I have chosen in my Bachelor thesis to analyze how the two American TV-series, 24 (2001-2010) and Homeland (2011-), examine and explain terrorism and other aspects of the “War on Terror.” They were both created after the attacks on September 11th, 2001 and therefore affected by the political situation in the country. With the help of Noam Chomsky and his propaganda model I wish to find out what ki

This thesis aims to track the development of CSR and sustainability reporting in the airline industry. The emphasis is set only on the reporting practices and not on the companies’ CSR and sustainability activities per se. To analyse the development, a qualitative content analysis with a longitudinal-comparative research design was adopted. This thesis uses an inductive approach, discussing potent

The aim of our study was to investigate whether the definition and perception of collaboration is linked to which organization you belong to and to study additional variables that can be the cause for definition or perception differences. The survey was conducted in four public sectors in Höganäs municipality using quantitative method with qualitative elements. The results of the study showed that

Purpose/Aim: The aim of this thesis is to examine problem representations of immigrant women who, according to Swedish governmental documents, are not engaged in wage labour. Material/Method: The material consists of a Government Directive, a preliminary Swedish Government Official Report and two press releases by the Ministry of Employment, all related to the issue. The method of analysis is a d

En stor andel av dagens elektriska maskiner använder så kallade laminatbaserade magnetiska flödesledare. Denna metod begränsar i stor utsträckning utformningen av dessa flödesledare. Konstruktionen resulterar också i relativt stora effekt-förluster. Avdelningen för Industriell Produktion driver därför i samarbete med Magnetic Components Sweden AB (MagComp) ett projekt där dessa laminerade flödesle

Abstract: The controversial issue of ‘missing girls’ has been a cause of concern since the time of the British rule in India. Most research studies pointed towards a demographic pattern of its occurrence, the Northwestern plains of India saw an alarming scarcity of girl children. Since then many studies focused at examining the economic and socio-cultural factors motivating the missing girl phenom

The aim of this study was to elucidate and analyse the debate on surrogate motherhood that has been held in Sweden for the last ten years (2003-2013) and furthermore to see how and to what extent the arguments that were used in the debate, also were found on a national policy level. The method that was used for this was discourse analysis. The empirical data were based on debate articles and edito

This thesis aims to present the mental constructions behind the zero tolerance against graffiti in Stockholm. By constructing two different frames, those in favor for the zero tolerance and those against, the representation of concepts and mental constructions are exposed. The zero tolerance policy will be investigated by the method of Carrol Bacchi’s “What’s the problem represented to be?” and th

Abstract Föreliggande uppsats syftar till att undersöka och söka förklara den kvinnliga underrepresentationen i tjugofem fullvärdiga demokratier. Som teoretiskt ramverk och utgångspunkt används religion och valsystem. Efter en teorigenomgång och förklaring av huvudbegreppens betydelse presenteras forskning som tidigare använts för att förklara kvinnlig underrepresentation inom politiken. Forskning

Konflikterna som bröt ut i den Demokratiska Republiken Kongo mellan åren 1996 - 2003 anses vara det blodigaste kriget sedan andra världskriget. Landet har präglats av etniska motsättningar, övergrepp och krig vilket har lett till externa aktörers ingripande. I fallstudien har vi studerat hur FN:s arbete sett ut, urskilt med hänsyn till två teorier vilka faktorer som påverkat FN:s operationer negat

Uppsatsen undersöker i vilken utsträckning utvecklingsbiståndet kan sägas vara ett utrikespolitiskt verktyg i länders utrikespolitik för att främja sina egna nationella intressen. Vi har närmare granskat brasilianskt och amerikanskt biståndspolitik, för att ta reda på om man kan se samma tendenser i biståndsanvändandet hos de två länderna, som har olika erfarenhet av biståndsgivande. USA represent

Globalization has brought numerous benefits to the world economy in general. On the one hand, it has contributed by giving opportunities and improving the quality of life of many people. It has also boosted some local markets in developing countries by giving local people employment as well as increasing their GDP, due to the fact that a vast amount of natural resources are found there. From the “

Uppsatsen behandlar det lojalistiska konfliktmönstret under den nordirländska interna konflikten 1969-1998 genom att undersöka hur och diskutera varför det lojalistiska konflikmönstret avviker från det samtida republikanska konfliktmönstret. Uppsatsen gör detta med utgångspunkt i en längre redogörelse för den historiska bakgrunden till konflikten 1969-1998, en genomgång av konflikten och den param

Denna studie avser att undersöka vilket mått, resultat eller operationellt kassaflöde, som bäst förklarar ett företags aktiekursutveckling samt hur denna förklaringsgrad förändras då tidsintervallen ökar. Studien omfattar 90 svenska bolag noterade på OMX Stockholm över tidsperioden 1997-2012. Undersökningen finner att operationellt kassaflöde förklarar variansen i aktieavkastning på Stockholmsbörs

The critics about poor performance of NGOs over the last two decades focuses on their inclination towards ‘big D’ development – project based intentional activity in health, education and water which has little intention to challenge existing power relation and social structures - and underlined the loss of transformatory edge of participation. Critics further urged NGOs to realign their orientati

The concept of business model offers several views on what it means and how it serves to enhance value capture, creation and delivery of an organization. However an organization which have experienced continuous growth, fails to realize the necessity for change. Moreover when the “wake up” call for change occurs, some factors, as the authors identify as inhibitors, severely hinders the urge to mov

Catalonia is a nation with it's own language, its own culture, own policy and own history it is said. A non-independent nation that is living it's ordinary life flagging its banal symbols as if it al ready was an independent state. Some catalanistas assert that this kind of weirdness could be the death row for Catalonia and its future as in independent nation of its own. They state that it

Riskkapitalindustrin har utvecklats och vuxit enormt under de senaste decennierna. Framgångar inom branschen har lett till stora vinster för ägare och investerare. Ett vanligt upplägg är att de aktiva ägarna av en riskkapitalfond erhåller en fast förvaltaravgift tillsammans med en eventuell andel av vinsten, s.k. carried interest. Carried interest har traditionellt beskattats som kapitalinkomst iThe private equity industry has gone through a period of staggering growth and development during the last few decades. Successes from these funds have resulted in large profits for owners and investors. A common compensatory feature in the industry allows the active owners of the funds to acquire a fixed management fee along with the possibility of a share of profits; the latter is called a ”carr

I den här uppsatsen används queerteori och ett normkritiskt perspektiv för att undersöka hur heteronormen skapas och upprätthålls. För att synliggöra normen, och skapa en bild av hur den upplevs av de som bryter mot den, intervjuas fem unga hbtq-personer. Som bakgrund används en beskrivning av den historiska kontext de är uppvuxna i. Tillsammans med några relevanta begrepp ur queerteorin skapar in

A machine for magnetizing permanent magnets is under development at LTH. The idea of the machine is to affect only small pieces of a magnet at the time to obtain magnets with an arbitrary flux density, of course with respect to the magnetic material. The final machine is supposed to work in a closed loop fashion. Every part of the magnet is magnetized, measured and magnetized again with a flux den