerna i det fonologiska inventariet realiseras fonetiskt. De primära faktorer som har studerats är dels hur öppningsdiftongernas respektive slutningsdiftongernas "bana" ser ut, dels vilken variation det finns beroende på hur diftongen börjar eller slutar, dvs om t.ex [w]-läget kommer att uppnås oberoende a

Despite its achievements the exact status of the EU's international role remains highly contested in the academic debate. For some analysts, the EU can be legiti-mately considered as a global actor in both economic and security terms, but for others the notion of an EU foreign policy still seems distant. Hence, there are good reasons for this thesis to focus on the European Union and its role

Populärvetenskaplig sammanattning: Syftet med detta arbete är att dels försöka finna dygnsvariationer i koncentrationen av fina aerosoler, dels att försöka förklara vad dessa kan bero på i den mån det är möjligt. Syftet inkluderar även att undersöka aerosolernas långväga transporter för att härigenom ta reda på varifrån partiklarna kommer ur ett regionalt perspektiv. För att lösa uppgiften utnyttjThis work aims to obtain information on diurnal variations of aerosol concentrations in the city of Lund (Sweden) and trying to locate the origin of the aerosols long distance transports. The study shows that the aerosol concentrations varied quit strongly over the entire measurement period, reflecting air masses of different degrees of pollution, mainly as a result of the diurnal rhythm of the tr