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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

The purpose of this thesis has been to describe whether aspects on gender equality is addressed in the codes of conduct of multinational corporations. A code of conduct is a document where principles on corporate social responsibility are formulated. I have focused on four Swedish multinational corporations and their codes of conduct. The companies are Electrolux, Ericsson, Skanska and Volvo. In

Denna studie undersöker förhållandet mellan aggressivitet och kamratstatus. Studien tittar på tre aggressivitetsformer: fysisk, verbal och social, samt två kamratstatusvariabler: sociometrisk status och popularitet. Syftet med studien är att åskådliggöra huruvida det finns ett samband mellan popularitet och olika former av aggressivitet, och om det finns könsskillnader avseende detta samband. 63

The purpose of this essay was to examine and shed light on bullying as a groupprocess, a social phenomenon taking place in a school setting, to increase the understanding of the phenomenon. A theoretical overview of the litterature on bullying was made to investigate bullying and to give the reader a view of the researchfield. A total of 77 articles was studied. With the intention of studying bull

The purpose of this study is to analyze and theorize punk and to investigate how punk is being performed. But also to counter previous descriptions of punk as a subculture, counter-culture or field and present the outline to a theory of scene. The question at issue in this study is: how can punk be described theoretically? This study is divided into acts. The first act introduces the reader to th

The aim of the paper is to examine how public libraries can develop their services for children with ethnic minority backgrounds as a user group. This is achieved through studying the conditions for library services provided for children aged 9-12 in this group by public libraries in suburbs densely populated with ethnic minorities. The paper uses both a literature review and empirical research on

This masters thesis shows that the changes in the scientific publishing system have affected the academic libraries. Both technological change and the increased prices on scientific journals have forced academic libraries to take action. Some Swedish academic libraries have started publishing the university s own research material. The issue has in many cases been treated more as a library concern

The aim of this thesis is to study what impact the USA Patriot act has had on American libraries. The authors intent has been to see what changes have occurred in the librarians work-routines and to study their attitudes toward the Patriot act. The authors have also intended to find out what the consequences would be for the libraries. The findings are related to Swedish circumstances. The materia