In this essay we have examined how social workers experience their positions as a public authority person in a society of democracy. As a public officer you have to follow rules and obey the law, which can be difficult if they don't agree with your personal opinion and values. In social work you work with people in a vulnerable situation and it may become extremely demanding to stand between t

The purpose of this study has been to examine how Afro-Cuban musical traditions and concepts are integrated in compositions for solo guitar by the Cuban guitarist and composer Ñico Rojas and how this can be expressed in the performance of his music by a classical guitarist. For this purpose a guide to Rojas music, which is included in this report, was written based on literature about Afro-Cuban m

The main purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse how social worker on a specific Social Service Agency describe their experiences. My focus has been to concentrate on social worker, whose task is related to young people. The paper is presented from three different themes; work assignments, professional roles and projects in life. The central questions are; Which are the socialworker´s mai

Undersökningen anknyter till Skånes danska förflutna. Riksdagen år 1720 bildar en bas för undersökningen, där de skånska deltagarnas agerande ska hamna i fokus. Deltagandet kommer att följas utifrån en diskussion kring statsbyggnadsprocesser och kollektiva identiteter, där jag är intresserad av att undersöka om det finns något i de skånska representanternas sätt att uttrycka sig som går att härled

Konflikterna i Somalia respektive Darfur (Sudan) är två av likartad karaktär men med olika utfall, i den tidigare initierades och genomfördes en intervention medan i den senare har en sådan uteblivit. I fallet Somalia tog det inte lång tid innan FN med USA i spetsen hade tagit plats i landet med avsikt att få till stånd ett slut på den interna konflikten. Fallet Darfur är av likartad karaktär

Ladyfest Sweden is a cultural festival which aims to create a cultural space of expression for women, thus the artists and the organizers are women. It is organized by three different groups in three different cities: Malmö, Stockholm and Göteborg. This thesis is focused on Ladyfest Malmö, all the field work being realized with this group. We tried to include this phenomenon in a global and a part

The aim of the study was to get a deeper understanding of how young people think and act when it comes to Contraceptive use, and also if outside factors have an impact on young peoples behaviour in these matters. We looked at our study from an identity and a development perspective. The method was conducted as a qualitative study. There were two groups of 8 young people, aged 16-17. Also 3 profess

Uppsatsen undersöker om den rashygieniska ideologin även florerade i 1920-talsfilmen, med tre valda närläsningar.

Denna examensrapport redogör för vår undersökning om hur man kan ge användarna större frihet att lägga till och styra innehållet på en filmsajt utan att felaktig information uppstår. Med arbetet ville vi förbättra den felkontroll som sker på användarstyrda sajter idag med avseende på svordomar, olämplig presentation samt innehållets äkthet och anpassa detta efter innehållet på en filmsajt. För

Demographic Surveillance System Implementation - Low-level structures of the PDA - PC/PDA communication This thesis report describes the continuing work to develop a tool for demographic research at CIDS (Centro de Investigación en Demografía y Salud Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua), UNAN, Leon/Nicaragua. The report is divided into four parts: ? Revision of the existing database as

In today?s´ multicultural society increasing numbers of school librarians are faced with a relatively new target group of pupils. This group is linguistically less homogenous than previously and this requires modern adaptations of pedagogic methods. Information literacy and reading promotion are two important topics that school librarians work with. Information literacy is essential for problem b

LevMacinstrumentet är ett analysinstrument under utveckling som utnyttjar leviterade droppar på 100 nl ? 2 ?l. Genom att använda leviterade droppar med den omgivande atmosfären som enda kontaktyta, undviker LevMac?en de vanligaste problemen associerade med miniatyrisering av analytiska tekniker, t.ex. kontaminering av provet genom desorption från provbehållaren eller andra gränsytor, adsorption av

En 200 år gammal skånelänga uppnår 2000-talets energikrav Detta arbete redovisar hur konstruktionsförbättringar på en gammal skånelänga kan förbättra husets boendestandard samt att huset tack vare förbättringarna uppfyller dagens krav ur energisynpunkt. Detta utförs utan att inskränka på dess arkitektoniska ursprung. Vi har tagit fram lösningar för huset som förbättrar grunden väggarna och vi

This thesis is about how nationalism is constructed from two competing groups, Kosovo Albanian and Serbs. Kosovo for Serbs is a deep symbolic value that continues to be a Serbian identification. This is one of the main reasons why no Serbian politician has the courage to give it up. On the other side of the coin we have the Kosovo Albanians that only settles for independence. To recognize the inde

Our purpose with this study was to look at the connection between social capital and integration. Particularly if meetings between people from different cultures can increase social capital and in that way affect integration. We start by identifying the social integration perspective we are going to use through out the study and then we introduce social capital theory as a way of narrowing down th

The European Union's long-term budget negotiations during the summer of 2005 were obstructed from being successful due to a quite fierceful debate about the future guidelines of the Common Agricultural Policy. A quarrel about money and who gets what, was the common answer as to why it took the European leaders six months to accept the budget, and quite rightfully. This essay, however, goes ben

Denna uppsats kommer att fokusera kring en teori, stipulationsteorin, för identifikation över möjliga världar. Stipulationsteorin gör att vi kan veta vilka möjligheter vi pratar om. Genom att stipulera möjligheter så kan man identifiera vilka individer och vilka egenskaper dessa individer har i de möjligheter vi pratar om. En teoris ramverk är det som definierar vad teorin refererar till samt vad

Denna examensrapport redogör för hur man kan få en kortslutningsskyddad och säker inkoppling av en DC-länk mellan två skiljda elektriska system. Rapporten bygger på hur en lastbil ska kunna få en större säkerhet för att bibehålla sina elektriska bromsar om tex ett av bromssystemen tappar sin ordinarie matning. Lastbilens bromssystem består idag av två skiljda elektriska system med ett 24 vol

During the last decade working with competence has emerged as a more strategically important area. Today the human resources in a company are considered a competitive advance and the HR-units play a significant role when it comes to HR-management. Different motives for investing in strategies that promote competence development and learning also exist. The purpose of this paper was to examine how