Sweden is divided according to an ethnic boundary, which divides people in "we" and "the others", "Swedes" and "immigrants" (Ålund, 2002). We believe this is due to the fact that society categorises immigrants all the time as a homogeneous group with fixed and static qualities, resulting in a situation where you cannot represent yourself as a person. Instead

This case study aims to dissect the world famous Wenzhou footwear manufacturing industry in order to discover how, if at all, the case complies with an industrial organisation framework, namely the industrial district model, which is becoming more and more prevalent in less developed countries (LDCs). In order to examine the extent to which the industrial district model may have developed and adv

The government of Vietnam has recently launched policies concerning labour migration as a tool for poverty reduction. The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which these policies contribute to poverty reduction by focusing on one commune in the northern uplands of Viet Nam, where people have been encouraged to go to Malaysia as contracted workers. This study is a contribution made fr

Two experiments examined implicit and explicit attitudes for attitude-congruent material. Both implicit and explicit memory was measured with the same stimuli and the same responses in both experiments. 22 (14 female, 8 male) university students took part in experiment 1 where implicit and explicit attitude was measured for positive or negative images in combination with positive or negative words

This thesis attempts to contribute to our understanding of the problem of honour killing, and more specifically investigates why justice system in Pakistan has been failed to eradicate practice of honour killing particularly in Sindh. To investigate and analyze the research problem, the study incorporated interview assessments of representatives of ministries of women development, NGOs, and lawye

There is a debate in Japan which focuses on the lifestyle choices of young Japanese. The elder generation think youth are being selfish and not making a sufficient contribution to society in that they are not conforming to traditional societal expectations. However, it is not so easy to contribute to society when youth have been hit particularly hard by unemployment, changing recruitment practice

Since China's economic reform in 1979, millions of rural migrant workers have moved into urban areas attracted by the booming economy. Due to socio-economic, institutional and historical reasons, these migrant workers become urban underclass and engage in dangerous, dirty and difficult jobs. Meanwhile, they suffer from discrimination in almost every aspect of city lives. Lacking of knowledge i

The study analyses anti-corruption measures employed by governments in Bangladesh through legal-enforcement and institutional approaches. The question was raised among scholars whether legal-institutional approaches alone are capable to tackle corruption in developing countries or fail to achieve the initiatives in controlling corruption. Success stories from few well-managed anti-corruption insti

Denna uppsats diskuterar, utifrån relevant teori inom narratologin, det filmiska förstapersonsberättandet och dess konstruktion. Med utgångspukt i en synkron studie av ett antal förstapersonsfilmer (Where the Truth Lies, Millennium Mambo, The New World, The Thin Red Line, The Brown Bunny, Eyes Wide Shut och L'Intrus) diskuteras vilka implikationer dessa filmer har för filmteori rörande just de

Den här uppsatsen handlar om turism och resande. Jag har valt att inrikta mig på storstadsturism och storstadsweekends i utlandet i min undersökning. Idag är storstadsturismen mycket stor, inte minst i Europa. Många turister väljer att åka på så kallade storstadsweekends, vilket innebär att man gör en kortare resa på några dagar till en storstad, ofta över en förlängd helg. Det handlar i de flesta

Uppsatsen behandlar frågan om hur ämbetsbärare inom Svenska kyrkan använder timbreringar i deras heraldiska vapen. Detta bruk jämförs sedan med bruket Church of England samt Romersk katolska kyrkan, vilka har en reglerad heraldik, i motsats till Sverige, och Svenska kyrkan. I uppsatsen lämnas även förslag till timbreringar för Svenska kyrkan.

Uppsatsen handlar om Malmö konstmuseums fasta utställning "Från 1500 till Nu" och hur besökaren förhåller sig till utställningen ur ett makt-, genus- och identitetsperspektiv. Uppsatsen är inriktad på museibesökare som fungerar som informanter. Upplevelsen på museet, historia och kulturarv, identitet, äkthet och sanning, kvinnors plats i utställningen är några av de punkter som tas upp.

The purpose of my study was to examine adoptive parents' experiences of adopting children older than three years of age. I wanted to look into what kind of information, help and support every adoptive parent had received. I also wanted to examine if the adoptive parents worried about anything concerning the children's emotional needs and in what way the adoptive parents prepared themselves

In June 2000, the Thai Ministry of Interior, announced that 120,000 hilltribe children were stateless in Thailand, even though they were entitled to citizenship. This was just the 'tip of the iceberg' of a greater problem, which affects approximately half a million people, and the society as a whole. More hilltribe children are making a livelihood from drug dealing, prostitution, and stree

The purpose of this study has been to explore the impact of everyday life and the family on women's political participation in India. This has been done by analysing the political life stories of nine women who have all been elected to the local governance system, Panchayati Raj, in the South Indian state of Karnataka. The family often plays a dual role in relation to women's political par

Microfinance has a unique position in China. Currently striving for recognition as a tool for poverty alleviation, microfinance programs in China especially the NGO types are competing with local rural credit cooperatives and other existing financial infrastructures to provide similar services. NGO microfinance programs are currently at crossroads as to where and how their existing organizations w

Like most countries in the world, China is facing a rapid aging population and the traditional Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) pension model is urgent to be reformed. At present, three hierarchies have formed in current pension system, namely basic pension system based on combining social pooling with individual accounts, supplementary pension system by establishing Enterprise Annuity (EA) system and volunta

The agricultural sector world wide has undergone a drastic change through the integration of the local markets to the global ones with the advent of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the main propagator of international trade. The third world in general has stood to suffer with this emergence of neo-liberal market fundamentalism, the consequence of which has been a major crisis in the farm secto

The purpose of this research was to find how young women in Bangkok spend their money, especially in terms of fashion consumption in the new context of globalized consumer society. The research was conducted through general observations and interviews with designers and fashion shop owners in order to find out their views of fashion and consumption among the young women in the city as well as thro

Anyone following trends in international business and economics is aware of the rise of China as an economic giant. As a part of its development strategy China, in the late 1970s, adopted a strict birthing policy to curb population growth. This has resulted in China having become an ageing society. In this thesis a case study of China's political economy was used to try and explain in what way