The purpose of this study is to discuss the use of social media by the Swedish Police for democratic purposes. The idea of citizen empowerment is closely related to the development of new communication technologies such as social media. Yet many studies indicate that governmental institutions rarely make use of the assumed potentials of social media.In this study, the democratic potential of social media is derived from Habermas normative concept of deliberative participation. Operational definitions emphasize discursive equality, interactive reciprocity and external impact. The analytical framework is combined with qualitative text analysis to highlight the conditions of interaction between representatives of the Police and citizens.In conclusion: the democratic potential of social media, from a Habermasian point of view, is to a significant extent neglected at the expense of its strategic advantages.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how novices set about when they search for information. Marchionini's information-seeking model is the theoretical starting point, which is supplemented by theories of other specialists within the field, such as Chowdhury; Harter; Large, Tedd and Hartley. As method a questionnaire survey was used. The questionnaire was sent to 96 students at IHM Business School in Gothenburg and 57 questionnaires were returned. The results show among other things that the majority of the students used highly interactive search strategies, and they did not plan their search before they carried out the search.

IntroduktionKvinnor som bär på hemofilianlaget har inte tidigare uppmärksammats i någon större grad avsjukvården. När kvinnan har fött ett barn med hemofili har hon tät kontakt medKoagulationscentrum och är själv djupt involverad i barnets behandling. Då det finns mycket begränsat med kvalitativa studier om den anlagsbärande kvinnans situation är det av betydelseatt sådan forskning genomförs. När större förståelse för kvinnans erfarenheter och hennes livssituation uppnåtts finns möjlighet att kvalitetssäkra vården till de anlagsbärande kvinnorna. Utifrån resultatet som kan komma fram av studien hoppas författaren att det skallfinnas underlag för att i framtiden strukturera upp patientundervisning, bemötande och stödtill de anlagsbärande kvinnorna.

The gas turbines in the Swedish secondary reserve are reaching the end of their technical lifetime, hence alternative solutions need to be considered. One of the solutions thought to have the greatest potential is the use of so called consumptionreduction. By entering contracts with large consumers, agreements are made to reduce consumption in the event of major disturbances in the power system and thus being used as a secondary reserve. This thesis investigates the feasibility of consumption reduction as part of the secondary reserve. This has been achieved by developing a requirement specification for the disturbance reserve and by studying the technical and economic potential for consumption reduction among a range of consumers.The technical potential for consumption reduction that fulfils the requirements for participating in the secondary reserve are on average 750 MW in SE 3 and 98 MW in SE 4.

The arm?s length principle has existed in Swedish law since 1928 but has previously been given little attention. In 2007, documentation requirements were introduced, and the government began to do tax audits regarding transfer pricing. This thesis examines how the documentation requirements and tax audits affect the application of the arm's length principle. The research consists of nine interviews with a total of ten people at the tax authority (Skatteverket) and audit- and consulting agencies. The results of the interviews are analyzed using the agency theory. Many companies are risk averse and prefer having correct transfer pricing instead of taking on challenging strategies that can be risky in case of an investigation by Skatteverket.

This final project includes an analysis and a programme proposal for the area Bergsbrunna södra. The area is situated along the railway between Uppsala ? Stockholm, just south of Uppsala city. A new railway station is planned here, which make the area attractive as residential area. There are several values to take into consideration when developing an area. An extensive analysis and valuation may define and protect different characters and values, and also find the places most suitable to build upon. The area consists of three separate characters of landscape: the wide open cultivated fields, the hilly wooden ground and the more varying little valley. There are visual, cultural, social and ecological values to preserve. The south part of the area is woods with high natural values that borders to a national park in the natural forest of Lunsen.

AbstractFrom 1st of July 2003 it is compulsory for companies with an average number of ten employees the latest two financial years to account sick leave in the annual report.The government?s purpose with accounting of sick leave was partly to evoke an action from the companies? side in terms of motion as an effect due to the awareness of the level of the sick leave. The government was of the opinion that the companies had too deficient knowledge in sick leave and that the knowledge about causes and costs had to increase.In this paper three companies affected by the compulsory accounting of sick leave have been interviewed. The paper defines to only concern private companies. The companies were interviewed in purpose to form an opinion of whether the companies have changed their health promoting actions due to the application of the law.

This is a report on the development and implementation of the web shop ?Urballa Ur?, a web application developed by nine students at Linköping university. The report illustrates the methodology and process with intention to answer the question ?How can an online watch store be implemented to increase sales??. During the process the agile method scrum has been used as a working method.

Genom vårt arbete om miljöbrottslighet har vi visat på de problem och svårigheter som uppträder vid utredningar om miljöbrottslighet. Detta har vi gjort genom att intervjua åklagare, poliser samt representanter ifrån tillsynsmyndigheterna som är aktiva på fältet, samt satt oss in i litteratur som är inriktad på miljöbrottslighet. Vi har inom miljölagstiftningen huvudsakligen hållit oss i Miljöbalkens 29, 30 kapitel. Denna miljöbalk togs i bruk år 1999 och har drastiskt påverkat brottsstatistiken inom miljöbrottslighetens område. Anmälda brott mot miljöbalken har dubblerats både i Örebro och på ett nationellt plan.

The aim of this theoretical study is to explain how the notion of the Other and Otherness affect individuals possibilities to form multiple, personal identities. This is done by the use of the theory of the Other and the construction of identities. In my analysis I will be using the power perspective presented by Lukes. The purpose of my study is also to investigate whether a focus on similarity over difference between groups can change the situation for individualsMy study shows that otherness affect individuals identity constructions through stereotyping and categorising. This is made possible by the use of power from outside and inside different groupings.

AimThe purpose was to make researches into and illustrate how the leadership looks like at sporting event, concerning human communication.The following issues have been treated: What is characteristic for leadership during a sporting event? What does communication look like within the managerial? What kind of problems appears or can appear on account of defective communication at sporting event.MethodThe method being used is qualitative, based on interviews with three group leaders and one project leaders, all working for a summertime sporting event. As a form of basis a search for existing literature and articles on this subject were accomplished. The selection was made after having consulted a person of proportionately high station, active at the invested sporting event.ResultsAs a result of the essay, I have brought out, that leadership is different from group leaders and project leaders. Their difference in assignment demands different leadership, and that explains the occasion.

The aim of this study was to gain insight into how two enterprises work with competence development and thereby study how the relationship between competence development and workers, employees, look like. The focus was on the workers motives and motivation towards a participation in a competence development course, their attitude to education, and how the transfer of skills gained from the course, into the workplace looks like. Further on, the work situations influence on the workers competence development has been taken into account.In the study, six people were interviewed in the role of either manager, coach or course participant who are employed in two different enterprises in the south of Sweden.The results showed that the participants were motivated by a strive for personal development or that the participants viewed education implementation as a part of the professionalcareer, which has resulted in a positive attitude towards the competence development course. The managers? motive for decisions about education was to change the prevailing attitude among the staff for the better and thereby strengthen the company?s brand. The work situation has encouraged the desire to participate in developmental education as the feeling of control has encouraged the workers to further development.

Syftet med denna undersökning är att genom intervjuer och en fenomenografisk ansats kartlägga unga vuxnas uppfattningar av begreppet världens undergång, samt belysa de olika etiska förhållningssätt och livsåskådningar som diskuteras i denna kontext. Undersökningen baseras på nio kvalitativa, semistrukturerade intervjuer med unga vuxna i åldern 18-25 som levt större delen av sitt liv i Sverige, går eller har gått i svensk skola, ser sig som tillhörande en av de abrahamitiska religionerna judendom, islam eller kristendom, eller är socialt präglad av någon av dessa. Intervjuerna genomfördes hösten 2013. Intervjupersonerna har kontaktats och valts ut främst på skillnader i kön, social bakgrund och utbildningsbakgrund. Intervjuerna har blivit analyserade utifrån en fenomenografisk ansats.

This is an examination of how interdependence affects the behaviour of politicians and their ability to govern the way they want to. I analyze the memoirs of two Swedish prime ministers, Tage Erlander and Ingvar Carlsson to explore their experiences. I focus on how the increasing interdependence affects the politicians with regards to security, welfare, and financial policies. Sweden had a special position between Soviet and NATO during the cold war. This meant Sweden gave priority to it's neutrality policy during the cold war, compared to increased trade cooperation.

Den här studien utgår ifrån en intervjuundersökning med förskolebarn i en kommun i Mellansverige utförd efter Skolinspektionens besök i kommunens förskolor och med utgångspunkt från en av de åtgärdspunkter förskolorna fick att arbeta med efter inspektionen. Den åtgärdspunkt som föranledde intervjuundersökningen handlade om att få ett underlag till den plan mot kränkande behandling och diskriminering som varje enhet inom skolväsendet skall upprätta årligen. Underlaget skulle bestå i att förskolebarnen var delaktiga i den process som föregick upprättandet av denna plan. Den del av studien som avhandlas i detta arbete utgick ifrån intervjuerna som utfördes på en av dessa förskolor. De viktigaste frågorna i denna studie var att undersöka om förskolebarnen upplevde sig vara inneslutna i eller uteslutna från lek med andra barn och om de upplevde sig vara utsatta för någon form av kränkande behandling på någon plats i den pedagogiska miljön samt om de ansåg sig ha något inflytande över sin vardag på förskolan.