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Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are an integral part of a democratic society and of paramount importance to demonstrations and Non-governmental organisations (NGO). Both demonstrations and NGO:s are a very important sort of social capital and are part of horizontal organisations. Russia today is characterized by dominant vertical relations, even if there is a sufficient amount of hor

The aim of this study was to explore how care managers defined their mission and the needs of the elderly. Interviews were carried out with four care managers all working in a public authority in a middle-sized municipality in southern Sweden. The results were analysed using Michael Lipsky's theory of the street-level bureaucrat. The study showed that the care managers are caught between the d

Var tredje inhandlad matkasse slängs, vilket innebär att en tredjedel av all mat har producerats helt i onödan. Detta motsvarar 1,3 miljarder ton varje år - vilket uppskattas kunna mätta tre miljarder hungriga magar. För att uppnå hållbar konsumtion behöver matsvinnet halveras inom tio år. Livsmedelsproduktion skapar utsläpp av växthusgaser, luftföroreningar och bekämpningsmedel som påverkar både Nature has provided us with delicious and nutritious food for many years. It is estimated that one third of all edible food is wasted globally. This means a substantial loss of resources. Consumers are unaware of the great amount of avoidable food waste that is created from household consumption and the environmental impact it has. It is of great importance to increase consumer awareness to reduce

Denna studie ämnar undersöka samspelet mellan den mediala gestaltningen av en stad samt de strategier som används i försök att påverka densamma. Studien avser därmed öka kunskapen om skapandet och förmedlandet av platsvarumärken samt den strategiska kommunikationens betydelse för denna process. Med en hermene-utisk ansats har kvalitativa intervjuer samt kvantitativ såväl som kvalitativ inne-hållsaThe purpose of this study is to examine the interaction between the media framing of a city, and strategies used in order to influence this framing. The study intends to increase the understanding of the creation and mediation of city brands and the importance of strategic communication during this process. With a hermeneutical approach qualitative interviews and quantitative, as well as qualitati

After the ratification of the UN Convention, Sweden has undertaken to adapt national laws so that they conform to the Convention of the Rights of the Child, CRC. Despite the ratification, the Care of Young Persons Act (LVU) allows young persons to be separated up to 24 hours by the staff at state institutions, even though it is contrary to the CRS’s 37th article. The ombudsman for children has rep

The aim of this study was to examine how school counselors in a middle-sized and a small municipality in southern Sweden experienced bullying as a phenomena and how they worked on preventing the problem. We also wanted to examine how the internal and external cooperation worked in the different municipalities. The study was based on semi-qualitative interviews with school counselors on schools wit

The aim of this study was to write about discretion at the Employment Service. More in detail, to understand how professionals work with the programs they have to choose from and how they recognize their own discretion. We have chosen a qualitative approach; more precisely, interviews in the form of semi-structural interview questions. We got the interviewees through a target selection. There was

The aim of this study was to investigate the social secretaries description of their discretion. The focus was how discretion is described in relation to the Offices of Social Services as an organization. And how the social secretaries professional identity could be understood in relation to the social secretaries descriptions of their discretion. The participants were invited through a goal-orien

Mental illness and stress among young people is an increasing public health problem in Nordic countries such as Sweden and is a relevant subject in social work. The increase is most evident among young people, which is something that today's professions address in their respective journals as problematic, this is the foundation of our thesis. The purpose of this study was to investigate how co

Party-emergence is a somewhat puzzling phenomenon, since it implies substantial risks for those who decide to form the party while rewards are uncertain. A dilemma that is reinforced when the new party emerges from an already established party and therefore has to compete with former allies for public support and votes. Previous research suggests that ”party- entrepreneurs” and their sentiments to

Övervägande del av förundersökningar av brott mot barn läggs ner. När förövaren dessutom är en närstående eller förälder försvåras utredningen avsevärt då det sällan finns vittnen och barnet kanske inte inser att de blivit utsatta för ett brott. Dessa ärenden utreds ibland inte heller av socialnämnden trots att mängden orosanmälan ökar. Barnet har ett speciellt behov av skydd och samhället har ettMost investigations of crimes against children are terminated before being brought to court. The investigations become significantly more complicated when the perpetrator happens to be a family member or parent. Some of the difficulties occur because the child may not realize that they have been victimized and there are rarely witnesses to the acts. Children have a special need for protection and

Syftet med följande studie är att granska hur svensk lagstiftning hanterar nya former av integritetskränkningar som följer av den tekniska utvecklingen. Utredningen tar sikte på bestämmelsen BrB 4 kap. 6a§ om kränkande fotografering och undersöker huruvida dess syfte att skydda individers personliga integritet uppfylls. Begreppet integritet är omdiskuterat och svårdefinierat. För att möjliggöra enThe purpose of the following essay is to examine how the law handles new forms of integrity violations caused by the technological evolution. The study concentrates on Chapter 4, Section 6a, of the Swedish Penal Code concerning indecent photography. Therefore, the intension is to assess whether the regulation fulfills its purpose; to preserve privacy. The term privacy is considered difficult to de

Abstract Author: Moa Nordberg Title: Arbete är vägen till frihet – en studie om Arbetsförmedlares syn på sitt nya integrationsuppdrag Supervisor: Carina Tigervall Examiner: Staffan Blomberg The integration work in Sweden has during the last years undergone a reformation process and in December 2010 a new law came into forces. With the new law the government 2006-2010 aims to reform the integrati

The aim of this study is to investigate the role and position of the principal in private, publicly funded schools in Sweden, and how they themselves interpret it. The Swedish school system has undergone several major changes during the past twenty years, and the results of these changes are still a frequently discussed and often appear on the political agenda. I have performed interviews with pri