The paper examines the state failure of Somalia, seeking to enhance the understanding of the situation and how history, as well as colonial heritage, has affected the country. By embracing the theory of state building the concept of state failure will be analysed in a quest to understand what brought Somalia to fail so miserably. It also considers the controversial link made between terrorism and

In this study the relationship between spa visiting and health aspects was investigated. An Internet survey was developed and out of 152 participants a group of 54 non-spa visitors who had never been to a spa before were compared to a group of 38 spa visitors who frequently had attended a spa. The results showed that spa visitors had significantly higher levels of well-being and nature connectedne

Social önskvärdhet präglar hur våra normer och sociala beteenden ser ut och har lett till att fördomsfulla attityder i dag hellre mäts implicit, t.ex. med Implicit Association Test (IAT), snarare än explicit för att erhålla ett mer trovärdigt resultat. Dock har det visat sig att även omedvetna attityder medvetet går att kontrollera i implicita test. Mätmetoden i denna studie var Sorting Paired Fea

Denna uppsats redogör för den senaste ändringen rörande tidsbegränsade anställningar i Lagen (1982:80) om anställningsskydd, samt undersöker huruvida syftet med den har uppnåtts. Dessutom undersöks huruvida den nuvarande regleringen behöver ändras ytterligare på grund av den kritik den fått beträffande att den enligt TCO och EU-kommissionen inte skulle uppfylla Visstidsdirektivets syfte. ResultateThis thesis gives an account of the latest change regarding fixed term employment in the Swedish Employment Protection Act (Lagen (1982:80) om anställningsskydd) and whether the purpose of it has been fulfilled. Furthermore, an investigation is made regarding whether this regulation needs further change due to accusations from TCO (The Swedish Confederation for Professional Employees) and the Euro

Denna studie ämnade svara på frågor kring samband mellan individers världsbild, moral och hur de bedömer att brott bör bestraffas. Som modell för världsbild användes Tomkins polaritetsteori (humanism och normativism) och för moral användes moral foundations-teorin (sammanbindande och individuerande moral). I studien jämfördes juridikstudenter och samhällsvetarstudenter i syfte att undersöka om ski

This paper studies whether Nordic firms can improve their performance by acquiring firms within the BRIC countries. The BRIC countries has undergone several structural changes and experienced a rapid economic growth during the recent years, which has gained them a lot of attention from the rest of the economical world. However, few scholars have studied acquisition conducted within the BRIC countr

The Logical Framework Approach is applied in development projects all over the world. The Swedish aid agency Sida also encourages all aid organizations who receives funds from them or their umbrella organization Forum Syd to use the LFA for the improvement of development programs. However, the LFAs applicability in development interventions has been seriously criticized by researchers and by NGOs

Tourism can be a difficult form of travel to define. In order to make working with tourism easier, the tourism industry often uses criteria and definitions that can limit understandings of tourism. An example is an often-common view in the tourism industry of visiting friends and relative (VFR) as unimportant. The purpose of this thesis is to offer research showing why VFR can be important to the

Author: Anna Henningsson and Karin Jönsson Title: Which factors combines in a social integration process? Form an individual – and an organizational perspective. Supervisor: Carina Tigervall Assessor: Håkan Johansson The aim of this essay was to analyze social integration, and see which factors combines in a social integration process, in hope of getting a greater understanding concerning social

Detta examensarbete behandlar ett aktuellt ämne – utmaningarna i att implementera elektroniska konossement i den internationella handeln. Många fördelar kan erhållas om de införs, exempelvis en bättre miljö, lägre kostnader för dokumentation och en enklare metod för att sluta avtal. I examensarbetet kombineras den juridiska metoden med intervjuer och enkäter med olika aktörer i branschen – bankerThis thesis deals with an urgent topic today – the challenges of implementing electronic bills of lading in international trade. Lots of advantages can be gained from introducing them, for example a better environment, lower prices of documentation and an easier contractual procedure. In the master thesis, the legal method is combined with interviews and enquiries with different interested partie

Hur integration ska genomföras och vad det egentligen betyder är omdebatterat. Pendeln vajar från assimilering till mångkulturalism. Forskare vittnar om att integrationsbegreppet är paradoxalt då dess innebörd är odefinierad och emellanåt motsägelsefull. I den här uppsatsen undersöks integration utifrån invandrade personers berättelser om likhet, avbrott och särskiljande från majoritetsbefolkninge

Elderly mental health, a study of staff in nursing’s knowledge and practice The purpose of this study was to examine how staff in nursing looked on their own knowledge and how they considered mental illness among people over 75 years old. We also described how the staff considers that they are working on the mental health of older people. More specific, the aim was to see what kind of knowledge t

Denna uppsats behandlar frågor om allemansrätt och hur den förhåller sig till olika typer av områdesskydd i 7 kap. Miljöbalken (MB), främst naturreservat. Skyddsformen naturreservat utgör del i en bas av de skyddsinstrument som finns för att skydda värdefulla naturområden. Lagstiftaren framhåller det som viktigt att värna om allemansrätten och att inte begränsa den i onödan i skyddade naturområThis thesis treats questions about common right of access to private land and its relation to different types of protected areas in Chapter 7 of the Environmental Code, considering mainly nature reserve. Nature reserve as a form of protection is part of the elementary forms of protecting valuable nature areas. According to the legislator it is important to uphold the common right of access to pr