One of the unsolved puzzles in democratization studies today is the prevalence of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. Previous comparative studies have overlooked the region because it does not contain a single case of successful democratization. Middle Eastern scholars, on the other hand, tend to lack the theoretical tools on what it would take for this area to democratize. The purpose of t

För ett land i efterkrigsskedet är det viktigt att snabbt återuppbygga demokratifrämjande institutioner, stödja element i det civila samhället som värnar för tolerans och att skapa en tradition av ett demokratiskt samhälle. Roland Paris presenterar i sin teori Institutionalization Before Liberalization (IBL) ett ramverk för hur detta bör gå till. Utifrån vårt intresse för Kosovos historia och den

This study aimed at understanding the phenomenon of permanent living in caravans. The central questions where; how did it come that the camping inhabitants chose to live permanently in caravans? How did they describe their living and the context? How did they describe themselves, the society and others reaction to their choice of living? Empirical data from interviews with seven inhabitants was pr

The aim of this paper was to investigate how parents of children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorde r) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) experience the treatment and support that the child and its family gets from society. Some of the questions I concentrated on are: · How do parents experience the support they get from different institutions, such as schools, child psychiatrists

This essay is an evaluation of studies in the Swedish language for immigrants, called "sfi", in Helsingborg. Our purpose with the study was to illuminate "sfi". We wanted to find out how "sfi" is organized. "Sfi" is contracted out to three organizers, "NK DataCenter" and "Vuxenutbildningen Kärnan" in the daytime and "ABF" in the

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the concept of social sponsorship within the public sector as well as the phenomena itself. The focus will be on the following topics: - What is the general conception regarding social sponsorship? - How is it possible to explain the growth of sponsorship? - What kind of business and welfare areas are in contact with social sponsorship? - What are the pros

Unemployment among immigrants in Sweden has lately been exposed as a problem in mass media. One of the reasons is that it´s been noticed that many immigrants with university education are unemployed or having jobs they are over qualified for. I chose to investigate unemployment among immigrants in the community of Helsingborg. Helsingborg is a town in the south of Sweden. Helsingborg as a communit

This essay is a study about "Sfi", Swedish language education for immigrants. Our main purpose with the study was to find out the reasons behind Helsingborg’s decision to privatize Sfi, a part of the public sector. We interviewed a local politician and representatives for the public organizer, Vuxenutbildningen Kärnan, and the private organizer, NK-Datacenter. In the interviews we wanted

The main purpose of this study was to investigate young girls´ and boys´ socialization in sport involvement and what keeps them motivated do continue. This study is based on a qualitative method. I have interviewed three girls and three boys, all between 15 and 16 years of age. My main questions were; what kind of sports is he/she active in, who introduced him/her to sports, what keeps him/her mot

The object of this essay is to examinate if there exist any values and moral aspects of the politics of voluntary returning home of refugees. The questions in issue are the following: - When is it of importance to argue voluntary returning home? Is it when integration does not work, or has it always been topic of interest? - In what degree has values and different ideas about “the best for the ref

The objective of this thesis was, on the basis of the Theory of Residualist Conversion, to examine if students in social work education were trained to maintain the structures in society by converting social problems into personal problems of the people they serve. I chose 'the multicultural society' as an example of an issue that is often perceived as a social problem. The research questi

The purpose of this essay was to contribute to an increased understanding about battered women. We also wanted to find patterns and explanations as to why the women acted as they did. The questions asked were: - Why didn't the women leave the men after the first abuse? - Why did the women accept the abuse? - What makes the women choose the same kind of men over and over again? "Love on wh

When we started this project our aim was to discuss and interpret older women's adjustment to their new lifes as retired. Did we interpret the retirement as a difficult transition for the women, or as if they felt satisfaction with their new situation? We interpreted the results of the interviews using gerentologic theories. The questions that led our work was how our respondents apprehended t

The purpose of this essay was to examine the importance language has to the feeling of being left out of the society. The intention was to compare thoughts and feelings between two different groups. One of the groups was people suffering from aphasia and the other was immigrants. In the first group, I interviewed a man suffering from aphasia and a relative to another man also suffering from aphasi

The purpose of this essay was to examine the counter play and mutual influence between a group of regular frequenters, the regular him/herself, and the pub; and also how the individual influenced this interplay and was influenced by it. Essential questions were: For what purpose does the regular frequenter visit the pub? What are the routines of the pub visit? How would the regular frequenter desc

The purpose of this essay was to compare the female and male feelings when they received and live with a premature child. The main issues of this essay were: - The new parents reactions on the notice of the interruption of the pregnancy and that the child have to be delivered premature. - The new parents experience of the delivery, admission at the maternity ward and the neonatology ward. - The ne

Home service is a part of the elderly care activities and lately it had get more attention in research. Home service is a kind of public elderly care, where old people who can´t cope with thier commonplace life or personal care, get help in their ownhomes. The aim with this essay was to try to understand how the assistant nurses workingdays were and to show how homeservice had developed in Sweden.

The objective of this thesis was to examine what recipients of aid from Swedish Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) think about the support and about their possibilities to be independent after the support has been withdrawn. The research questions were: What is the purpose of the aid, from the recipients' point of view? What is the recipients' view of their future as self-supporting and

Our purpose with the essay was to understand how a partner to an abuser of alcohol can be effected of her partner´s abuse. Our central questions were: - How can the partner´s effect, of her partner´s abuse of alcohol, find expression and how can the relationship that exists/arises between the partner and the abuser of alcohol be explained, from different perspectives and views? - How can the conce

The essay is a cross section study whose aim was to examine if the Children’s sense of coherence scale (CSOC) is useful instrument for children in ages between 7- 10. The CSOC scale was compared to two other: Latter of Life and I think I am, which are due to measure similar qualities. A correlation study was made between the instruments. We have also examined if the results agree with Antonovsky´s