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The Chinese Central Government has made the promotion of industrial utilization of bioenergy one of the priorities in the national plans on renewable energy. However, there is a general lack of understanding on how bioenergy entrepreneurship works on the ground level in China, particularly in rural areas. This thesis therefore aims to investigate the emergence and development of rural bioenergy bu
The successful implementation of CSR depends on the ability to ensure that the communication efforts associated with the programme are effective. As more and more companies practice CSR reporting, it is interesting to look at how CSR reports can have a potential to become useful in the b-t-b communication realm. With implications that relate to the core motivations of CSR implementation; enhanced
In the current discourse on sustainable consumption, there have been major interventions by the businesses and governments, focusing on changing consumer behavior through greening products and services. However, the problem of consumption is not limited to greening products and environmental impacts, but it is also a social issue. Together with the increasing consumption around the world and mater
The indirect environmental impacts of industries or policies caused by the activities of a supply chain were sometimes neglected, although the prevention of direct impacts from industries was addressed and several measures were taken. IO approach is a powerful tool to analyze the activities in a supply chain. Industrial interdependence analysis and EIO LCA, which are IO approaches, are applied in
Conventional MSWM in the Southern urban cities is gradually moving upward the hierarchy of solid waste management as their disposal capacity diminishes and it becomes dauntingly difficult to locate new disposal site. In Thailand, many municipalities have initiated a source separation scheme as part of their waste management strategy to promote waste reduction. However, the success of the intervent
With the aim of exploring improvement of technology procurement efforts and learning about standard-setting challenges in that context, this study takes up the Swedish implementation of cooperative procurement as an exploratory case. With key interviews, the author gleans the details of the case as implemented over more than a decade and lessons learned in that period. An elaborate explanation app
Today, biofuel industries are emerging in forms that can offer some unique opportunities to help combating climate change, cope with the emerging energy crisis and also serve to advance rural development for millions of rural poor who could benefit from this new development. Rural opportunities are expected to occur through: a) the generation of new employment and income opportunities and increase
ABSTRACT Author: Lisa Myrefelt & Rebecka Shev Title: “But you realise that when people see you and your friends they think “emo”?” – about how media describes a teenage group (translated title) Supervisor: Olle Frödin Assessor: The purpose of this essay was to study how the Swedish newspapers presented a subculture that they called “emo” between January 1, 2007 and March 31, 2009. In parti
Abstract Keywords: Sexual offenders, treatment, Kriminalvården, treaters What method of treatment that is the most efficient in order to prevent relapse in sexual crimes is a much discussed subject in today’s society. In science there is a controversy between the psychological perspective and that of bio medicine regarding choice of treatment. But how do the treaters feel about the methods they
It may be considered an existential crisis to stop using narcotics and/or alcohol. How does the person move on in order to solve this crisis in a positive way, so that their lives can be transformed? The aim of the essay was to investigate to what extent people who have stopped abusing narcotics and/or alcohol through 12-step programmes have constructed themselves in relation to “strong evaluation
Authors: Malin Andréasson and Elin Ohlsson Title: Mediation on TV. Constructions of mediation, offenders and victims. Supervisor: Katarina Jacobsson Assessor: Hans-Edvard Roos This study investigates the social constructions of victims and offenders in the Swedish documentary TV-series “Face to face” [“Öga mot öga”]. The representation of mediation as a crime preventing practice is also considered
The purpose of this study was to examine how care managers handle the expectations and damands of their profession. More specifically its aim was to find out how they handle the demands from the elder and his och hers relatives. The aim was also to study how the care managers related to laws and municipal guidelines and how the organizational factors affected their work. I chose to do six semi con
Abstract Authors: Marit Bjorgen Gulbrandsen and Hanna Andersson Title: Collaboration – giving and taking (translated title) Supervisor: Hilma Holm Assessor: Håkan Jönson Research shows that only about half of the cases where teachers suspect that a child is abused or neglected are reported to the Social Welfare Agencies. The purpose of this study was to illuminate School personnel and Child Prot
Denna uppsats ger en redogörelse för den forskning som stödjer ståndpunkten att UG inte är tillgänglig eller relevant när man lär sig ett andraspråk i vuxenålder. Uppsatsens teoretiska underlag grundas på the no-access view, som argumenterar att UG inte alls är tillgänglig för den vuxne L2-inläraren. I uppsatsens andra del förklaras UG och dess centrala koncept (poverty of the stimulus, principer
Syftet med denna uppsats var att göra en genealogisk diskursanalys av debatten om äktenskap för homosexuella mellan 1984-2009. Inspirerad av teoretiker som Foucault, Butler och Laclau analyseras flertalet juridiska förarbeten till tre olika lagar och tidningsartiklar rörande äktenskap för homosexuella där diskurser om homosexuella och äktenskapet diskuteras utifrån frågeställningar om vad det är sThe purpose of this study was to do a genealogic discourse analysis of the debate on the subject of homosexual’s right to marriage during the years 1984-2009. Inspired by theorists such as Foucault, Butler and Laclau several legal documents to three different laws concerning marriage for homosexuals and newspaper articles on the subject are analyzed and discourses concerning homosexuals and marria
Abstract Authors: Åsa Jönsson and Johanna Vedefors Title: Cross-professional teams: a qualitative study of team members working experience in a cross-professional team, in the health and social care area. [Translated title] Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg Assessor: Håkan Jönsson The purpose of this paper was to examine how team members within the health and social care area experience working
Abstract The media sometimes give a dark image of Swedish elderly care. Responsibility for the care of the elderly is put on the managers. Apart from budget matters, they are responsible for staff as well as care-takers. The aim of this study was to examine the manager role at homes for the elderly from the point of view of the managers themselves. The material consists of six semi – structured in
A research of prostitution in Sweden shows that it is more common with male prostitution than it is with female prostitution. Despite the fact that it is more common with male prostitution, there are more female prostitutes that meet social workers. Our purpose with this study was to examine why some men choose to prostitute. How does he get in contact with his customer and where do they meet. Our
The aim of this bachelor`s thesis is to reflect the ways in which a variety of craftspeople earn a living in contemporary Sweden; how their circumstances have changed because of the tension between economic rationality and social cohesion, and what implications these changes may have for sustainability, with special regards to energy consumption. The selection of craftspeople has been made accord
The aim of this study was to examine the experiences of adopted adults concerning their childhood, the search for origin and opinions on adoption and what influence these aspects have had on their lives. The method used was semi-structured interviews and the people interviewed were all adopted adults. To analyse our results we used John Bowlby´s “attachment theory”. During our interviews another a
