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This thesis comprises four articles and a summarizing text. The articles build on three sets of data regarding various aspects of the teaching profession. One objective is to illustrate and discuss what may make teaching appear to be a complex and intensive profession, as well as what conditions are necessary to make the relationship between teachers and pupils appear to be characterized by asymm

"You are part of something bigger... You work with life.": A study about social horticultural projects- gains, obstacles and possibilities. The public interest in gardening and horticulture is growing, in Sweden and internationally. Despite this, social horticultural projects still earned little attention in Swedish research. This paper aimed to examine social projects that use horticul

God information har samband med hög patientnöjdhet. Yngre patienter samt patienter som sökt på internet har visat sig vara mindre nöjda med vården på en akutmottagning. Tidigare studier visar att det finns brister i informationen till patienterna på akutmottagningar. Syftet var att undersöka om patienternas nöjdhet med information från sjuksköterskan hade ett samband med patienternas ålder och der

This study aims to create a deeper understanding of consumer attitudes regarding personalized marketing and companies collection and analysis of personal data. It also aims to contribute to a broader knowledge about the opportunities and challenges companies can face if consumer change their behavior if more control is given to them regarding their personal data. By working with relationship and p

This master's thesis examines the relationship between privatisation as a social change in Sweden and changes in social values. Theories of democratic values form the theoretical foundation of the thesis were it is concluded that freedom and equality are values closely linked to democracy. The importance of freedom and equality is, by method of text analysis, examined in the governmental repo

Review of a book on pietism in Sweden in the 1720s.

The article has become a classic in american rhetorical scholarship. It criticizes four major misconceptions about classical rhetoric often found in contemporary rhetorical scholarship. The misconceptions are traced to an incomplete and faulty understanding of Aristotle's rhetoric.

We are constantly reminded of the problem of evil. There are a number of models to cope with theodicy, but the problem with most of them is that, in different ways, they tend to legitimate evil and accuse the victims. In this article it is suggested that theodicy may serve as a hermeneutical key when reading often marginalised or misunderstood text belonging to the Jewish and Christian traditions.

This paper investigates the stories that unfold and are created after an excavation in 1990s in Sweden of a few Late Viking Age burials. The excavation is followed by excavation reports, articles and an exhibition that also showcases a reconstruction made of one of the buried persons. The analysis is made from three perspectives; from the archaeological, the museum and the municipality. It is demo

Recension av Ann Grönhammar: "Drömmen om Armenien. Armenier och svenskar under tusen år"The reviewer presents the content of the work of Ann Grönhammar on relations between Sweden and Armenia, beginning from cloudy – from the perspective of sources – times of Vikings who wandered as far as the Caucasus, through significantly better documented episodes from the 17th century, until the beginning of the 20th century. The reviewer indicates Polish threads, resulting from the existence of

History in films often reflects attitudes in contemporary society. Thus, films deals more with the time when it was produced rather then the historical time that it is set in. In Clio på bio, I discuss how american history have been "written" and "rewritten" in films due to changes in the american society from late 19th century to the early 21st century.