This fouth semester thesis examines the films and film activities of Civilförsvarsstyrelsen, a Swedish state-controlled Civil Defense authority under the Ministry of Interior. Studies concerning film activities of the Swedish state are highly rare about the years following 1945 until the television breakthrough in 1956. This study concerns 1949-1952, a period characterized by an increase in welfar

Mot bakgrund av personalvetarrollens föränderliga tillvaro och divergerade professionssträvanden samt med grund i en tidigare genomförd pilotstudie, föddes syftet att; söka förståelse för personalvetares rollkonstruktion i samspel med andra aktörer samt konsekvenserna av denna för personalvetarrollens utveckling i ett större perspektiv. Med utgångspunkt i ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv i

I denna uppsats har svenska, irländska och två olika europeiska riktlinjer för beräknande av samhällsekonomiska kostnads-nyttokalkyler av infrastrukturinvesteringar granskats. Riktlinjerna bygger på ekonomisk teori men är anpassade för att vara praktiskt möjliga att genomföra och använda. De svenska riktlinjerna gör något fler avsteg från ekonomisk teori än de andra riktlinjerna. Det finns både li

This thesis addresses the influence of discourses of globalisation, the knowledge-based economy and neoliberalism on the position of equity in English education policy making. It departs from the assertion that discourses are constitutively important in creating certain rationales for policy reforms within the field of education. The paper switches empirical attention in this area away from New La

This paper aims to examine whether competition law and policies have greater effect on competition when sound institutions are in place. Reports by major global actors as well as governmental reforming, show that there is unanimity on the notion that political reforming is essential in order to reach a more competitive market. Later economic research shows that institutions such as governance effe

Studiens syfte är att undersöka om könsskillnader finns i attityd till kärleksideologin samt användande av internet för sexuella ändamål hos en grupp studerande vid Samhällsvetenskapliga Fakulteten, Lunds Universitet. En enkätundersökning på internet genomfördes. Förfrågan om att delta i undersökningen skickades ut till 2900 studerande via deras studentmejladresser. Data från 410 respondenter test

During the last few decades there have been speculations as to whether heavy drug abuse among youths has increased. The aim of this thesis was to examine the heavy drug addiction amongst clients between the ages of 19 and 27 who have come in contact with the adults unit at Södermalms stadsdelsförvaltning (Stockholm, Sweden) in the time period between 2002-2010. What has the development for these y

Nilsson, Emma & von Seth, Johanna (2010) Det personliga varumärket – en kritisk granskning av personliga varumärken. Författad vid Institutionen för kommunikation och medier, Lunds Universitet. Denna uppsats behandlar fenomenet personligt varumärke. Vi har belyst vad som gjort det personliga varumärket så pass viktigt i dagens samhälle, vilken roll Internet spelar i denna process och vilka id

Title: China’s increased export influence: An empirical analysis of the impact on Sweden’s and the United States’ industrial production between 1994 and 2008. Topic/course: NEKM01 Master thesis Author: Anna Persdotter Supervisor: Fredrik NG Andersson Keywords: Export, Comparative advantage, China, Sweden, the United States, Engle Granger, ECM Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to examin

This paper investigates the determinants of Climbing World Cup performance at a country level. An unbalanced panel of 76 countries over the years 2005 through 2008 is used. The focus of the paper is on the impact of the demographic, economic, geographic and historic predictors of the success at the Climbing World Cups. We measure the performance by the National Team rankings for each of the three

I denna uppsats har vi tittat på fem medarbetares subjektiva upplevelser kring förutsättningar och hinder för individuellt lärande i arbetslivet. Forskningsfrågorna vi velat besvara är: Vilken betydelse har faktorerna: motivation, ledning, kollegor, arbetsuppgifter och tid för att främja respektive hindra det individuella lärandet för medarbetaren? Hur varierar dessa faktorers betydelse bland meda

The renewable energy sector and its industry is becoming an important issue for meeting the electricity demand in the near future. Photovoltaic (solar energy) is on of the fastest growing markets within this renewable energy sector. This thesis investigates Sweden’s competitiveness in the photovoltaic industry. Sweden’s photovoltaic industry will be compared to the German PV industry, because Germ

Sweden is a country that offers a home for thousands of immigrants each year. The year of 2009 Sweden broke its record; the country had never before accepted as many immigrants as it did that year. One can imagine that a country with a high number of immigrants is also highly integrated and provides work for the majority of these newly arrived members of the population - but in Sweden this is not

Just leave but feel free to come back: on the social services outreach work with people who renounce the need for help In this study I have been interested in the meetings that take place between outreach workers in social services and people who involuntarily are approached. More specifically, I have focused on the meetings with adult people who renounce the need for help from the outreach worke

The purpose of this study was to provide a complementary understanding to depression among female adolescent refugees through facilitating a feminist social constructionist approach emphasizing the girls’ own subjective experiences and understandings. The research questions dealt with how female adolescent refugees understand the discourses of femininity in their specific context and how they feel

Undersökning av personalvetare, PA-utbildningen, professionen och förutsättningar att nå positionen som personalchef. Genom att granska programbeskrivningar från PA-utbildningar i Kristianstad och Lund samt föra intervjuer med fyra personalchefer sågs sambandet där mellan. Tillvägagångssättet var kvalitativt då vi använde oss av intervjuer för att ge möjlighet att få en djupare förståelse för pers

During the past few years we have experienced an extraordinary turbulence in the financial markets. Stock markets in free fall, countless of bankruptcies and government interventions to save huge financial institutions have been regular events. During these times the focal point has been risk management. Poor risk management has been one of the main reasons for the experienced crisis. To be able t

The term "Passive house" refers to a voluntary standard that many new buildings meet. The term was coined during the 1980s, by the Swede Bo Adamson, when the Swedish and Danish State tightened up the rules which governed the energy consumption of new buildings. The development of modern appliances that are important for passive houses, such as FTX-systems with heat recovery or multiple g