In this thesis I have attempted to explore flexibility of work outside the sectors which are most often associated with the concept of flexibility in ‘the new economy’, e.g. work in ICT-sectors. Through a case study of cleaners and cleaning work in Sweden I have attempted to discuss both how flexibility is represented and how consequences of flexibility can be understood in relation to experiences

Women are not sentenced in the same extent as men and are clearly underrepresented in criminal statistics. Criminal men have therefore come to function as the norm within the correctional system and female criminality is neglected within the field of research. The aim of this study was to examine how probation managers construct women’s crime and women offenders. The study was based on a qualitati

This essay is about the “forest finns” in Sweden. That is a well known conception when you talk about the extensive immigration of a finish population to Norway and Sweden during the 17th and 18th century. They colonized the big, unoccupied forests in the middle and northern parts of Sweden. The topic for this text is religion and folklore among the finish immigrants. In different historic source

Cochabamba in Bolivia is an example of a city that faces increasing environmental problems and health risks due to insufficient sewage system coverage and municipal wastewater treatment. The situation is especially severe in peri-urban fast growing settlements. A decentralized alternative to conventional wastewater treatment plants is constructed wetlands with horizontal subsurface flow (HSF). Thi

Formulating and implementing agricultural policies are important for the development of the agricultural sector and the rural population. The process of policy making is a political bargain between politicians and citizens. The outcome of this process, the policies, cannot be expected to be Pareto efficient resource allocations since altruistic behaviour is not very likely. All participants in the

I mer än två årtionden har vi i västvärlden haft en postindustriell serviceekonomi och vi lever idag i ett tjänstesamhälle som under de senaste åren utvecklats i allt högre grad. En stor del av de företag som idag återfinns i tjänstesektorn är professionella serviceorganisationer som arbetar med kvalificerad tjänsteproduktion. Det betyder att de tjänster som erbjuds är kunskapsbaserade produkter.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att ur ett investerarperspektiv undersöka och analysera utfallet av svenska hedgefonders avkastning i jämförelse med marknadsindex under den finansiella konjunkturcykeln 2003 till 2008, där vikten läggs på nedgångsfasen. En kvantitativ metod har används för att samla in numerisk data i form av hedgefonders historiska avkastning, som sedan tillämpas i relevanta teorier.

Food grain markets are special in the sense that farmers will, likely, be consumers of the crops they produce. This study examines smallholder market participation on the Ugandan maize market, and, furthermore, explores possible connections to rural poverty. A probit model of market participation is employed, and I work with data from a household survey conducted between 1999 and 2000. A number of

Sveriges kommuner har efter 1995 års psykiatrireform ålagts att sörja för att personer med psykiskt funktionshinder ska få en meningsfull sysselsättning. I studier har det visat sig att arbete ofta upplevs som en meningsfull aktivitet av psykiskt funktionshindrade. Få studier är dock gjorda som fokuserar på hur personer med psykiskt funktionshinder upplever sysselsättning som är arbetsinriktad och