This paper gives an introduction to the pro and cons towards biofuel in the current international debate. The thesis is empirically based on fieldwork in Tanzania and presents a specific biofuel investment from the Swedish company SEKAB (Swedish Ethanol Chemistry AB). The location of fieldwork was in the Rufiji District where SEKAB plans to invest. The study’s focus is on the present quality of li

The purpose of the essay is to examine explanations offered by both police and social workers for street robbery committed by juveniles. Our conclusions are based on the findings from a series of semi structured qualative interwievs conducted with social workers and police from Landskrona and Malmö. These findings have been analyzed using hypotheses suggested by Merton´s anomie/strain theory and H

I denna studie har jag undersökt hur en organisation kan lyckas med sina utvecklingssamtal. De har det senaste året genomfört vissa förändringar gällande processen kring utvecklingssamtal. Studien har genomförts med utgångspunkt i medarbetares uppfattning, analyserat utvecklingssamtal och granskat vilka utvecklingsmöjligheter medarbetaren har. Vidare har jag även undersökt vilka förutsättningar so

Author: Caroline Degerfeldt Title: “We´re all the same!!” A survey with the purpose of looking in to what knowledge Social welfare secretaries have about the living conditions of GLBT-people. Supervisor: Carina Tigervall Assessor: Olle Frödin The aim for this study was to examine in what extent Swedish social welfare secretaries have knowledge about the living conditions of GLBT-people (Gay, Les

The purpose of this study was to analyse and describe the homelessness in the city of Lund. More specifically the aim was to describe the problem from different actors' points of view. The central questions were: How does the problem with homelessness appear in Lund? For what reasons does homelessness still exist according to the actors who come in contact with the problem? Who is responsible

The aim with the study was to describe and analyze the profession “personlig assistant” in Lunds kommun. The study was based on interviews with five assistants and one employer/ chief working for Lunds kommun. Eight themes were identified and discussed: tasks, working hours, working environment, the relationship between the assistant and the client, the balance of power between the assistant and t

Authors: Carl Lagrelius & Eduardo Ocaña Title: Empowerment in the Community - a qualitative study of Fritids- och Förebyggande Verksamhets work in the community of Rosengård, Malmö. Supervisor: Jan Magnusson The purpose of this study was to examine if the work done by the professional workers of Fritids- och Förebyggande Verksamhet in Rosengård could be considered as a form of empowerment. Fu

Since January 1st, 2008, there is a law in Sweden prescribing that all municipalities must be able to offer youths under 21 years of age mediation in case of crime. When mediating, two different kinds of mediators are used, one being a professional mediator and the other one a layman mediator. The purpose of my essay has been to examine how two rather small municipalities use laymen mediators and

Summary: The purpose of school essay is to investigate the outlook of Staffanstorp´s youth in private finances. Our target groups are all 9 graders who attend at the three different municipal schools in Staffanstorp´s nine-year compulsory school. In our empirical study have we used both qualitative and quantitative strategies for the reason that they complement one another and seize the subject fi

In this essay my intention has been to investigate the introductional efforts provided for newly arrived immigrants and whether these efforts have an integrating effect. To work this out I have taken use of the theory about social inclusion/exclusion and also by interviewing six persons who are professionally experienced in these particular matters. I also explain the very concept of integration a

This essay examines the meeting and the conversation that takes place between the minister and the next of kin to prepare the funeral. The main purpose of this essay is to examine and analyse this meeting and conversation from the minister’s perspective. The main questions in the essay focus on different themes, purposes of this meeting and the relationship between the minister and the next of kin

Abstract Author: Ellen Andåker Title: Living with anorexia - a qualitative study on how anorexics experience their lives. Supervisor: Anders Giertz The aim of this study was to create an understanding for how it is to live with the disease anorexia nervosa and how the anorexics feel about their living conditions within the areas family, employment, health and social life is affected by the disease

The aim of this essay has been to se if creative activity can be used in social work, and if so how? Our main question has been if creative activity can effect a persons wellbeing. We did this by interviewing the staff on places where they use this kind of workmodel. We did six interviews. The theories we chose to use were cognitive theory and salutogenes. We found out that creative activity can b

The purpose of this essay was to shed some light on client’s experiences of meetings with a social worker in a social office. More specifically the aim was set to link together details in the clients stories with theories regarding micro power. To gather information a number of interviews were made. Included in the essay are four people’s different stories about meetings with social workers. One o

Since we came across many negative opinions regarded BBIC as a working model, the question: how this model influences the work satisfaction of the social workers who work with children and youth inquiries, was aroused. Our questions concerned work satisfaction and social workers ideals regarded their work. Our study is a qualitative study of social workers who work with children and youth inquiri

The purpose of this essay was to explore the meaning of interculturality and intercultural competence and its importance in social work. In Malmö there are currently over 285 000 citizens representing 170 different nationalities speaking over a hundred different languages. Is this diversity being exploited within the social services in Malmö, and if so in what ways? Our empirical material is based

The purpose of this study was to examine which perceptions the nursing staffs in the elderly care has about leadership styles, the leader's position in the organization and the leader's competence. I chose this subject because there have been major changes in the welfare sector that have affected the organization, leadership and the direct care work. My quantitative study was carried out u

Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie var att undersöka hur personer med olika fysiska besvär upplever effekten av den ergonomiska anpassningen av sin kontorsmiljö, samt om och hur det har påverkat arbetet men också aktiviteter utanför arbetet. Studien är en uppföljning av interventioner som tidigare genomförts av en arbetsterapeut. Åtta undersökningspersoner med arbete vid datorer har medverkat. Sa

Occupational balance is a complex phenomenon with a number of different definitions. In this study, which purpose was to investigate how working occupational therapists describe and experience occupational balance, eight occupational therapists participated. The study had a qualitative approach including focus group interviews as a method. As the method of analysis qualitative content analysis wit