Aktionsforskning är samlingsnamnet för en palett forskningsansatser där det som förenar är kombinationen av en forskningsstrategi och en förändringsstrategi samt två involverade parter, nämligen forskare och praktiker. Denna studie är en översikt över aktionsforskning som tar sin utgångspunkt i nutid. Studiens syfte är att undersöka och problematisera den moderna aktionsforskningens praktik och te

In this dissertation I take a closer look upon the theory of Democratic Peace. In what theoretical context is Democratic Peace analyzed and what kind of explanations are in use when democratic peace is being discussed? From this starting point, the mechanism that produces stable peace between liberal democracies is primarily concluded as an important feature in the analysis. This mechanism is disc

Title: Evaluating packaging logistics performance at IKEA for improvements in product and packaging development Authors: Håkan Dahlborg and Carina Johnsson Supervisors: Jenny Klevås ? Division of Packaging Logistics, Department of Design Sciences, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund Caroline Bramklev ? Division of Packaging Logistics, Department of Design Sciences, Lund Institute of Technolog

Studien syftar till att försöka finna de uppfattningar som låg- och mellanstadielärare uppvisar i samband med läxan som fenomen. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerade intervjuer. Intervjuerna har analyserats utifrån Hellstens (1997) sju konnotationer av begreppet läxan. Dessa är förberedelse, tidstruktur, kontroll och styrning, kärlek och omsorg, identitet och status, gemensk

Inom Polismyndigheten i Skåne pågår ett Förändra-program, vilket går ut på att medarbetare som av olika skäl vill byta arbete har möjligheten att göra det med stöd i detta program. Deltagarna ska även få en djupare insikt om sina och andras behov och värderingar. Programmet pågår under ett år och innehåller ett flertal internat, med inriktning på individen, ett mentorskap, samt arbete på olika pra

This is an empiric, qualitative, case study of cooperation between two public organizations in Ystad, Sweden (Försäkringskassan and Ystad kommun). The aim of the study is to illuminate why they cooperate and what happen with the idea to cooperate and the organizations when they do. The theoretical tools used are influenced by institutional theory. A translationmodel is used to illustrate what the

När man bakar ett surdegs bröd är det viktigt att hålla degens egenskaper konstanta så att de inte ändras från dag till dag. Detta går att underlätta genom att använda sig av en starterkultur. Beroende på vilken kultur man använder sig av får degen dess unika egenskaper. Man kan till exempel använda sig av en bakteriocinproducerande bakteriekultur som stabiliserar degen.I detta examensarbete försö

The main purpose of this study is to clarify the underlying reasons as to why people choose to travel by car or taxi, and to do so by using people´s choice of transportation to and from Arlanda Airport as an example. Furthermore it is also in our interest to see what changes are needed to make more travellers use the available public transportation. Because of the increasing pollution rate from t

This study looks at how an Indian voluntary organization, the Punjab-based Guru Nanak Trust, is influenced by its supporters in the Sikh Diaspora. Guiding arguments from studies on Diaspora-Homeland relations were used to examine whether the Trust's linkages with the globally dispersed Punjabi community are getting stronger or weaker and what further opportunities there are for the Trust to in

This study develops a theory for the formation of Radical Right Populist (RRP) identities based on the theory of Social Constructivism. The identity construction theory thus proposes that three components must exist in order for RRP identities to be formed. Here, RRP identities are formed during the simultaneous actions of a top ? down and a bottom ? up process of identity formation, and once a RR

Bakgrund: Sedan sjuttiotalet vet man att studenter har olika inriktningar i sitt lärande då Marton m.fl. presenterade begreppen yt- och djupinlärning. Under nittiotalet har man belyst detta ytterligare och man har belagt en del faktorer som påverkar lärandets inriktning. Lärares erfarenheter av utbildning är inte lika väl belysta. Lärare och utbildningsledning påverkar och bedriver utformningen oc

This thesis aims to examine the possibility of understanding social change by using new institutionalism approaches on a specific case, The case, which describes the implementation of new public management reform in the Swedish health care system, is analysed from two separate new institutionalism perspectives; the tool perspective and the symbol perspective. These approaches differ from one anot

Neoconservatism developed in the context of liberal anti-communism from the 1940s. The key intellectuals of this early period of neoconservatism, centred around Irving Kristol, occupied themselves with issues such as the threat of communism, anti-Americanism at home, adversary culture and the problems of social engineering. However, by the mid 1990s as the end of the Cold War removed their main fo

Micro credit has become a popular tool in the fight against poverty. All over the world, economists and practitioners have adopted the topicality. At the same time, an increased awareness of the situation of women is noticeable. In particular, marginalized women are discussed since they face poverty, illiteracy, low caste/casteless and gender gap. In the Indian South-eastern state of Tamil Nadu,

In this bachelor thesis my main purpose is to examine the ethical legitimacy of economic sanctions, by assessing the humanitarian consequences this type of actions create. I will do this by a closer examination of the two historic cases of South Africa and Haiti. The humanitarian consequences will then be measured against my chosen theories, to help answer my main questions. The theories I have be

The purpose of this study is to analyse the discourse on political exclusion in the official report Demokratiutredningen. It has been my ambition to relate the analysis of the report to a critical academic discourse on political exclusion and thereby make visible hidden norms and structures which functions to exclude certain individuals and groups from political participation. My paper point out

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Unemployment is an arousing problem in many parts of the world. That is why exploring this area is so important nowadays. This study takes a closer look at the influence that organisations, that is previous or future employers, can have on the process of unemployment. Time dimension and cultural differences are the aspects that were taken into account. The participants were divided into three grou

This thesis deals with the documentation of non-prioritised material during archaeological fieldwork. The main questions are whether there is a difference in the documentation of the non- prioritised material, between rescue archaeology and research archaeology and what the reasons for such a difference may be related to. Furthermore, the thesis deals with what arch-aeologists write say and do abo

Anorexia nervosa is a psychosomatic eating disorder that involves self starvation and fear of gaining weight. Our purpose was to study the methods of treatment available and the function of them. Another part of the purpose was to find out what kind of goals the treatment has and if an anorectic person can be cured. To understand the methods of treatment we also wanted to find out what the causes