Den här uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka hur genus framställs i böckerna om Svarta Hingsten. Detta är baserat på Michael Kimmels teorier om maskulinitet och Judith Butlers teorier kring genus som performativ handling . Genom att använda mig av dessa teorier hoppas jag kunna urskilja hur genus förmedlas utifrån det urval av böckerna jag använder mig av. Fokus ligger främst på hur det maskulina g

The aim of the study was to explore the psychological well-being of a group of adolescents in relation to how they regarded achieving in school, in a gender perspective. Twenty semi-structured interviews were conducted with students aged 17-19 at a high-achieving school in a big city in Sweden. The interviews were analyzed thematically and the results showed that the adolescents acted differently

The social-liberalist definition of citizenship is used in the interviews as the official definition to interpret the personal experiences and positions of immigrant women regarding the status of their citizenship. Feminist critiques argued against the social-liberal definition of citizenship, as it constitutes norms that exclude other groups from achieving their full status of citizenship. It has

Uppsatsen behandlar deltidsarbetets betydelse för en ojämställd arbetsdelning.Genom samtalsintervjuer med offentliga aktörer, så som politiker och företrädare för arbetsgivarsidan, har de samband respoendenterna ser mellan deltidsarbete och arbetsdelning kartlagts. Samtliga identifierar deltidsfrågan som en av arbetsmarknadens viktigaste. Respondenterna ser samband mellan deltid och obetalt hemarb

I denna uppsats jämförs två nusvenska översättningar från latinet av några kapitel i heliga Birgittas uppenbarelser, bok VII. De svenska översättningar som jämförs är Tryggve Lundéns, tryckt 1958, och Alf Härdelins från 2003. Finns det olikheter i översättningarna och hur skiljer sig i så fall de båda översättningarna från varandra? Vad har en ny översättning tillfört? Analysen av de två översätt

The aim of this thesis has been to achieve a deeper understanding of how librarians provide adult readers with individually adapted readers´ advisory in public libraries. The focus within this context, has been to find an answer to how the librarians understand what appeal factors the readers are attracted to and what kind of reading experience the readers are looking for to be able to match book

The aim of this study was to examine mental illness among adolescents in the age group 13- 18 in the municipality of Lund. We studied the topic based on counselors experiences. There have been several reports in media concerning an increase of mental illness among youth. Therefore we considered this as an interesting issue to examine. This study consists of seven qualitative interviews and one tel

Organising knowledge in a corporate environment : a case study at the development departments of Ecophon AB The purpose of this master's thesis is to investigate how three development departments of a technical firm could organise their collection of documents and information resources to improve their management of information. Three sets of questions have been posed: 1) How does the target

The aim of this Master's thesis is to investigate the importance of subject expertise for academic librarians in Skåne. Virtually all librarians in Sweden have studied other subjects besides library and information science (LIS) before becoming librarians, and in this thesis we ask what happens to this expertise. How many librarians can be said to have a good background in the subjects they ar

The current study examines the effects of a computerised Working Memory (WM) intervention in elementary school children when training in groups of various sizes. It further examines the effects of noise during the performance of WM tasks. The children included were 7 - 9 years old and were randomly assigned to control and training groups based on Raven's scores. Results showed an improvement o

I denna uppsats så tar vi upp frågan om individuell lönesättning för domare. Detta blev nyligen implementerat för Sveriges domare på initiativ av Domstolsverket. Frågan blev en konflikt då domarna ansåg att det var ett hot mot deras självständighet i den dömande verksamheten då individuell lönesättning skulle kunna vara ett verktyg för styrning. Vi har intervjuat domare och Domstolsverket och vi h

There has recently been an increased interest among academic scholars on the importance of elections as a promoter for democratic change in semi-democratic contexts. This thesis positions itself somewhat on the side of this debate asking; when do elections in electoral authoritarian regimes result in democratic consequences? Recognising that elections can be as well a tool for democratic empo

Denna uppsats utreder hur Sydsvenskan, Svenska Dagbladet och Aftonbladet mellan den 1 januari 2007 och den 31 december 2007 i sammanlagt 152 artiklar framställde problematiken kring fildelning. Utredningen görs genom att lyfta fram de motsättningar som finns i medierapporteringen av fildelning. En kvantitativ innehållsanalys utgör grunden för den kvalitativa studien. I den kvalitativa analysen an

Volvo Motor AB i Skövde tillverkar motorer till Volvos personbilar. Tillverkningen av motorerna är till stora delar automatiserad. Den planerade produktionsökningen kräver att monteringsfabrikens kapacitet ökas från 370 000 till 450 000 stycken motorer per år, vilket dagens monteringssystem inte klarar av. Dagens monteringssystem för yttre komponenter är uppdelad i ett antal monteringsmoduler. Ta

Frigoscandia Freezer AB have seen themselves as an entrepreneur company for a long time, but have lately begun to realise that they have to go against a more administrative era. With that insight they have begun to examine their enterprise in order to achieve this. The division Team Spare Parts has started a project with the intention of checking-up the inventory management, and improving it for t

Ovako Ajax me, in York, South Carolina, USA manufactures seamless steel rings. The rings are made from blocks, which are heated, pressed, punched and then rolled to desired size and shape. Due to tougher competition on the seamless steel ring market, it is necessary to know the total production time for an order of specific rings, in order to be able to price the rings correctly and plan the prod

In order to suggest improvements for the logistics of STARKA, we felt that we had to analyze all the activities which were related to STARKA's logistic processes. Our primary analysis consisted of a rough but comprehensive description of different functions in the company, and the relationship between them. This was performed by following a typical order through the company to see which functi

Föreliggande rapport syftar till att utreda om det är ekonomiskt möjligt och miljömässigt intressant att införa ett retursystem för lastbärare till arkade produkter hos MoDo Paper Silverdalen. Bakgrunden är att MoDo Paper Silverdalen vill minska skadefrekvensen och öka staplingsbarheten under transport, genom att införa ett returemballage. Ett retursystem skulle också gynna företagets miljöframton

Government regulations and customs duties restrict the import of trucks to some of the markets to which Scania tries to sell their trucks. The distribution problem due to these regulations is solved by the foreign assembly department, KD, at Scania. This means that competence is needed and costs are added not related to Scania's core operations. The aim of this master thesis has been to analy

Purpose: The purpose of this project is to contribute to the development and implementation of an improved packaging solution to Tetra Pak parts that provides a higher customer value with the ultimate goal to strengthen the Tetra Pak brand. Objectives: To evaluate a number of packaging solutions of corrugated board to a limited number of Tetra Pak unique Carton parts and produce recommendations r