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Propaganda. Have the Propaganda Techniques Evolved?

The following thesis is an attempt to test a hypothesis which states that the techniques of propaganda barely have changed over time. It also claims that the few adjustments that can be distinguished have occurred as a result of the fact that propaganda is considered dependent upon the medium in which it is conveyed, and changes in accordance to this and not because of a development of the techniq

United by Principles - Transversal Politics and the Women's Social Movement in Lebanon

In this field study, the possibilities and obstacles facing five organisations in the women's social movement in Lebanon are described and discussed. In the light of globalisation, transnational social movements have emerged as an alternative political arena to promote various issues of global concern, among them women's rights. The idea of ?transversal politics? emphasises the importance

Den ociviliserade "norrlänningen" - en studie om social kategorisering och stereotyper

In this thesis we have tried to show the problems that the categorisation of ?norrlänningar? generates. We have also tried to describe what the stereotypes of ?norrlänningar? are by examining what people say on web logs. The method we have used to find the stereotypes in our empirical material is the discourse analyse. Our starting point has been a critical perspective on the power relations that

Fredsduvan En studie om kvinnors politiska deltagande i fredsbyggandet av Rwanda

1994 drabbades Rwanda av ett folkmord vars omfattning betecknas som ett av de mest brutala i vår moderna tid. Drygt tio år senare innehar rwandiska kvinnor den högsta parlamentariska representationen i världen och har därmed gått om Sverige. I denna studie är det just kvinnors politiska deltagande som undersöks. Det analysverktyg som används i studien består av: Post-konfliktteori, Transversal pol

Migration och makt- effekter på kvinnor vars män arbetsmigrerat

Effekterna av en arbetsmigration känns mest av dem som blir kvar. Kvinnorna, som är i fokus i denna uppsats, får andra och utökade uppgifter i hushållet när mannen åker för att arbeta i ett annat land. De blir de facto hushållsöverhuvuden. Makten, som här definierat som makt över och makt till, är inte konstant utan ändras efter omständigheterna såsom exempelvis migration. Frågan som ställs i upps

Delat ansvar för ett enat Sri Lanka: asymmetriska relationers påverkan på fredsprocessen

Since 1983 the people of Sri Lanka has endured an ongoing Civil war, however the intencity has varied over the years. The aim of this theses is to examine what influence the asymmetric relationship between the Sri Lankan goverment and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has on the process of negotiating a solution to the civil war. I am also examining whether the asymmetical relationship h

Att bli sedd men inte hörd: En studie om hur barnperspektivet tydliggörs och beaktas vid handläggning av ekonomiskt bistånd

The main purpose of this essay was to make a critical study of how the social worker made the child perspective distinct in the administration of the supplementary benefit. To be able to answer this purpose we decided to examine what knowledges, possibilities and what concrete procedures the social workers use in those cases. We carried out this study by interwieving eight social workers, at a so

Air Pollution Control in Japanese Urban Transport Systems : Effectiveness and Challenges in Metropolitan Tokyo

This paper deals with the different approaches to implementation of air-pollution control policy measures for the operation of transport vehicles in Tokyo; the metropolitan city has a modern transport system co-ordinated by public and private vehicle sectors. In practice, the access to traffic vehicles' environmental safety is difficult in such a populous and travelintensive area. In the cours

Why Being Single? : A Research For The Delayed Marriage Among People (Aged 25-35) In Shanghai, China

Get married is the rite of passage that coincides with exit from the parental household, solemnizing the establishment of a new household and commitment to a sexual partner (Allan, G. et al, 2003:135), which is a ubiquitous phenomenon across human society. Almost all adult men and women seek to marry or form a permanent stable relationship with another person for the sake of bear children and rais

Bland mumier och mosslik - en jämförande studie av populärarkeologi och fackarkeologi

In my paper I have compared popular science and neutral science regarding language and construction. My task was to find out if there are differences between the language of popular science and that of scientific science. The purpose of my paper is to answer four questions 1.How do the authors present the bogbodies and the mummies in the two categories? 2.What does the popular science imagine th

Tro, hopp och samarbete: en fallstudie av Olofströms mellankommunala samverkan i västra Blekinge

The municipality of Olofström is intensifying the co-operation with Sölvesborg and Karlshamn, the two other municipalities in the west of Blekinge. They co-operate in two local federations and for the moment negotiations are going on about a third local federation in continuation school, but the municipalities do not agree. The aim of this thesis is to examine why Olofström co-operate with Sölvesb

EU-fientliga direktörer och rabiata feminister?: En analys av Aftonbladets och Expressens rapportering om Junilistan och Feministiskt initiativ

Abstract Syftet med vår uppsats var att undersöka mediebilden av de två nystartade partierna Feministiskt initiativ och Junilistan. Vi ville undersöka hur kvällstidningarna vinklar politiska händelser och om någon skillnad kan skönjas i rapporteringen partierna emellan. Materialet till vår undersökning hämtades från Aftonbladet och Expressen under perioden 2004-01-01 till 2005-10-15. Den teoretis

Aktivisten- egoist, karriärist eller eldsjäl? En studie rörande motiven bakom frivilligt engagemang

When it comes to investigating the motives behind activism, the members of political study have a lot to say. I aimed to critiqually rewiev this in my thesis. I asked the question ?What do the actor themselves claim lay behin their decision to become motivated?? To highlight this complex dilemma, I sought to discuss new social movement theory by comparing it to reality. This includes a literate ex

A study of early Holocene climate changes in Småland, Sweden, with focus on the '8.2 kyr event'

Tre borrkärnor bestående av sjösediment, vardera 1.5 meter långa, från Byestadsjön i Småland, Sverige studerades med hjälp av mineralmagnetiska- kol- pollen- och röntgenflourosens (XRF)- analyser. Målet med studien var att rekonstruera tidig Holocen miljö, med fokus på tiden mellan 9000-7000 år sedan och därmed avgöra om det kalla klimatåterslaget cirka 8200 före nutid påverkade regionen eller ej.Three sediment cores, each 1.5 meters in length, obtained from Lake Byestadsjön in the province of Småland, southern Sweden were studied with high resolution mineral magnetic measurements, carbon content, pollen analysis and XRF analysis. The aim was to reconstruct the early Holocene environment, with focus on the period between 9000-7000 cal yr BP, and thereby conclude if the 8200 cal yr BP cooli

Gränslös välfärd? En studie om den europeiska integrationen har nått området välfärd genom sysselsättningspolitiken

Social policy has now received an increased attention in the European Union. The European welfare states experience a high level of unemployment, which the EU now tries to handle through the European Employment Strategy (EES). The core of this essay is whether the welfare institutions of the European member states are integrating through an institutionalization process or not. Within the EU four d

Threats to National Community; a Minor Field Study on Threat Perceptions and National Identity in Georgia

This thesis examines the influence of threat perceptions on the formation of Georgian national identity, aiming to explore the functions of perceived threats as obstacles to a reinforcement of civic elements in the conception of nation. The focus for analysis is threatening perceptions and depictions of each other by the Georgian government and the Armenian minority of the Javakheti region. Threat

Kvinnors roller i vikingatiden : utifrån exemplet Birka och skriftliga källor

This essay discusses the issue of the role of women and also whether they could obtain a strong social position during the Viking Age. Moreover, it does discuss the question of how frequent women were present in Viking Age scriptures, art and archaeological artefacts in comparison to our view of women and her position in the modern society. The archaeological material used is in majority that foun

New Public Management i skånsk sjukvård -en demokratisk förlustaffär?

Sjukvården har länge varit satt under hög press för att sänka de stigande vårdkostnaderna och öka produktiviteten. Med ursprung i den privata sektorn introducerades i slutet av 80-talet nya organisationsidéer, New Public Management, som strävar efter att ta till vara på ekonomiska värden. Vissa forskare har sedan dess oroat sig för att detta underminerar de normer som tidigare dominerat offentliga

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13 December 2005, a proposal to include sexual orientation into the act of anti-discrimination in the Faroese criminal code was read in the Faroese parliament, Løgtingið. The result of the voting was that the proposal was rejected. Accordingly, the Faroe Islands is still the only Nordic country where homosexuals have not obtained any special rights. The investigation conducted in this report, ha

Växtoffer? - En studie av växtmaterial i gravar

Denna uppsats behandlar växtfynden som påträffats i gravar i Malmöområdet. Många växter har haft en speciell status, medicinskt som sakralt, vilket är huvudpunkten i arbetet. Varje växtfynd som tas upp analyseras med hjälp av bl.a. material om bondesamhället rörande etnologi och historia.