On the 8Th of December 2010 the decision was made in Nacka cultural committee, to outsource all six public libraries of the municipality. The decision is unique in Swedish library history and resulted in an intense debate that took place on several forums. This master’s thesis concerns the contemporary debate on privatization of public libraries. The aim is to analyse the debate in the light of

Background: A major challenge of today is to protect the marine ecosystem from a total collapse. Overfishing, illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, climate change in the sea, coral bleaching, ocean acidification, marine pollution impacts of coastal development, exotic and invasive species and last but not least all the cumulative impacts, are just some of the factors degrading our marine en

Författare: Jessica Blom Larsson Handledare: Fredrik Schoug Examinator: Fredrik Miegel Titel: Mediebilden av den utsatta familjen Avdelning: Enheten för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, Lunds universitet. Mål och syfte: Uppsatsens huvudsyfte är att undersöka vad pressen förmedlar för bild av den svenska familjehemsvården och dess aktörer. Målet är den resonerande konklusionen där jag argument

Denna studie syftade till att undersöka vilka aktivitetsbegränsningar som eventuellt finns hos vuxna med diagnosen ADHD. Fem individer med diagnosen ADHD ingick i studien, där en kvalitativ metod användes. Datainsamlingen genomfördes i ADHD- verksamhetens lokaler. Frågorna i intervjuerna inspirerades av instrumentet Adolescent/adult Sensory Profile. Instrumentets frågor är kopplade till sensorrike

Syftet med studien var att undersöka betydelsen av individuell bildterapi för personer med psykisk ohälsa ledd av arbetsterapeut med bildterapeutisk vidareutbildning. En kvalitativ ansats användes för att besvara syftet där en semistrukturerad intervjuguide användes. Åtta kvinnor intervjuades. Metoden innehållsanalys användes för att analysera insamlad data och resulterade i fem huvudrubriker och

Aktiviteter ökar hälsa, välbefinnande och livskvalitet. En tredjedel av Sveriges befolkning har på något sätt kontakt med hästar och det fortsätter öka. Syftet med studien var att undersöka fem hästägares aktivitetsrepertoar samt upplevelsen av att ha häst som fritidsaktivitet. För att besvara syftet användes en kvalitativ och kvantitativ ansats. Metoderna som användes var en återberättande dagbok

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Kolcykeln är enkelt uttryckt den globala balansräkningen av kolets (C) förflyttning genom olika sfärer såsom mellan atmosfären och biosfären, således är kolcykeln av stor betydelse för mänsklighetens existens. Exempelvis har atmosfäriska koncentrationer av koldioxid (CO2) och metan (CH4) ökat de senaste 200 hundra åren på grund av mänskliga aktiviteter (till stoCarbon is central to our existence. It plays a fundamental role in the carbon cycle. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) have been increasing for about two centuries as a result of human activities. The need to understand how carbon cycles through the Earth-system is important for a variety of reasons, but mainly in order to assess the effects of these rising green

This thesis aims to test firm specific factors that determine the capital structure of companies on the Stockholm stock exchange. The results will be compared with the results of earlier studies from USA and Switzerland. Furthermore, we will conclude if these firm specific factors have changed over time. The theories explained and used in this thesis are the Modigliani Miller model, Trade-Off theo

Development, where agriculture is a central component, is today often related to different aspects of sustainability. Sustainable development is argued to be most effective when implemented on a local level where non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are usually active agents. The implementation of sustainable practices, such as sustainable agriculture, could hence be argued to depend upon the eff

The aim and purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between archives and cultural tourism and how people within the Swedish archives sector relate to this. Specifically, the aim is trying to find out if and how the selected archives are using (cultural)tourism and for example marketing to attract new visitors to their institutions. But also to see if it is so that the archives and th

China’s surging OFDI has been a prominent phenomenon since the start of 20th century. As China’s economic growth is widely received as following a unique path, a question arises immediately---does Chinese outward investment also follows a distinctive pattern which can only be explained by special theori¬es? This paper analyzes the determinants of Chinese OFDI by adopting Random Effects FGLS estima

Parents have the primary responsibility to create a safe environment for their children. The family is of great importance, both as a basic social unit, but also for the individual child's development. In cases where the parents for various reasons are unable to care for their children and the family environment may be even harmful to the child, it is society's role to take over parental r

The purpose of this essay is to present the conclusions and recommendations in the Goldstone report that were given to the state of Israel, as well as presenting the state of Israel’s response and presented investigations against the allegations. Along with that, a presentation of Amnesty International’s updated assessment will be given along with its criticism towards the state of Israel due to t

Several institutions regulating gender seem to overlook and even violate rights and needs for those living outside society’s norms about gender and sexuality. The council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, amongst others, reports about violations of transgender persons’ right to life, health and physical integrity. This essay connects the situation of transgender persons to the fact that t

The Human Rights-Based Approach is an approach on development programming designed by the UN. It brings together all human rights principles recognized in our modern history eventuating in a normative framework. This framework is huge, containing complex concepts that each can be read in multiple ways. The result from this is a mess – talking a lot without saying much. Somewhere among all the fanc

The research done by sociologists of religion shows that Sweden is one of the most secularized countries in the world. In this essay I discuss what consequences this could have on the administration of those cases where religion is part of the reasons for seeking asylum. I analyse five cases in which the refugees have converted in Sweden and gave this as a reason for seeking asylum. I find that th

Syftet med denna studie var att med hjälp av suppliker och resolutioner undersöka vilken legitimitet som den danska ockupationsmakten hade hos den skånska allmogen under kriget i Skåne 1676-1679. Viktiga teorier för att besvara denna fråga har varit Jan Gletes teori om att staten producerade beskydd för att detta efterfrågades av undersåtarna. Kopplat till det här är Barrington Moore jr. resoneman