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Since the 1990s, illegal immigration has become something highly politicised and closely linked to security concerns in EU. The aim of Critical Security Studies is to see through this securitization by claiming that there is a relation between knowledge and power, and externalize the different ways in which actors exercise their power. With Critical Discourse Analysis, this essay scrutinize the mo
This quantitative study of the alcohol use amongst students in Lund primarily rests on three general empirical findings: 1) Students in general constitute a part of the age group – young adults – who consume most alcohol per capita in Sweden. 2) The foundations of abnormal use of alcohol and alcoholism are believed to be established in early adulthood. 3) In monetary terms, alcoholism and other di
Uppsatsens huvudsakliga syfte har varit att undersöka hur kulturell mångfald upplevs och inverkar på den interpersonella internkommunikationen på ett antal olika mer eller mindre heterogena svenska arbetsplatser. Samtidigt har det handlat om att försöka upptäcka (om det finns några) eventuella likheter i fråga om attityder och agerande bland de tillfrågade medarbetarna. Uppsatsen består av två del
This study has been done among swedish backpackers (age 20- 35) on the island Koh-pah-gan in Thailand. The aim of the study is to find out why swedish backpackers are using illegal drugs when they are out travelling, and also to find out if they are using illegal drugs back home in Sweden. The study shows that factors like curiosity, grouppressure, gruppaffinity, availability and experience capita
This thesis is written within the Master Program of the School of social work at the University of Lund. It comprehends a study of the pre-school personal appreciation about the pedagogical material -Children picture book- for pre-school education in the municipality of Gävle. The methodology of the study is the focus-group approach with slither tone of attitude study. This method help in order to
Utifrån Bourdieus (1977, 1990, 1995) förståelse av kroppslig och praktisk logik – med utvidgad förståelse av agentens handlingsutrymme – har jag genom fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer med kvinnor från ROKS-anslutna kvinnojourer diskuterat samhällsteorins samspel med praxis i det rumsliga görandet av socialt arbete. Genom uppsatsen utmanar jag förståelsen för det rumsliga ramverk inom vilket det By letting Bourdieu’s (1977, 1990, 1995) theory of bodily and practical logic – with a broader sense of the agent’s acting space – meet the data extracted from four semi-structured interviews made with women working at ROKS’ women’s shelters, this thesis explores the interaction between social theory and practice in the contextual making of social work. Throughout this thesis I challenge that cont
Denna kandidatuppsats forskningsfokus har varit digitalisering och hållbar utveckling. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur kommuner i Skåne använder digitalisering för hållbarhet med avsikt att kunna föreslå förbättringsförslag. För att uppfylla syftet med forskningsstudien har en kvalitativ forskningsstudie genomförts, där insamlade data från semi-strukturerade intervjuer med kommunanställda
The aim of this study is to examine the attitudes of the Swedish public towards the use of covert coercive measures for the purpose of crime prevention. There is currently a bill in Sweden to broaden the applicability of covert coercive measures for preventative purposes in the context of criminal activities taking place within an organization or group. The use of covert coercive measures may infr
This qualitative study has examined the experiences of work-related stress among Swedish social workers working in human-service organizations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the working conditions of social workers and how these impact their experiences of stress at the workplace. The purpose was also to identify preventative measures for work-related stress. The study uses a qualit
In our world, more than two billion people are living under insecure food conditions and more than eight hundred million people are estimated to be starving. The majority of these people live in developing counties which are poor and often subject of civil war. The past fifty years the main subject of security analysis has been the sovereign and rational state and the threats have been viewed in t
The edited volume contains papers on general European topics written by PhD-candidates of several academic disciplines.
Recension av Mark Klambergs bok "Folkmord - Sverige och kampen om ett begrepp"
Premenstruellt syndrome är ett vanligt problem för kvinnor världen över. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur svår premenstruellt syndrom (PMS) påverkar upplevelsen av olika roller och aktiviteter hos arbetande mödrar med småbarn. Studien genomfördes som en intervjustudie med semistrukturerade frågor kring deltagarnas upplevelse av roller och aktiviteter i vardagen samt hur dessa upplevdes und
Syftet med denna studie är att ur ett sociologiskt perspektiv undersöka hur det är att bo i Barcelona och arbeta i ett internationellt callcenter som ung europeisk medborgare. Vad är det som motiverar individer att migrera och arbeta i Barcelona? Hur upplever de förutsättningar i arbetet, social gemenskap och hur uppfattar de sin tillhörighet? Dessa frågeställningar sätts sedan i en bredare kontexThe aim of this study is from a sociological perspective understand how it is to live in Barcelona while working in an international call centre as a young European citizen. What motivates these individuals to migrate to Barcelona? What is their perspective of work, social community and notion of belonging? These questions are later to be examined together with theories of migration, modernization
