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This master’s thesis focuses on the experiences of retired public librarians in relation to their professional life. The public library as an institution and the librarian profession have to this day gone through many changes, and a high level of research has been conducted regarding this. Yet, there is a lack of perspective from those who have actually lived through and during these changes. Base

The purpose of this thesis is to critically examine the anti-EU party the Swedish demo-crats own political medium SD-Kuriren and its articles regarding the European Parliament elections of 2014. The study aims to analyse how the use of language in SD-Kurirens articles forms the basis for how nationalist and populist discourses are shaped and expressed. The theoretical framework applied in this the

Authors: Emelie Dahlstedt & Nadja Bjärenstam Title: ”…to apply for an adoption for your own child.” - a qualitative study of same-sex parenting and second parent adoption. Supervisor: Frans Oddner Assessor: Tove Harnett The aim of the study was to examine how same-sex parents perceive and construct their parenting in a second parent adoption. The empirical material consisted of six semi-s

The aim of this study is to examine how women have proceeded to end an abusive relationship, the support and help they received and whether there were any difficulties during this procedure. Our study is based on qualitative interviews with six women. All of the women are over 18 years old and have been out of the relationship for more than two years. The data is analyzed based on thematic analysi

The aim of this study was to focus on how municipal social-workers work with honor related abuse (HRA) in a smaller community in Sweden. The purpose of the study was to study if there were any changes in how the municipal social-workers described their work with honor-related abuse today compared to the year of 2012. The theories and the perspectives used for this study include: the gender theory,

The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate and shed light on how care workers perceive their care work and the dilemmas they encounter in the work of adults diagnosed with severe intellectual disabilities. I conducted six semi-structured interviews with care workers working with the study target audience. For my analysis, I have applied the theoretical perspectives ethics of response, pr

Uppsatsen syftar till att med en empirisk utgångspunkt ana-lysera och beskriva organisationens nuvarande ledarskap och det önskade ledarskapet utifrån ett teamledar-, medarbetar- och ledningsperspektiv. Datainsamling har baserats på ett kvalitativt angreppssätt med en fenomenografisk infalls-vinkel i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer, för att fånga respondenternas uppfattning om ledarskap. Team

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 mission of healthcare social workers can be very inexplicit, both for other professions inside the walls of the hospital and for the healthcare social workers themselves. The aim of this study was to look into how the mission of healthcare social workers is shaped through the proceedings around the initial contact with their patients. The chosen method was qualitative semi-structured intervi

Abstract Author: Erica Almström Title: “Too personal a tale” – a qualitative study about accommodation educators vision of their work with unaccompanied refugee children. Supervisor: Anders Östnäs The purpose of this study was to illustrate how the work with unaccompanied refugee children is perceived by the employees at a youth accommodation. The study had a qualitative study and the empirical d

Author: Suzanna Falck and Pernilla Wagland Title: Between discretion and rules - First-line managers' views on the possibility to influence. [translated title] Supervisor: Karin Kullberg Assessor: Christina Erneling The aim of our study was to examine how the relationship between rules and discretion was seen by first-line managers in the municipal eldercare. What interested us was what discr

This master's theises aims to investigate information practice and information literacy in the context of manga and anime leisure activities amongst adolescents. The context of manga and anime is interpreted using the theory of serious leisure. Information literacy is interpreted as given by the empirical field's social and medial context. It stems from Annemaree Lloyd's conceptualizat

Abstract Author: Da Sol, Jung and Rebecca Sundqvist Title: He who neglects to drink from the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance – A study of professionals’ view on their attitude in meeting with clients and professionalism of the two organiations. Supervisor: Claes Levin Assessor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson The aim of our essay was to study if there were dif

The aim of this study was to examine how Swedish women who are living in Japan as expatriates experience their life by studying their social networks and the relationships they formed. By interviewing six Swedish women, using semi-structured interviews, it was possible to identify three major themes that seemed to have a major role in how the women viewed themselves and how they described their ti

The purpose of this study is to investigate what determines an individual to join the firm and how the membership in the firm affects the individual and his identity. This study is based on the interviews with six members of a football firm in Sweden. The selection of firm members to participate in this study was made based on the writers contacts within the firm. The results of this study shows t

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