The aim of this study was to examine social policy strategies for elderly care, from a class perspective. The Swedish population is getting older which increases the need of elderly care. Given this situation and that research demonstrate that the number of elderly people have doubled between 2006 and 2011, and since there is a gap of knowledge of the class perspective in elderly care. I therefore

Over the past twenty years, the metal detector has received considerable attention, both from archaeologists, private persons and media, among other things because of problems with crimes related to archaeological heritage. Archaeologists have long pursued a hot debate on the regulations that are in force in Sweden concerning the use of the metal detectors. Comparisons with Danish regulations - wh

The aim of this study was to examine businesses which use horses in various kinds of social work, and the opinions and experiences of the professional practitioners of these operations. I used semistructured interview to answer my questions, and I ended up interviewing eight people from seven different operations. Everyone was working in some kind of business which used horses as either an aid for

Sammanfattning Avtal mellan kommuner och enskilda aktörer blir allt vanligare och spelar en tilltagande roll i samhället. Avtalsrelationen mellan dessa två aktörer är mer komplex än den vid avtal mellan två enskilda aktörer. Komplexiteten uppkommer på grund av att avtalsförhållandet är mellan två mycket olika parter. Ett exempel på sådant avtal är exploateringsavtal. Den första januari 2015 fördesAbstract The use of contracts between private actors and municipality’s is becoming more common and is getting a more important roll in the society. The relationship between the parties of agreement is more complicated than one between two private actors. The relationship between a municipality and a private actor in agreement is thereby one between two very different parties. This thesis focuses

Abstrakt Bakgrund: Dokumenterat förlossningsrädda kvinnor är en grupp som ter sig öka i samhället. Forskning som gjorts belyser oftast kvinnans upplevelse. Barnmorskans tankar och erfarenheter kring fenomenet saknas i debatten. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att belysa förlossningsbarnmorskors erfarenheter av och tankar kring att bistå dokumenterat förlossningsrädda kvinnor, samt hur de upplever v

Antalet magnetisk resonanstomografier av barn ökar. I de flesta fall används sedering eller generell anestesi vid dessa undersökningarna då det krävs att barnen ligger stilla. Syftet med studien var att undersöka om det finns förberedelser och rutiner för att undvika sedering eller generell anestesi av barn, 0 till 18 år, som ska genomgå en magnetisk resonanstomografi. Studien är en litteraturstud

The aim of this study was to analyse the discourse about unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors from two major newspapers in Sweden. More specifically its aim was to critically analyse which types of discourses on unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors appear in the news articles published in the last 5 years by the two major evening newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen. The study was based on the criti

Den här kandidatuppsatsen behandlar acceptansen kring mobila betalningslösningar genom en grundlig genomgång av tidigare studier och litteratur samt en egen empirisk undersökning direkt riktad mot konsumenterna. Den empiriska studien är baserad på en modifikation av ramverket UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) där bland annat uppfattad risk har lagts till som en variabel. DThis thesis covers the acceptance surrounding mobile payments in i thorough review of previous studies and literature directly aimed towards the consumers. The empirical study is based on a modification of the framework UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) where, percieved risk among other variables has been added. The resulting empirical data shows that the respondents are l

Sexual health is an important aspect of quality of life. Norms regarding sexuality affect indi-viduals in several aspects. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of norms on sexual health, for nine (9) individuals based on their own written stories. The material consists of nine (9) written posts from the Internet forum Reddit. The theoretical frame of references consists of script t

The aim of this study was thru a qualitative study, with the theory about symbolic interactionism made by Mead, examine how the experiences of bullying in elementary school may occur as a consequence for future adulthood. I chose to use the internet-page Facebook to search for interviewees. Through Facebook, I asked my closest associates and friends to share this post so that the search would go o

The watch officer on board of vessels of the Netherlands Royal Navy has to deal with a wide variety of interest during his/her duty. Despite the wide variety of interests the watch officer has to manage, the amount of incidents and accidents is few. Apparently, the watch officers of the Netherlands Royal Navy are well able to manage this wide variety of interests. The aim of this thesis research

This study aims to map out the phenomenon of Swedish social work students working part time jobs and to analyze the reported reasons for why they work alongside their university education. In Sweden, education is free of cost and the students are offered allowance and loan to cover the costs of being a student – such as literature, food and rent. To answer this purpose, a questionnaire was handed

This study is based on qualitative semi-structured interviews with five social work managers, working within the public functional disabilities sector, in three different municipalities. The aim of the study is to examine and analyze how these managers experience the discretion in the context wherein they operate, and how it influences their role as frontline managers within social work. The theor

The aim of this study was to investigate the third-phase process, exploring participant’s perceptions and experiences as part of the research. The third-phase process is a labor market policy for those who’ve been unemployed for four hundred and fifty (450) days or more. The selection process was based on five participants between the ages of thirty- two (32) and fifty- three (53) years old, two m

The purpose of this study is to get a better understanding over people who work in the civil society work, their commitment and the result of their work with the help of Bourdieus theories concerning capital, fields and doxa. I’ve done five interviews with people working at an organization that has a goal to put young people to work. My first question is how the employee’s capital is developed. Du

Titel: Dags att stoppa in skjortan? En fallstudie om vad som driver implementeringen av Management Control Systems i ett mindre tjänsteproducerande tillväxtföretag Seminariedatum: 15 januari 2016 Kurs: FEKH69, Examensarbete på kandidatnivå, Företagsekonomi, 15 hp Författare: Johan Dreber, Marcus Björk Lindström, Oscar Hedström Handledare: Hans Knutsson Nyckelord: Äventyrsskolan, Management CoTitle: Time to tuck in the shirt? A case study of what drives the implementation of Management Control Systems (MCS) in a small service firm in growth. Seminar date: January 15, 2016 Course: FEKH69, Bachelor Degree Project, Business Administration, 15 ECTS Authors: Johan Dreber, Marcus Björk Lindström, Oscar Hedström Advisor: Hans Knutsson Keywords: Äventyrsskolan, Management Control Systems

Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda hur domstolarnas åldersbedömning i fall av oaktsamhet vid våldtäkt mot barn förhåller sig till kravet på förutsebarhet. För att utreda förutsebarheten i den faktiska tillämpningen har jag genomfört en analys av rättsfall från underrätter. Denna analys undersöker dels hur väl rättsfallen följer den ledning som erbjuds av lagtext och förarbeten och dels hur enhThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether the courts’ age-assessment in cases of negligence concerning statutory rape meet the requirement of predictability. To review the predictability of the application of the law by the courts, I have conducted a case-study based on cases from the lower courts. This study examines both how well the cases align with the directions presented by the law and

Authors: Camilla Anzoategui and Josephine Rosenquist Title: Child perspective and participation - utopia or a real possibility? A qualitative study about social workers' perspective on child perspective and child participation within economic aid Supervisor: Susanna Johansson Assessor: Marta Kolankiewicz The aim of this study was to examine how social workers practicing economic aid in th

Today's security cameras typically capture either color images based on visible light or grayscale images based on both visible and near-infrared (NIR) light. This means that the performance is limited in situations where it is unclear which kind of image to capture. At dusk, for example, the visible light may not be sufficient to capture good-quality color images. On the other hand, capturing