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Detta magisterarbete grundar sig på en översättning av Le droit contre l’esclavage au Niger (2003), en artikel skriven av den franske historikern och antropologen Roger Botte. Artikeln behandlar det nutida slaveriet i Niger i Västafrika. Min uppsats består utöver översättningen av en textanalys om Bottes artikel, baserad på Hellspong & Ledins (1997) analysmodell. Analysen följs av överväganden

Bicycle traffic has a significant function for a sustainable society with good public health and environment. In order to increase the number of cyclists there is a need for a high overall standard in level of service as well as a keen attention to detail. For citizens to view the bicycle as an attractive means of transportation, cycle lanes must satisfy the cyclist’s desire for shorter travel tim

Information management in construction projects is all about communicate the information, to file the document to make it available and to verify that the information is correct. Improving the information management in a project and between different projects will reduce the problems and the costs of it. To succeed with the information management the chain of information must remain unbroken from

The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to develop an administration tool that will be used by a helpdesk in IKEA IT. The helpdesk members have a lot of responsibilities and have to perform various tasks on a daily basis, thus the goal is to develop an administration tool that has an interface which allows a helpdesk member to perform basic tasks without needing any prior education or experience of

The cross-border region of Øresund is one of the areas in Northern Europe where the largest concentration of highly educated people reside. Other authors argue that the integration process of the region has seemingly come to a halt due to a lack of interest from the inhabitants. This thesis argues that the young citizens of Øresund offers a shift in tendency towards the region and does so by takin

This paper presents a futures mechanism, as defined by Kurino (2009), allocating a set of indivisible and durable goods among a set of agents over multiple time periods. The mechanism is shown to satisfy individual rationality, Pareto efficiency and non-bossiness for allocation problems with or without endowments. The paper also shows that the mechanism does not satisfy strategy-proofness and pres

Morgondagens hållbarhetsproblem kräver ett kreativt förhållningssätt idag. Denna uppsats undersöker hur social mångfald skapar förutsättningar för att hantera miljömässig hållbarhet i framtiden. Jag utgår främst från social hållbarhet och intersektionalitet för att undersöka nationella strategier för jämställdhet och mångfald inom den svenska skogssektorn och se på hur dessa är relevanta och använThe sustainability problems of tomorrow require a creative approach today. This paper examines how social diversity offers opportunities for dealing with environmental sustainability in the future. It employs the approaches of social sustainability and intersectionality to examine the national strategies for equality and diversity within the Swedish forest sector and how these are relevant and use

Finansiell leasing är tillsammans med traditionella banklån och avbetalningsköp den vanligaste formen av extern finansiering för små- och medelstora företag i Sverige. Det är dessutom en finansieringsform som förväntas öka kraftigt i popularitet till följd av de kreditgivningsreformer som många banker tvingats genomföra efter finanskrisen 2009 samt den pågående euro- krisen. Trots detta saknas til

This master's thesis investigates both custom lossless compression and high-quality lossy compression of microscopy images of white blood cells produced by CellaVision's blood analysis systems. A number of different compression strategies have been developed and evaluated, all of which are taking advantage of the specific color filter array used in the sensor in the cameras in the analysis

The prevailing view on work excludes unpaid activities like care, individual or community work although they are crucial for economy and everyday life. Because the focus on paid work also leads to both social and environmental unsustainability, work has to be redefined. Cohousing evolved from the belief that through a collective organisation with a specific built and social environment, care work

The three objectives of this study were to evaluate the two instruments Forms of self-criticizing/attacking and self-reassuring scale (FSCRS) and Functions of self-criticizing/attacking scale (FSCS) psychometrically, to examine differences in mean scores between a clinical and non-clinical sample and to present the theoretical backgrounds for the forms. 170 students (M=20,75 SD=4,63) participated

Title: From class to competence – a discourse analysis of the construction of mental illness among youths Supervisor: Ulrika Levander Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort The aim of this study was to examine how mental illness among youths has been constructed as a social problem in Sweden. The empirical material was based upon twelve official documents published between 1990-1995 and 2007-2012 by state an

I uppsatsen behandlas frågan om friskrivnings- och garantiklausulers oskälighet med avseende på sex specifika friskrivnings- och garantiklausuler från ett förvärvsavtal som jag tagit del av. Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda hur dessa klausuler förhåller sig till gällande rätt om friskrivningars och garantiklausulers skälighet. Bedömningen av klausulernas skälighet sker individuellt, med 36 § a

The aim of this study was to examine whether there was any significance regarding of work experience, age and gender in the recruitment of newly graduated social workers, 24 of 30 communities in Scania, southern part of Sweden, which participated in our survey. To perform our study we used a combination of quantities and qualitative method consisting of an online web survey with closed and open –

The purpose of the study is to find out linkages between NGO’s accountability towards its bene-ficiaries and its financial independence. The paper is highly empirical and draws on the experi-ence gained from a case study of an NGO in Georgia. It provides the illustration of how the quali-ty of NGOs work (which primarily targets the beneficiary population) is damaged by financial dependency on dono

Abstract Authors: Cornelia Hultberg & Belma Jukovic Title: The minority law from 2010 – a study consisting the young Roma adults perceptions of the law. [Translated title] Supervisor: Helena Hansson Assesor: Anders Östnäs The purpose of this paper was to examine which perception some young adults with a Roma background in Sweden have about the minority law from 2010. The study was based on in

Exploration and understanding of how children are conceptualized as consumers through corporate branding in Western and Northern Europe. This research identifies the polarized debate aroung child consumerism and realizes not only brands but also families, politics and media play an important role in the developing consumption among children. This study gives a brander's perspective on the disp

Liner shipping, which provides transportation by ships operating on a regular schedule between specified ports in accordance with publicly available timetables of sailing dates, is now a mature industry. The various players which are part of the liner shipping industry, namely, ocean carriers, port operators, freight forwarders or consolidators, customs, hinterland haulage carriers, inland navigat