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uppsatsen handlar om relationen mellan den ideella och offentliga sektorn. Med Erik Blennbergers kategorisering av den ideella sektorns organisationer som utgångspunkt undersöks huruvida engagemang i avantgardeorganisationer varit ett sätt för kvinnor att påverka den svenska socialpolititkens utformning och välfärdsstatens gränser. I uppsatsen, som kan beskrivas som en litteraturstudie, beskrivs o
I denna studie har post-kolonial feministisk teori och kritisk globaliseringsteori använts för att analysera problemet med förändrade genderidentiteter till följd av globalisering i Vietnam. Trots de uppenbara ekonomiska fördelarna Vietnam som land vunnit sedan en öppnare policy så har stora sociala tillbakagångar registrerats. Genom att fokusera på unga kvinnor inom textilindustrin som en av de m
The aim and purpose of this study has been to examine how Swedish media portrays sick people and the discourses that are present doing that. I have used articles from Swedish newspapers, and to analyze this material I have used discourse analysis and the theory of social constructivism. I have used articles from several different publication years in order to enhance the quality of the material. I
Throughout the history of Sweden the work first concept can be found as a fundamental concept that has influenced social policy as well as labor market policy. The demand for quid pro quo has however varied over time. The purpose of this essay has been to examine whether the economic officers at Social Services work according to the work first concept in their contact with clients. The purpose has
The purpose of this Minor Field Study is to describe and analyse student participation through class and school councils as a way of increasing child rights at a school level and democracy at a national level. Class and school councils are new concepts in Zambia in the work towards the child’s right to participation as defined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child article 12. They were esta
The purpose of this study was to examine a few home care workers’ conception of their discretion connected to work-related health within the home care service. The study was based on semi-structured interviews with three home care workers from different areas of a common district in the south part of Sweden. The analyzed result was based on theories about control and research on health. Theoretica
The aim of our study was to examine how gay parenting is constructed in Swedish newspapers. To get a more thorough understanding of the contents of the eleven selected articles, we did a content analysis. To perform a good analysis, we chose to create themes and encode the texts. The selected articles were published between the years 2002 to 2004 when gay rights to adoption were raised. We conclud
Towards a New Eldercare? Middle managers reflections on how to create good service within homes for the elderly. [translated title] For the past twenty years there has been a governing trend of efficiency and privatization of the swedish elder care. These trends have put the elder cares very foundation, it’s purpose, in a tremble. Middle managers within the swedish elder care are struggling to
The aim of our study was to examine society‘s attitudes towards the causes of homelessness and to identify where the responsibility lies. We have compared the attitudes of men and women and also analysed our results from the perspective of stigma. We have conducted our study in a training facility using questionnaires. We have investigated what people believe is the reason why individuals become h
Interpersonal processes - A quantitative study of how staff within youth welfare perceives the importance of the relationship with the youth in the treatment You occasionally meet the opinion that treatment within institutional youth care doesn’t work out well, even though the intentions of the care provided by SiS (The National Board of Institutional Care in Sweden) are that it shall. If the met
This essay is a part of the Program for Social Work 210 p, Lund University. Our aim with this study was to explore how the interaction and services around children of mentally ill parents functions. Two of the main questions have been: How does the interaction work between social services, child and adolescent psychiatry, adult psychiatry and a support group for children and young people around ch
Klimatet står inför en stor förändring i framtiden. Växthusgaser från transport och industrier ökar i atmosfären vilket i sin tur leder till en ökad temperatur. Den ökande temperaturen samt den förändrade nederbörden ger negativa konsekvenser för naturen. Det vi ser idag är de allt mer frekventa naturkatastroferna; storm, översvämningar och torka som drabbar vår planet. Naturen kan ta skada av detThe climate of the world is changing. The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are rising because of human activities. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that makes the temperature rise. Besides the temperature and carbon dioxide rise, also the amount of precipitation is changing in the world. These big changes mostly affect the nature negatively and possible also the forest. A long term stu
The reasons for the lack of access to essential medicines are manifold, but in many cases the high price of drugs is a barrier to needed medicines. The unaffordable prices of drugs are often the result of strong intellectual property protection. This thesis lay out the conflicts between patent right protection and access to medicine as human right, especially the impact of TRIPS Agreement on the a
The aim with this study is to examine how family law secretaries relate to and practice law in the context of family mediation. Family mediation is a supporting measure provided by the family law office to separted parental couples in conflict concerning the custody, housing situation or the right of access to their mutual child. The study is based on data from interviews performed with family law
The aim of this study was to examine and get an insight how social workers in social service consider about the use of discretion in their role as a professional. The study was based on interviews with seven social workers from two different local authorities working with economic aid or other kind of assistance in social service. Data of the interviews were coded and divided into three themes whi
The purpose of this study was to identify if and how the personal perspectives and views of social workers active within local social services departments in Sweden might affect how they carry out the transfer of children’s custody from biological to foster parents. The general discourse in child welfare in Sweden gives predominance to a family preservation perspective in which foster care placeme
The purpose of this study was to find out more about which role the school counselor has in the work against bullying and harassment. We also wanted to find out how the collaboration works in these questions between the school counselor and other school personnel, such as: the principal, school nurse and teachers. We wanted to get a deeper understanding of what it is like to be the only one with t
Abstract This essay presents a study of the different alternatives concerning ways of living elderly people have in Helsingborg’s municipality. The intention with the essay was to examine the different senior housing alternatives for people that’s not in need of care but needs more than their own home can offer, what the target group is, and why they are needed and also to examine aspects that cou
In these times, when global warming is escalating and the finite resources of the world are consumed in a fast pace, it is very important to find sustainable solutions for the near future. Transport is one of the sectors that need to find alternative solutions to the utilisation of fossil fuels. This master thesis investigates biogas production from ley crops, which is a mixture of different speci
The purpose of this study was to examine the collaboration between organizations that care for mentally retarded persons with added psychiatric problems when they have the need of institutional care in the psychiatry. I have both looked at which kinds of collaboration there are and then looked closer on the coordinated care plan. I’ve also looked at how the organizations adjust themselves after th
