Uppsatsen är en kvalitativ studie som syftar till att se vilka värden Europeiska Unionen vill bygga på och uppmärksamma kvinnors underrepresentation i politiken i EU, och utifrån det diskutera betydelsen av social representation för att inkludera kvinnor. Vidare att se till för- och nackdelar med strategier som betonar individen eller gruppen. Uppsatsen utgår från kritisk, postmodern och feminist

Uppsatsen behandlar våldtäkt som krigföring och hur fenomenet kan förstås med ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Detta har vi gjort utifrån fallstudien som metod då vi har låtit en dom från the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), vilken behandlar en rad händelser i staden Foca, Bosnien-Hercegovina, stå som det huvudsakliga empiriska exemplet. I analysen utgår vi från de

The aim of this essay is to examine which help a group of women with eating disorders had from thier treatment in daycare in 2004. The aim is to examine how the women have experienced this treatment and how they live today. The central questions are: what was their life situation like before the treatment, what was their experience of the treatment, how could the treatment have been better and how

The aim of this essay was to describe and analyse the use of snuff as a social activity. By accomplishing eight qualitative interviews with snuff-users I wanted to get a glimpse into their relationship to the snuff and find out in which situations and frames of mind the snuff-use alter. I also wanted to find out if age, class or gender has any affect in snuff-using. The interviews were analysed in

An evaluation of the ecological status of 23 small water reservoirs in Burkina Faso was made in 2004 by IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement), Large dominance of cyanobacteria in some of the reservoirs was one of the signs of an imbalance in the ecology of the water (Cecchi et al. 2005). This led to a further investigation in 2005 and an assumption that the dominance of cyanobacteria w

This Minor Field Study aims to examine how small-scale farmers in Northeast Brazil experience the transition towards organic farming mainly in regard to economy and quality of life but also considering gender equality and national migration. The author finds that organic farming seems to create new meanings and discussion areas for the people involved. Organic farming may also be of relevance cons

Social interaktion och känslan av att tillhöra en gemenskap är viktiga faktorer för människans välmående. För en äldre person kan interaktionen med omgivningen försvåras genom till exempel rörelsehinder eller sjukdom. I denna studie undersöktes webbforum som ett komplement för seniorer, där intentionen var att underhålla kontakter i det sociala nätverket. Under en månad fick en grupp om fyra senio

In this paper respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) was examined in relation to two kinds of threatening pictures, biological and nonbiological. Based on the results of prior research the hypothesis was claimed to note a difference between the two types of pictures regarding RSA and gender differences regarding cardiac activity due to the emotional stimulus. ECG and respiration were collected from 36

The civil war in Sierra Leone was a very complicated conflict, both in its origin as well as in its realization. Many actors, along with the diamond trade, played vital parts in making the war carry on for a decade. In this paper I will try to clarify the relations between the actors and the diamonds, first and foremost the part the diamonds played in the conflicts start and continuation. I will a

We consider the meaning of leisure time for the human linguistic and cultural development of great meaning, in particular association with bilingual. We are both bilingual and have had the privilege to use and develop our knowledge likewise our experience during our education. The purpose with our school essay is to investigate what the youth tell us about their bilingual development outside Scho

This study examined if individuals act in a less discriminating way and in a more fair way when they receive instructions about justice and not being discriminating while recruiting. 96 randomly assigned students at the University of Lund participated in this study. The participants were informed that they would act as a recruiter. They would then choose and place three of the best personal record

The starting point DESIGN FOR ALL and the conception SMART ARCHITECTURE have been leading themes to the proposal MOVING IN PATTERNS. Smart architecture, in the sense to balance out individuals' diverse capabilities, has lead to a stimulating enviroment for all. The term ACCESS FOR ALL concerns everybody from disabled people to people of different ages and languages. The human aspect has been k

In every population there are groups of minorities. These minority groups are often underrepresented on the labour market. This led us to the question whether or not this under representation is connected to the absence of cultural appropriate pedagogy in the education. In this study the specific minority group in focus is Indigenous Australians. By looking at educational programs with the aim to

The aim of this master's thesis is to study how gender equity is discussed and worked with at a Swedish public library, and what potential consequences these discussions will bring. By analysing different types of documents and interviews with library staff using discourse psychological theories and methods we show that two dominating discourses coexist and determine the direction of how gende

Since Denmark's ?no? to the Maastricht treaty in 1992, public opinion and support for European Integration has been the subject of increasing study. Now that referendums play a greater role in the construction of the European Union, as demonstrated by the forthcoming ratification of the European Constitution, European leaders are finding it necessary to pay more attention to Eurosceptic factio

Existerar det en spänning mellan frihet och jämlikhet som omöjliggör att båda värdena kan realiseras fullt ut i ett samhälle? Kan ett samhälle vara fritt och jämlikt samtidigt eller måste ett av dessa värden ?offras? för att det andra ska kunna förverkligas? I denna artikel driver jag tesen att de är förenliga förutsatt att de tolkas på ett adekvat sätt...

Röstlikhet hos enäggstvillingar är ett relativt outforskat ämne inom fonetiken. De få studier som har gjorts har dock fastslagit att enäggstvillingar har väldigt lika röster. De flesta studier som gjorts har varit perceptoriska, dvs. de har testat huruvida skillnaden i enäggstvillingars röster är hörbar och i vilken utsträckning. Det faktum att man vet väldigt lite om ämnet gjorde att arbetet med

En person som stammar får ofta lära sig att tala långsamt, för att på så sätt minska sin stamning. Betyder det att hög talhastighet alltid försvårar stamningen? Och ökar i så fall stamningsgraden linjärt med talhastigheten?

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Denna studie går ut på att undersöka ifall det har skett någon förändring av vegetationen i Capriviregionen under åren 1992 till 1994. Caprivi är belägen i den nordöstra delen av Namibia och har sedan landet blev självständigt 1991 haft en kraftig befolkningsökning. När Unitagerillan drog sig tillbaka från området blev det säkrare för lokalbefolkningen att finnaThe Caprivi area, situated in the north-eastern part of Namibia, Africa, has experienced a high population increase during the latest ten years. Studies have shown that the vegetation has been influenced as the woodlands, that provide the population with timber and charcoal, have been cut down. Also, the fires have increased in the area, as the people need to cultivate the land in a higher degree.

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Detta arbete har utförts tillsammans med FOA 3 i Linköping som en undersökning av molntextur och molnklotter i flygbilder som registrerar värmestrålning. I dessa sammanhang betyder klotter en slags spräcklighet i bilden, eller att det inte går att se några mönster och strukturer i den. Bakgrunden till arbetet är att Försvarsmakten ville ha en kamera som kunde uTexture based descriptions of images is of an increasing importance since the demands of a correct analysis, description and understanding of fine structures are growing. This work reviews some examples of different methods from the litterature of analysing cloud clutter in thermal infrared images registred with an IR-OTIS. It also examines a set of actual images registred over an area of southeas