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The aim of this investigation is to explain the Financial Crisis of 2007 that started in the U.S and quickly spread globally, thru a comparative case study analysis. Explanations looking into New classical, New Marxists and Post Keynesians ideas, as well as relevant theories about bubbles and instability will be interpreted in a qualitative way. The investigation suggests among other things that s
What is a public library? This is the fundamental question our thesis deals with on a broader level. Should it simply be a collection of books, an experience centre or an information centre – or perhaps something else? The purpose of this Master’s thesis is to carry out a discourse analysis of the media debate concerning Malmö public library that took place in 2009 and of the library´s strategical
Abstract Authors: Emanuel Franzén, Eva-Lotte Frost Ottosson Title: Family school – one for all and all for one? The effect of the intervention on the child and on its surrounding systems. (Translated title) Supervisor: Maria Bangura Arvidsson Changes within society have compelled Swedish schools to shoulder a greater responsibility for the children’s social development and problems. Family sc
Abstract Author: Frida Bengtsson Title: Just an ordinary upbringing… A study of the work on institutions for children and young people. Supervisor: Claes Levin Every year social secretaries making decisions about placing children and youths in different kinds of institutions, although research shows that it rarely has any positive effect on the youths. The purpose of this study was to examine how
Understanding the contraceptive decision making process of women has been the subject of a number of studies. However, few have employed economic models that explored the role that future costs may play in a woman’s choice of contraception. The objective of this paper is to use an economic framework that takes into account contraceptive costs at the time of consumption (i.e. the presence of health
Foster children´s contact with the biological parents [translated titel] My intentions with this paper were to examined how social services respond to needs the children placed in foster care might have of their biological parents. Conflicts often arise in the contact between the biological parents and foster families. These could affect the children in placements in a negative way, and therefore
The survival of the Tunisian political regime is based around a precarious tension: it must negotiate between strategic practices to consolidate political power and enforce the regime’s dominance, while at the same time generating inclusive policies to engender collective national authority. If the state looks to build an effective body politic, the regime must enforce its political dominance whil
The famine in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has once again reached a point of emergency wherein the international community has a moral duty to protect the population from their government. Although the member states of the United Nations have affirmed a global Responsibility to Protect, the ways in which that responsibility are carried out are often contradictory and help to sustain t
Författaren har redogjort för olika definitioner av kopplade avtal i civilrätten och i beskattningsrätten. Hjerners definition av kopplade avtal har visat sig inte vara adekvat vid en prövning mot tio mål från Regeringsrätten. Författaren har föreslagit en allmän civilrättslig definition av kopplade avtal. Den definitionen har visat sig träffa alla tio prövade mål. Författaren har också föreslagit
Abstract Author: Katarina Sabel – Olsson Title: „Since it‟s voluntary, they are free to say no‟– An analysis regarding arguments for and against the housing first-model and the staircase of transition-model in two local municipalities. Supervisor: Weddig Runquist Assessor: Elizabeth Martinell Barfoed In many of the municipalities in Sweden the local social authorities are using a staircase of tran
In this essay the problem of finding fair equilibria in auctions with multiple heterogeneous and indivisible items is investigated. We assume an equal number of bidders demanding items as number of items, and that every bidder is assigned exactly one item. Among the theoretical results we show the existence of an equilibrium, strategy-proofness for a particular set of prices and convergence of the
The purpose of this Master Thesis is to propose a standardisation process, to act as a support when developing standardised machine elements within Tetra Pak. The standardisation process has the intention to investigate the potentials to reduce the variety of the machine elements by applying common elements in several machines. The standardisation process is developed through altering between lite
The purpose of this study was to examine how boys and girls are selected to participate in social group work in school. More specifically it sought to analyse what kind of gender discourses arise when teachers discuss girls’ and boys’ problematic behaviour. Four teachers who work at a school in a large city in Sweden were interviewed. They work in grades five and six and collaborate closely with t
The notion of Climate debt (or Carbon debt) has been used for more than a decade, but it was only during 2009 that it got a lot of attention through a NGO campaign and through interventions in the UNFCCC by Bolivian delegates. Climate debt is defined by Boliva as over-consumption of the available capacity of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate system, and it calls for the developed countries to rep
Hur konsumentpriser svarar på förändringar i priser i producentled är en fråga som debatterats mycket. Utifrån denna förutsättning undersöker uppsatsen hur olika mejerivarupriser, mjölk, grädde, glass, smör och ost, svarar på förändringar i avräkningspriset för mjölk. Med utgångspunkt i teorier om asymmetrisk prisöverföring undersöks om prishöjningar i producentledet medför en trögare tillbakagång
The aim of this study was to examine employees at both voluntary and municipal protective shelters, concerning their view upon freedom and control. The study was limited to include young women, who have been exposed to honour-related violence. The purpose was also to examine the opinion of the staff concerning the women’s experience of these terms. The questions at issue were: What do the staff me
Who cares about the people with a gambling abuse? Gambling abuse is a problem that has been getting more and more attention in the media and through the people that work with the subject. The Swedish state has monopoly on gambling in Sweden but the Internet makes it possible for international gambling companies to reach customers in Sweden. This in return makes it harder for the Swedish state and
Abstract Author: Emilie Premberg Title: “A smiling face – support and strategies up one`s sleeve” A work environment study at DSB First Sverige AB. Supervisor: Charlotta Zettervall Assessor: Hans Swärd The aim of this study has been to find different “healthy-factors” that helps trainmanagers at DSB First to handle their situation at work with threat, violence and other negative stressors. A fur
Empirically the thesis is based on a qualitative inquiry of five companies in the cultural sector. They have all been chosen because of their alternative ways of thinking in relation to the purpose of economic activities. They represent a social criticism not usually associated with entrepreneurship, they are not growth-oriented, they work in both the cultural- and the market sphere and they opera
