Men’s violence towards women in intimate relationships is an established social problem and the police reports on violence are increasing steadily. In 2008, police reported 26 000 cases of violence against women, and in 19 100 of them the man and the woman knew each other. Social Services Act establishes the municipality's responsibility towards women and children who witness domestic violence

In Swedish law it is an ambition that as many students as possible should attend regular schools and that the Swedish school should be a school for all. But the integration of students with disabilities in a class with non-disabled students can lead to feelings of alienation, to be outside and different from the others. The purpose of this study was to examine what thoughts young people with physi

My intention with this paper is to describe and discuss the change in natural science from enlightentment to the romantic period in the context of Sweden also the legacy after Carl Von Linné and the detainment of Linnés ideas of nature outside the Swedish borders. I have used the common method of history of ideas, since describe ideas in their own context. In my theoretical starting points Wilhelm

Mångfald berikar en organisation men det krävs både organisatoriskt stöd och rätt ledarskap för att individers olikheter ska kunna tas tillvara på bästa sätt. Att medvetandegöra kulturella skillnader ökar chansen för en lyckad integrering. Syftet med studien har varit att medvetandegöra den svenska kulturen för att skapa en bättre förståelse för hur den inverkar i möten mellan människor från olika

The purpose of this study is to qualitatively investigate how mid-level managers from care of the elderly and compulsory school can handle the complex position in the middle of the organization. A position distinguished by unclear boundaries and demands from both superiors and subordinates. The study is based on qualitative interviews with four managers from care of the elderly and four principals

The purpose of this essay is to find out how director David Lynchs films can be described as a part of the postmodern film theory. Is David Lynch a director who is style-forming for postmodern film, or has he in fact adapted his film-making to the style as it has progressed? Relying on the works of Fredric Jameson and Linda Hutcheon, I first give a brief summary of the postmodern esthetics. Then u

Författare: Jonas Bååth Titel: Konsumtion och motstånd – att förändra ett ekonomiskt system Kandidatuppsats: SOCK01, 15hp Handledare: Carl-Göran Heidegren Sociologiska institutionen, HT09 Problem/Bakgrund: Den fråga som uppsatsen behandlar är hur motstånd mot ett konsumtionsbaserat ekonomiskt system kan se ut. Syfte: Syftet är att skapa idealtyper av motståndet, utifrån Max Webers analysmodell.

Title: What part does the piano play in country music? – A study intended for pianists, piano pedagogues and class teachers in music Author: Elisabet Johansson The purpose of this essay is to find out what part the piano plays in country music. The research includes an interview with an artist from Texas and an analysis of five chosen music examples. The research question is: What part does the pi

Stress among children and youth is increasing and there are thought to be numerous different explanatory factors. Examples of those are the growing demands of society, lacking support from adults, as well as significant amounts of aspects in school. According to the Swedish education act a school is obliged to incorporate student care, wherein which a school nurse should be included. No other guid

Title: The ensemble teachers importance for an equal education – A study of students musicality in the upper secondary schools aesthetic program, direction music Author: Daiana Corduneanu The purpose of this paper is to study how music teachers look at the relation between gender and the choice of the instruments drums, bass, guitar and piano within the genres pop and rock. The goal is also to get

Traditional classical guitar playing position — using a footstool for the left foot to elevate the leg — is considered by some guitar pedagogues to be an important risk factor for developing Playing-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (PRMD) among guitarists; alternative supports for the classical guitar have emerged in the past three decades as a putatively more healthy method of sitting with the i

Title in English: Creativity in instrumental teaching - How can the instrumental teacher create the necessary conditions for pupils to develop their musical creativity? This paper seeks to answer the question: How can the instrumental teacher create the conditions for pupils to develop their musical creativity? The study is based on qualitative interviews with three people who are both professiona

Uppsatsen tar upp de skräckromantiska koventionerna utifrån ett antal böcker som utgör sekundärlitteratur och en jämförelse görs mellan konventionerna och den primära litteraturen. De konventioner som undersöks i Wuthering Heights är berättarteknik, karaktärer, miljö, döden, det övernaturliga och hämnd.

The purpose of this study was to examine the views of adoption Social Workers on adoptive parenting in relation to existing norms regarding parenting. Qualitative interviews were conducted with seven Social Workers in the field of family law and adoption in different municipalities in Skåne. As theoretical framework we used gender theories by Butler as well as Hirdman, combined with Lipsky’s theor

Do individuals with highly internalized social gender roles implicitly favor their own biological gender group more than androgynous or undifferentiated individuals do? To determine this, two identical studies were conducted and compared. One in 2002 (N=83), a second in 2009 (N=82). In total 165 17-19 year-olds (78 women, 87 men) completed three tests: Bem's Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), categori

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka några föreställningar om varför barn ska läsa och enligt sig själva läser skönlitteratur. För att kunna uppfylla syftet har en empiriskt inriktad etnologisk studie om barns läsande utförts. Studien grundar sig på intervjuer med fyra barn, vilka samtliga tycker mycket om att läsa skönlitteratur och tre bibliotekarier, samt observationer i en boksamtalsgrupp på ett

Våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer är ett socialt problem som blivit mer uppmärksammat de sista åren. Dock är mycket av våldet fortfarande dolt och sker inom hemmets fyra väggar. Vi har intervjuat tre kvinnor som blivit utsatta för denna typ av våld och även professionella som hjälper dessa kvinnor, för att undersöka varför kvinnor stannar kvar hos sina män som slår dem, hur de får styrkan att läm

The main purpose of this study has been to get an insight to the Roma people’s approach to integration. By identifying different discourses in the Roma magazine É Romani Glinda, attempts were done to find patterns in how the perceptions of integration are constructed. This has been done on the basis of discourse analysis with a strong emphasis on social constructivism. Contradictions in how the co

The purpose of this paper was in the light of theories of violence and threats in care, examine how they in staff groups of LSS assisted living facilities perceive and deal with violence and threats. More specified we qualitatively examined how they in staff groups from two LSS assisted living facilities in southern Sweden handle threats and violence. The paper is based on structured focus group i