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The objective of this comparative study has been to investigate how and if cannabis use constitutes a social problem in Amsterdam and Copenhagen. The purpose was to gain an understanding of how different political, institutional and legal environments might affect the understanding of cannabis use and the constitution of social problems. The empirical material consists of 21 interviews with cannab
According to the World Bank Group, social capital is an important factor in the process of fighting poverty in developing countries, and some researchers mean that cooperative organizations are the ultimate business model to create social capital (Majee & Hoyt, 2011). The aim of this study is to investigate whether or not social capital is emerging in a Philippine water cooperative, funded by
The pourpose of this thesis was to investigate how counselors working at the youth clinic views the clinic's function and how they address teenagers' sexuality. Four different counselors in Skåne, Sweden were interviewed, using a qualitity approach. The result shows that the counselors considered the youth clinic as a free zone for young people and a meeting place where they can be compreh
Author: Anette Olsson Title: Have a drink – be a sport? Study of a reader debate concerning the drinking habits of parents on Aftonbladet.se. Supervisor: Håkan Jönson The aim of this study is to through a readers debate, sparked by an article in the media, look at as to whether the drinking habits of a parent could be considered as being problematic or not. I chose to view the debate from a social
Med uppsatsen har vi bidragit till att skapa en större förståelse för de faktorer som påverkat spridningen av modulhus inom bostadsmarknaden för studentbostäder. Vår huvudsakliga slutsats är att den svenska marknaden för bostadsbyggande i allmänhet och för studentbostäder i synnerhet gör kommunen till avgörande för spridningen av modulhus. Kommunernas perceptioner av modulhusens relativa fördelar
Focus in this examination project is put on researching basic techniques for structuring decision-making and pathfinding for the artificial intelligence in computer games. Already implemented examples of these structures are summarized and compared to each other to choose fitting solutions to use together with the game engine Unity for the development of a specific game called Unkown. For decision
Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att skapa förståelse för närvaron och skapandet av ett systematiskt säkerhetsarbete och en säkerhetskultur inom en sjukhusorganisation. Uppsatsen kommer att fokusera på två organisatoriska nivåer, administration och professionella utövare, inom ett sjukhus i södra Sverige och studera deras förhållningssätt och arbete kring systematiskt säkerhetsarbete och säkerhe
Sammanfattning Titel: Från ensam till en i mängden – en studie om val, krav och förväntningar på den omreglerade apoteksmarknaden. Universitet/ Institution: Institutionen för Service Management vid Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg. Kurs: SMKK01 Nivå: Kandidatuppsats, 15 hp Författare: Jon Ekelund Nilsson, Josefin Lidberg, Wiktoria Pawyza Handledare: Birgitta Olsson & Eva Åström Problemdis
The purpose of my study was to examine care staff and unit heads perceptions and experiences in cultural meetings, both within the staff groups and within the recipients of care in the home service. I wanted to investigate what these cultural meetings means in the work with the elderly, how it is noticed and affects their work. The study is based on a qualitative research method with interviews of
The aim of this study was to highlight preschool teacher´s thoughts about their mandatory reporting duty, in relation to their own actions and the social service. Several studies show that there is a difference between how many children that is suspected maltreated and how many children are reported to social service. I conducted interviews with five preschool teachers who are employed at municipa
Children with mentally ill parents have been invisible for a long period of time. The aim of the study was to give a better insight in how the childhood of these children can be. I’ve done a qualitative text analysis of five self-biographic books. I’ve studied these books with help of development ecology and attachment theory. I’ve also been looking at the resilience and factors that have an influ
The purpose of this paper was to examine if there was an experience of alienation in a student association and what the meaning of the usage of symbols and having a commitment within a group meant to maintain the group identity. Using a quantitative method the research analyzed answers from students in the student association at the university of technology in Lund. The theory in this paper was co
By now I’ve probably filled an ocean - crisis management and how to move on after losing someone The purpose of this study was to examine how people manage crisis after someone’s death and if there are different phases while in grief. Cullberg’s theory of crisis is used as an analytical tool. The method I employed was document analysis of eight blogs and ten posts on different open Internet commu
Under konferensen TED-Global 2009 uppträdde författarinnan Chimamanda Adichie med The Danger of a single story som vill varna för det ensidiga berättandets stigmatiserande konsekvenser. Då talet är uppbyggt av berättelser förenas det litterära och det retoriska. Med analysmetoden Narrative Criticism ville jag undersöka hur några narrativa strategier rörande berättelsens karaktärer, dess sceniska p
Food production, especially meat production, has a large impact on the environment and wastage of these products has an even greater impact (WRAP 2007). A lot of food is thrown away due to "safety scares" and consumers insecurity of the safety and quality of the food. If the microbiological state of meat can be identified and constantly updated, throughout the whole supply chain, includi
High trading volume is a common phenomenon in global financial markets, and it seems to go against the paradigm of classic economic theory based on rational agents and efficient markets. In this thesis, we turn to behavioral finance, as we try to explain this anomaly as a consequence of the so-called overconfidence bias. According to previous research, market return influences the level of overcon
Homophobia is widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. The causes of homophobia are numerous and interconnected, but the main causes can be found in Africa’s colonial history, and its influence on religion, gender roles and African leaders. Christianity became widespread in Africa during the colonial era, and religion has since played a major role in African societies and in the construction of homophobi
In this essay we analyzed which strategies probation officers use to deal with the risk of threats and violence in the day to day work, and how they reflect on the events of threats and violence. The essay has a qualitative approach where we used semi-structured interviews. We interviewed six probation officers in a medium-sized Swedish town. The respondents were four men and two women. In order t
The latest years have seen the worldwide interest around wind power increasing significantly. Italy as well has joined this global movement. But does the Italian wind power industry have the capabilities for a substantial and sustainable future growth? This paper analyzes the Italian wind power sector using a slightly modified Porter’s diamond model in a comparative analysis with the Spanish one,
