The aim of this essay was to examine children's experiences of having a pathological gambler as a parent, which consequences this led to socially, economically and emotionally, if those children got any help and in that case where and what kind of help. Central questions asked where: * In what way did the child experience consequences from the parent's gambling? * How did the child expe

Young women with immigrant background are generally looked upon as victims of patriarchal structures and cultural determinism. The purpose of this bachelor thesis was therefore to have a salutogen perspective. We investigated how young women with a transcultural background are affected by and how they use their experiences from different backgrounds in their creating of identity. We based our es

The aim of this essay was to look into and compare the experiences and opinions about the practice of 13 § LVM among persons that, through their profession, use the law. The questions we have been asking were; what experiences and opinions the individuals have about the paragraph in general, what they think about the cases when no application for LVM is made after a client has been taken in charg

The aim of this Master's thesis is to study what place public libraries have in local politics, particularly from the point of view of the politicians. To answer this, I have interviewed politicians, participated as a silent observer of a public debate, and studied articles on library politics in newspapers and other press. The results show that politicians in general have a positive view of l

The purpose of this essay was to examine class-travellers experiences of having done the class-travel and when they realised they had done it. My questions were: when did they start the class-travel? How do they experience themselves after going through the classtravel? How do they change as class-travellers in their relationship with their surroundings? The study was based on interviews with si

This Master's thesis aims at pinpointing the political arguments that appear in the recent debate on scientific publication. There is a widely spread opinion that prices on digital resources are far too high, thus taking up a major part of the University libraries budget, while publishing companies make high profits. It is also a common opinion that the current publishing method does not take

Traditionally, the majority of Swedish public libraries have carried out most of their acquisitions through Bibliotekstjänst's binding booklets. In recent years, however, many libraries have complemented the binding booklets and other services from Bibliotekstjänst by other ways of acquiring books, such as Internet bookshops, while other libraries have stopped using the binding booklets altoge

The purpose of this study was to examine why adventure treatment is mainly directed towards young men and how that can be related to the construction of masculinity. Our questions were: - What were the social workers thoughts and images about masculinity? - Why did they think adventure treatment were suitable for young men and for what reasons? - How did the social workers describe their role

The aim of this Master's thesis is to discuss and analyse co-operation between public and academic libraries. The political changes that were initiated during 2004 have come to alter the conditions for Swedish libraries. The Swedish library law was changed at the 1st of January 2005 and co-operation between libraries is now statuary even if there is no description of how the new mission is to

Den här uppsatsen är en diskursanalys av kärleksromanen Bridget Jones Dagbok av Helen Fielding. Jag använder mig av queerteori för att studera hur heteronormativitet är representerat i boken. Boken karaktäriseras också som "middlebrow" genom textens intertextualitet med Jan Austens bok Pride and Prejudece. Jag diskuterar även genren och dess subversiva möjlighet. Det jag velat visa med d

Föreställningar om arbete, familj och individ relaterar till distinktionen mellan privat och offentligt och hierarkiska sociala ordningar. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att utifrån ett diskursteoretiskt perspektiv undersöka hur föreställningar om "privata" och "offentliga" ordningar framträder i personliga assistenters arbetsbeskrivningar. Uppsatsens empiri består av material

The purpose of this study was to examine the problematic and frustrating aspects of parenthood in the modern runaway world of today. In other words, we wanted to study how parents in Sweden experienced their life as parents in the beginning of the 21th century. We wanted to find answers to the following questions: What kind of problems do parents experience and how do they deal with these proble

Jag har gjort en kvalitativ, empirisk undersökning av explorativ karaktär gällande vilka hinder som finns för lärande inom organisationer. Jag genomförde kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer med personer som arbetar som Arbetsförmedlare inom en mindre svensk kommun. Mitt syfte är att undersöka huruvida hinder för lärande är tydliga redan innan anställning och, om så är fallet, belysa vad som

The purpose of my essay is to study and analyse how adolescents with different socioeconomical backgrounds experience their consumtion needs. There are five main questions: 1. How do adolescents experience their needs of status symbols, labeled clothes etc? 2. In what way does adolescents experience influences over their consumtion options? 3. How do adolescents look upon their own material st

Detta arbete är delvis en empirisk fortsättning av författarinnans c-uppsats "Företagsledares lärande i arbete". Ambitionen är att praktiskt studera hur ledare, i detta fall fyra kvinnliga rektorer, upplever sitt arbete och sin utveckling. Syftet är att undersöka relationen mellan erfarenheter gjorda i arbetet och rektorernas upplevda utveckling i sin yrkesroll. Stor vikt läggs vid de s

Occupational stress and the use of alcohol to reduce stress are both separately common in our society. A few researchers have combined the two factors. The aim of this essay was to obtain an increased understanding of how male and female managers estimate their alcohol habits in relation to their occupational stress. We have interviewed nine managers who work at a social services department in S

Den 1 februari 2003 trädde den lagändring som innebar att homosexuella par fick lov att prövas som adoptivföräldrar i kraft. Inför lagändringen tillsatte regeringen 1999 "Kommittén om barn i homosexuella familjer" som ledde utredningen vilken resulterade i SOU rapporten (2001: 10) "Barn i homosexuella familjer" som jag har valt att analysera. Uppsatsens syfte är att visa på at

The purpose of this essay was to describe the opinions of different religious and non-religious ideologies and aspects of treatment, concerning use of drugs and drugsaddiction, and with a special focus at Narconon. We also wanted to try to understand the connection between professionalism and ideology in their treatment. Our central questions where; · How does the treatment Narconon's provid

The purpose of this essay is to examine Prostitutionsgruppens ("Prostitution group") concrete operation, its organisation and how the group have changed since sexköpslagens ("sexbuy law") incorporated. Prostitutionsgruppen was founded in 1981 and have been working against prostitution. Their main goal is to reduce the damage of prostitution. Their work consists of treatment an