Rooted in Industrial Ecology (IE) theory, this report evaluates how urban agricultural concepts and techniques, can contribute to improved ecological sustainability within the inner city boundaries of Stockholm. An overarching literary study as well as an interview was carried out, resulting in a qualitative analysis followed by suggestions for practical implementations. A substantial convergence was found between the eco-restructuring objectives of IE and the principal motives for urban agriculture. Consequently, eco-restructuring objectives are found in varying degrees in the presented urban agricultural techniques. Industrial symbioses, permaculture and combinations of urban agricultural techniques are tools which are capable of corresponding adequately to the diversity of urban settings.

How effective is consumer power? Can consumers regulate corporate behavior?And if so is the case, could the mechanisms where consumers regulate corporatebehavior have any democratic value to contribute with? These are the questionsthat this master's thesis comprehends with. The purpose of this writing is toconstruct a theory of consumer power that is compatible with democratic theory,this in order to contribute to the ongoing discussion within the discipline ofpolitical science about the third democratic transformation. A discussion that hasbeen actualized due to the democratic deficit created by the growing corporatepower and the shift of power from state to private enterprises. Besides showingfor a parallel between the democratic mechanisms that exists in the relationbetween citizens and state on the one hand, and the consumers and corporationson the other hand, this paper argues that consumers do have a great potential inregulating corporate behavior towards a higher social responsibility andawareness.

The aim of this thesis was to examine how a coordinator at a social welfare project in support of job seekers, achieve results in his efforts to reduce the number of clients with social assistance. The method of data collection was a mixture of open thematic interviews and semi- structured interviews with open questions. The coordinator was interviewed four times during the length of the project. In addition, two of his clients were interviewed. The data also includes a report from the relevant social services and other documents such as newspaper articles.

The Swedish and Icelandic women's movements, the Support Stockings and the Women's Alliance both had the goal to change their nation's women politics. The goal was to increase the low representation of women in their parliaments and to highlight women issues on the political agenda. The essay shows that the most important reason behind the will to form a party, was a new issue being disregarded by existing parties, although there is a considerable interest concerning the issue amongst society. While a party was formed on Iceland the Swedish equivalence did not occur. Even though only one party was formed, both movements achieved the same results.

I jakten på läsare skruvas många tidningars tonläge upp. Aftonbladet och expressen är exempel på två tidningar med en relativt liten läsarandel prenumeranter och är tidningar vars intäkter i stor del kommer från lösnummerförsäljningen. På motsvarande sätt är Dagens Nyheter och Svenska Dagbladet i större utsträckning beroende av sina prenumeranter, medan deras lösnummerandel näppeligen motsvarar Aftonbladets och Expressens. Kan man påvisa en mer dramtisk och i en mening mer förenklad nyhetsförmedling i lösnummerberoende tidningar än i prenumerationsberoende, utifrån ett antal konkreta påståenden? Med detta i åteanke, kan någon tydlig tendens skönjas under de senaste 50 åren? Detta är två frågor som uppsatsen ämnar besvara, samtidigt som frågorna problematriseras då de sätts i en demokratisk kontext.

Uganda is one country with fastest growing populations in the world and with more than 25% of the population living in poverty. There is a rapid rural urban migration with increasing demands for food for low income earners especially in these areas. One way to mitigate food insecurity is to increase milk and meat production efficiency, and thus reproductive performance of cows is crucial for good production. A well-documented strategy for improving dairy cow productivity through faster genetic improvement is to breed dairy cows using proven semen via artificial insemination (AI). AI has been used in Uganda for over 60 years but only less than 10 %, a small population of the country?s herd has been bred that way. The aims were to study knowledge, attitude and practices factors influencing cow fertility results on dairy farms around Kampala using AI and to propose ways of promoting increased use of AI in Uganda.

The purpose of this study is to analyse the discourse on political exclusion in the official report Demokratiutredningen. It has been my ambition to relate the analysis of the report to a critical academic discourse on political exclusion and thereby make visible hidden norms and structures which functions to exclude certain individuals and groups from political participation.My paper point out that the report establishes a strong link between democracy and participation and that it, therefore, makes a strong case for a process of democratic inclusion. Though, in my study I suggest that that there is an unawareness of the importance of norms, hegemonic conceptions and structures and that inclusion, therefore, is unlikely to take place. Furthermore, I criticize the focus on deliberative democracy in the report. With insights offered by Mouffe in her argumentation on the necessity to acknowledge the dimension of antagonism present in all societies I underline that the focus on this democratic model is problematic.My conclusion is that the analysis presented in the report is insufficient if we want to create a democratic system characterized by equality..

Uppsatsen Mission Impossible - Jämställdhet vid Lunds Universitet? syftar till att ge en sammanhängande bild av hur vi kan förstå varför Lunds universitets jämställdhetspolicy inte har implementerats.Vi har utgått från existerande jämställdhetsplan och lagstiftning för att i kontrast till tillgängligt empiriskt material bekräfta att jämställdhet inte föreligger, och planen inte följts.Institutioner reflekterar mönster av fördelningsfördelar.Det finns skäl att misstänka att jämställdhet som fråga reducerats för att detta rubbar status quo. Givetvis urholkar det kraften i demokratin om beslut fattade av våra valda församlingar ignorerasVi finner i uppsatsen att begreppet makt i sin klassiska definition inte räcker för att beskriva fenomenet vi ställs inför. Den yttersta makten, hör och häpna, återfinns inte hos agendaskrivare, och ej heller i sammanträdesrummet. Vad vi visar är att icke-handling styr över ekonomiska resurser, fasta tjänster, policybeslut på Lunds universitet.5 nyckelord: implementering, icke-implementering, glastak, jämställdhet, genus..

Results from previous studies have shown that people with depression tend to have impaired executive functions, although it's not clear whether this is also true for mild depression in young people. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mild depressive symptoms and executive functions in young individuals. 60 participants, between 18-33 years of age, took part in this study. They were divided into two groups; a "depressed group" (n = 8), with mildly depressed subjects, and a "none-depressed group" (n = 52). The depressed group was significantly impaired on several executive tests, namely TMT A (p = 0,025), TMT B (p = 0,040), FAS (p = 0,002), WAIS-R Digit Span Backwards (p = 0,047) and CWTa - subtest colour naming (p = 0,001), which evaluated abilities such as shifting, verbal fluency, working memory, attention and mental flexibility.

Uppsatsen tar avstamp i tidigare forskning om kulturella skillnader vid interaktion i Öresundsregionen. Vår utmaning och ambition har varit att se vilka möjligheter som finns vid det gränsöverskridande samarbete mellan organisationer i regionen. För att kunna jämföra, då och nu, utgår vi från ett tidsperspektiv från mitten av 1990-talet fram till idag. Uppsatsen kan ses som en kvalitativ fallstudie som är både kumulativ och byggd på intervjuer. Representanter från de två organisationerna, HH-samarbetet och HH-Ferries, ingår i intervjuerna.

I denna uppsats undersöks den kritiska realismen som vetenskapsteori för samhällsvetenskaperna. Tillvägagångssättet är en immanent kritik, där den kritiska realismen följs genom dess grundläggande argument, för att sedan vända dess egen begreppsapparat mot sig själv för att visa på spänningar och motsägelser i teorin. Särskild uppmärksamhet kommer genomgående att riktas mot den nära relationen till marxismen, samt synen på abstraktioner som ett centralt samhällsvetenskapligt verktyg. Undersökningen tar sin utgångspunkt i argumenten för en realistisk vetenskapsteori utifrån det naturvetenskapliga experimentet som oomstritt faktum, och upplyftandet av ontologin framför epistemologin. Den kritiska realismens ontologiska modell presenteras, liksom dess kritik av empirismen och idealismen.

This case study is an attempt to give empirical support to Georgio Agambens theory, regarding how the exceptions from the constitutional order should be regarded as a constant element in modern societies. The purpose was to investigate if Agambens theory is valid in the Swedish context. The exception, as definied by Agamben, is a reappearing phenomenon, which implies that the constitutional order is fragile. Individuals and groups are transferred into ?homo sacers?, meaning people that is to be regarded as legally naked, and offset from the rest of society.What then is it that make the legal norms fragile? In this thesis I will discuss the causality of moral panic.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay was to examine children?s comprehension of the internal organs of the human body and to see how this understanding varies between ages. Thirteen children in the ages between three to five have been asked questions, through qualitative interviews, about their thoughts regarding the human body.The understanding varies depending on the children?s age. A five year old have a better knowledge than a three year old.

Studiens syfte är att undersöka bilden av invandrare i Sydsvenskans lokala nyheter. Detta görs utifrån ett postkolonialt perspektiv med användning av diskursanalys. Uppsatsens har också ett konstruktivt inslag bestående av en granskning av tidningens mångfaldsarbete genom intervjuer med ansvariga. Invandrare blir de Andra vilket tar sig uttryck i Sydsvenskan genom att de skildras som annorlunda från den svenska normen. De beskrivs som icke-jämställda, passiva och uppgivna och figurerar ofta som offer och i artiklar som handlar om problem.

AbstractOil rich states all over the world share a common feature. They are less likely than other states, depending on other resources, to be ruled democratically. In this essay Saudi Arabia has been studied with the purpose of trying to find which mechanisms that lie behind why oil rich states do not have institutions or institutional change that promotes democracy.Saudi Arabia has the world's largest known reservoir of oil. The oil brings huge revenue each year to the Saudi Arabian government. Why have Saudi Arabia not developed democratically when their economic growth suggests that to be a natural step? Under the framework of historical institutionalism and path dependency theory, I have used process tracing trying to track the mechanisms behind Saudi Arabia's authoritarian rule down.