This paper highlights, theoretically and empirically, how development and underdevelopment are closely linked by looking at the global food system, with a special emphasis on the meat-industrial complex. Conceptually, this thesis mobilizes Foster’s theory of metabolic rift, O’Connor’s theory of the second contradiction of capitalism, and Harvey’s “accumulation by dispossession” to account for the

The development of psychological health interventions for adolescent refugees is complicated by the cultural and linguistic diversity of individuals. Additionally, both post traumatic experiences with ongoing development during the process of acculturation make a problem of psychological assessment even more complex. Those aspects are the effects of violence and traumatic loss as well as migration

Abstract Facebook is a giant rising web-community, with millions of new users every year. The possibilities seem enormous, but what are the consequences? How can a function, like posting a picture on your site be problematic? We analyzed newspaper articles and how journalists write about Facebook. Some journalists write about a Facebook function as a possibility but that same function can be an ob

Theoretical frameworks of women in development (WID), gender and development (GAD) and Empowerment have influenced the discourses and practices of development projects on women’s participation since the 1970s. The main concern has been whether development projects’ inclusion of women can promote gender equality and women’s empowerment rather than participation of women in numbers. In this study, I

Abstract Author: Ingela Martinsson Title: "The last alternative”- the process around a decision about compulsory care (translated title) Supervisor: Claes Levin Assessor: Anders Östnäs The purpose of the study was to investigate the process when social worker makes a decision whether or not to treat a youth with compulsory care. Through my own empirical study of qualitative interviews with

Daring to walk towards the unknown - a qualitative study of recovering from an eating disorder A common conception amongst people suffering from an eating disorder is that there is no recovery from the disease. Therefore the purpose of this study was to examine the possibility of being completely well from an eating disorder. More specifically its aim was to find out what factors may be crucial f

ABSTRACT Author: Göran Hjertstrand Title: The difficult task – a study of experiences among public sector executives in ending employments [translated title] Supervisor: Charlotta Zettervall Assessor: Agneta Hedblom The purpose of this study was to examine experiences among public sector executives in ending employments. The study was based on semi structured interviews with five health and

ABSTRACT Author: Evelina Nylén Title: Close to death and illness, life becomes more apparent. Hospital welfare officers´ experiences of working with terminally ill patients. [translated title] Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort The main purpose of this study was to examine how hospital welfare officers in a hospice environment experience their work with terminally ill patien

The purpose of my study was to examine how people talk about their sibling position. I wanted to find out how we present ourselves as siblings, rather than establish one for all valid truth. In the study I explored whether people believe their birth order has affected them and if so, with what consequences. I conducted a qualitative study using twelve interviews and analyzed the material with a so

In recent years the gendered aspects of the 1951 refugee definition have been discussed within asylum law and amongst feminist theoreticians, claiming that women’s persecution grounds often aren’t defined legitimate within the definition. This thesis address the issue of women fleeing domestic violence; a persecution by a non-state actor. With a starting point in feminist theories critique of the

Sammanfattning År 2007 lanserade Apple sin mobiltelefon Iphone i USA, och på bara några år har mobilen blivit något av en ikon. Idag säljs den i över 70 olika länder och antalet användare ligger enligt Apple på runt 50 miljoner världen över. Syftet med uppsatsen är att försöka skapa en förståelse för vilka sociala värderingar som kan ligga till grund för Iphonefenomenet, samt undersöka vilka värd

According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration (CRC article 3 p. 1). However, it is not regulated in the law or in CRC what is considered to be the ch

This study contributes to the literature addressing food security in China. This study defines food security to rest on two complementary dimensions: food availability and food accessibility. Food availability depends on domestic production, imports and food reserves elements. A look at the availability elements reveals that domestic production is critically important to China. China faces serious

During the last decades there has been a debate concerning the importance to promote integration for people with foreign heritage. The purpose of this study was to examine how school welfare officers in Sweden work with the process of integration among students with foreign heritage. To be more precise, we wanted to find out what role school welfare officers find themselves in concerning the proce

The purpose of this essay was to study an activation programme called Work & Integration Centre (Arbets- & Integrationscenter, AIC). Activation programmes are often based on both the help to and the control of the users – which are unemployed recipients of social assistance. By interviewing five employees at the programme I wanted to find out how they balanced between the help that they gi

Author: Malin Glimhed Title: Not just a picture (translated title) A qualitative study about the way the art therapists work with children. Supervisor: Staffan Blomberg The aim of this study is to give knowledge to the role of painting in art therapy with a child. I have south a greater understanding of how the art therapist chooses to work with the child. To achieve the purpose I have focused o

Änkekejsarinnan Cixi styrde Kina under kejsardömets sista halvsekel. Hon utmålades länge som maktgalen och grym, men på senare tid har en mer nyanserad bild presenterats. I den här uppsatsen analyseras hur ett antal händelser i Cixis liv i relation till Guangxu-kejsaren och hans konkubin Zhenfei har beskrivits i olika källor. Syftet är att se vad dessa händelser säger om Cixi som person och om detEmpress Dowager Cixi governed China during the final five decades of the Qing dynasty. She was for many years depicted as a cruel megalomaniac, lately Cixi has been described in a more nuanced way. This paper seeks to analyze how a selection of sources describe a number of specific events in connection with Cixi and the Guangxu-emperor and his concubine Zhenfei. The objective is to discuss what th

Several widely acknowledged stylized statistical facts about the performance of volatility were observed during the analysis. First, the volatility exhibits mean-reversion towards its long-run mean. Second, certain skewness is present in the volatility response to changing market circumstances – falling markets raise volatility more substantially, than rising markets diminish the expected volatili

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur personal inom äldreomsorg definierar konflikter, vem de anser bär ansvaret för att lösa konflikter samt hur de ser på konfliktförebyggande insatser. Jag har använt mig av en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och intervjuat sex anställda på ett vårdboende inom kommunal omsorg i Helsingborg stad. Jag har analyserat mitt material genom Granérs modell som definierar oThe purpose of this study was to examine how staff in the care of the elderly define conflicts, who they believe is responsible for resolving conflicts and how they look at conflict prevention. I have used a qualitative research method and interviewed six employees in a nursing home in the community care in the town of Helsingborg. I have analyzed my material through Granérs model which defines di