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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze a PPP in regards to shared val-ue and organizational effects. Methodology: A deductive, qualitative, case study approach is used to explore the answer to the research question. Data is collected from a single case, through eight semi-structured in-terviews and a survey. Theoretical frame of reference: An integrated model, based on a lit

Context. With the goal to accurately map about a billion of the Milky Way stars, the astrometric satellite Gaia was launched in December 2013. Its high precision and sensitivity will lead to better understanding of the Galactic structure and evolution. Also, it will be possible to probe the matter distribution in the Galaxy. Aims. To study how well the Galactic matter distribution can be determin

Möjligheterna och friheten att styra över sitt arbete i form av tid och rum kan uppfattas som lockande och positiva. Det gränslösa arbetet har också en annan sida, svårigheterna att själv avgöra när, var och hur mycket som ska arbetas. Denna studie syftar till att bättre förstå hur unga akademiker som arbetar inom ett arbete som kan definieras som gränslöst, uppfattar sitt gränslösa arbete. I stud

Med en genusteoretisk utgångspunkt kring genussystem, politisk organisering och backlash undersöker denna uppsats hur European Women's Lobby har bedrivit sin kampanj inför Europaparlamentsvalet 2014, en kampanj med syfte att förändra och förbättra jämställdhetspolitiken inom den Europeiska Unionens institutioner. Kombinationen av hermeneutisk och narrativ metod har fungerat som ett verktyg i a

Energy security and climate change are prime political concerns in the European Union. The main instrument to combat climate change through reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU is the EUETS, a cap and trade system. This thesis investigates in a case study the question of how the EUETS potentially impacts European energy security. In order to analyze potential impacts, this study operational

Today's fishery policies and development strategies form a global wave of enclosures. They displace small-scale fisher peoples and fishing communities from the fisheries and localities their livelihoods and cultures depend upon. With a case study at Lake Victoria Uganda this thesis investigates the role of capitalist rationales in this development. Theories on socio-cultural processes behind e

In this qualitative study the author examines the United Nations security council and its possibilities to reform, with help of George Tsebelis theory regarding veto players. The application of the veto player theory gives the ability to measure the policystability, the extent of ability to change policy, when adding more players to a political institution. The study is based on the United Nations

To defend a market, the acting firms need defence strategies. The eight Arctic States have all published their own national strategic document for the Arctic region. In the Strategies they describe how they will act in this Arctic market. The Arctic is an area undergoing a change. With the last decades of melting ices as a result of the increased global warming, the Arctic is a more available regi

This thesis investigate the European Union’s ’Global Approach to Migration and Mobility (GAMM) in the Mediterranean Sea. The core of GAMM is it to create partnerships with the countries of the southern Mediterranean Sea for the purpose of a secure environment for regular migration and mobility. This thesis analyse the core ideas of security in GAMM through a comparison of ideal types of national s

Current research shows that the number of workless people living in social housing is disproportionately high in comparison to other housing tenures. The aim of the Thesis is to examine the pathways into work available to social housing tenants, to better understand the phenomena of worklessness. Our object of study is that of residents within a social housing neighbourhood in Pennywell. A case st

Idag innebär julen nya utmaningar för de som vill fira med nära och kära. 82-åriga Berit Christiansson har upplevt en jul där allt gjordes från grunden och alla var samlade runt bordet. Paulo Marques bor 240 mil från sitt hemland och firar jul med sin familj via en dator. Möt två människor som får julen att fungera på helt olika sätt.

Authors: Ewin Ates & Lovisa Meeuwisse Title: “The new exclusion of youth – A qualitative study of a local project with the purpose of helping unemployed youth towards occupation and inclusion.” Supervisor: Norma Montesino This essay describes the situation of the national and global problem of youth unemployment, and furthermore it investigates how a selected local youth unemployment projec

This bachelor thesis is a qualitative study that builds on five afghan immigrants’ experiences of national belonging after living in Sweden for many years. The primary focus of this thesis has been to study what purpose place and belonging has in identity making. It problematizes that national territory is a big part of our identity making and our sense of belonging, especially when it comes to re

Sociala medier har blivit en del av vardagen för många människor. Släkt och familj kan hålla kontakt med varandra via Facebook, tidigare klasskamrater och kollegor är i kontakt via LinkedIn, vänner kan dela länkar på roliga filmer på Youtube och dela vad gör via bilder på Instagram. Sociala medier är en del av social computing, vilket är en kombination av datavetenskap och beteendevetenskap. Socia

The aim of this paper was to understand how adolescent girls’ approach towards sex and relationships is constructed in FRIDA, a Swedish magazine for teen girls, through a gender perspective. Furthermore the aim was also to identify how FRIDA categorizes boys and girls, and how it reproduces heteronormativity. The method used was discourse analysis, and the selection of material was all the article

Värdegrundsfrågor och allmänhetens uppfattning om ett företag och dess rykte är idag viktigare än någonsin för att bedriva en konkurrenskraftig verksamhet. Det är därför mycket viktigt för företag och organisationer att utåt visa upp en sund värdegrund och framstå som ett trovärdigt och tryggt alternativ. Denna studies syfte är att förstå och beskriva de processer som skapar och förmedlar den stud

The aim of this study was to illustrate how the counselors who work in health care themselves talked about their professional role. We wanted to highlight what the counselors describe as central factors in their creation of the professional role. Our chosen method was qualitative discourse analysis through interviews. We have interviewed eight counselors in health care; four from physical illnesse