The aim of this study has been to examine, describe and analyze how masculinities can be represented and understood among boys in a Swedish primary school context. The study was conducted within a school located in a small community on the country side. Through the use of a qualitative research design we interviewed 13 boys from the fifth grade of this school, who all got to express and reason their perspectives of what it meant to them to be a boy in primary school and how that could impact their social life. For a wider understanding of the different dimensions of masculinity we used R.W. Connell's (2008) theoretical framework, hegemonic masculinity, which implies that there are multiple definitions of masculinities that are constructed in relation to each other in a hierarchical order.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur välfärdsaktörer i olika organisationer upplever de prostituerades livssituation och hur dessa aktörer bedriver empowerment inspirerat socialt arbete i relation till prostituerade som själva anser att de av egen fri vilja säljer sexuella tjänster.De frågeställningar som används i uppsatsen för att besvara studiens syfte är: På vilket sätt kommer empowerment till uttryck i arbetet med prostitution inom de verksamheter aktörerna företräder? Hur upplever välfärdsaktörer i olika organisationer de prostituerades position i samhället? På vilket sätt skulle empowerment inspirerat arbete kunna användas i verksamheterna i arbetet med individer som själva anser att de av egen fri vilja säljer sexuella tjänster?De teoretiska ansatserna som studien vilar på är utifrån ett socailkonstruktivistiskt synsätt med inrikting mot empowerment och stigmatiserings teori. Teori samt tidigare forskning har inhämtats via litteraturstudier och sökning i databaser. Det empiriska materialet har inhämtats via halvstrukturerade livssvärldsintervjuer samt frågeformulär grundade på intervjuguiden. Analysen av materialet har gjorts med hjälp av meningsanalys där tre huvudteman används vid kodningen av materialet; makt, stigmatisering samt empowerment.

The Swedish social insurance agency provides financial support for families and children, but also for people with work injury, illness and at old age. During 2012 they saw the amount of notifications of insurance increasing in Sweden, which is a development that cost our society a great deal of money. With the aim to pursue a sustainable development I have therefore devoted this project to wellness and stress management within preschool.The employees of preschool are often dealing with a lot of stress, due to the big groups of children that causes high noise and sound levels. The high noise and sound levels is a contributor to stress which additionally can damage the health and cause impaired hearing loss. About half of the people around their forties until the age of retirement have difficulties understanding speech in large groups.The purpose of this project has been to investigate the causes of negative stress for my target group, women between 30-60 years old who works in preschool.

Background: Physical activity is important to sustain your health, but there are also other factors which can influence health. One of them is the degree of sense of coherence. Aim: The main purpose of this study was to examine if there existed a correlation between amount of physical activity and degree of sense of coherence (SOC) in adolescents in the northern parts of Sweden. This study also dealt with differences and similarities between and within the whole examination- group and subgroups. Methods: A SOC- questionnaire with 29 items, developed by Antonovsky, was used.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness training in the treatment of chronic pain, estimate the degree of mindfulness before and after intervention, and to describe the participants experience of mindfulness training. Mindfulness is defined as moment to moment, non-judgmental awareness. After the treatment of chronic pain 16 patients were offered and nine agreed to participate in mindfulness training. The intervention group took part in an 8-week group-program. The comparison group, not randomized, was 16 former patients.

Arbetslösheten bland utrikes födda har ökat de senaste åren och är större jämfört medarbetslösheten hos inrikes födda, läget för utrikesfödda kvinnor är särskilt svårt. Att förstå vad somkrävs för att arbetsmarknaden ska inkludera fler människor är komplext. En liten del kan dock varaatt förstå hur arbetsmarknadsprojekt fungerar, vad de bidrar med och hur de upplevs av de somdeltar. Syftet med studien har därför varit att gå närmare in på ett specifikt arbetsmarknadsprojektoch fråga hur deltagare ser på tiden efter projektet, hur de ser på sin fortsatta etablering påarbetsmarknaden, vad de upplever att medverkan i projektet bidrar med och hur de upplever sinnuvarande yrkesroll. Deltagarna i studien arbetar som kulturtolkar då projektet har som mål attunderlätta kontakten mellan skolan och nyanlända familjer som har barn i skolan.Den här studien har en induktiv ansats eftersom att området är relativt outforskat och det var svårtatt veta vad som skulle komma att hittas.

The purpose of this study is to search for and compare how teachers in a multicultural municipal school and in a multicultural independent school design their teaching to benefit all the students in the classroom, regardless of background.I wanted to get information about how teachers work from an intercultural perspective. To get information I used qualitative methods, which includes interviews and observations. I interviewed four teachers working in a primary school. Two from a independent school and two from a municipal school.The result revealed that both the independent school and municipal school are working from an intercultural perspective where they try to find different methods to reach every student in the class. Their biggest similarity is that the teachers put a lot of effort on language development since the Swedish language is key to the Swedish society.

Family centres are established to serve families with children and the personnel usually consists of units of social-workers, preschool staff, paediatric nurses and midwives. The purpose of the study was to examine the social-workers preventive work with families at the family centre. To fulfil the purpose, a qualitative interview with five social-workers was conducted. The theoretical framework referred to attachment and empowerment theory. The results of the study showed that the main part of the work consists of giving advice and support to parents.

The Swedish group contribution rules do not include a right to deduction for cross-border group contributions unless the receiving company is taxable in Sweden. There has been much discussion regarding whether the rules are compatible with EC law. On 11 March 2009 the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court ruled ten cases concerning the right to deduction for cross-border group contributions. In three of these judgments deduction for a group contribution from a Swedish parent company to a foreign subsidiary within the EEA was allowed, despite that the subsidiary was not taxable in Sweden. The main purpose of this master thesis is to analyse whether the interpretation of the Supreme Administrative Court concerning the right to deduction for cross-border group contributions is compatible with EC law.

Studien handlar om långtidssjuka, utlandsfödda kvinnors upplevelser av den arbetslivsinriktade rehabilitering de har fått och huruvida de upplever att den har varit betydelsefull, värdefull och stärkande för dem och i så fall på vilket sätt. Undersökningen har genomförts med en kvalitativ metod och består av fem semistrukturerade intervjuer med kvinnor i åldern 45-52 år, som är födda i Mellanöstern och har bott i Sverige i mer än 20 år. Gemensamt för samtliga informanter är att de har diagnosen fibromyalgi. Studien visar på att kvinnorna i nuläget mår så dåligt att de sannolikt har ett större behov av medicinsk rehabilitering än arbetslivsinriktad rehabilitering. De upplever att sammanhållna rehabiliteringsprogram och samtalsstöd har varit de rehabiliteringsinsatser som har hjälpt dem i störst utsträckning..

The French historian Marc Bloch is considered to be one of the masters of medieval history, particularly his creation Feudal Society has been an essential piece of work for everyone who desires a deeper understanding of the general feudal society. Bloch gives his readers a vivid and living picture of a society so far beyond our present that it is sometimes hard to keep in mind that this society is part of our legacy. At the same time Bloch endows his readers with the special historical outlook he and his successors has developed, the history of the mentalities. By reaching further back in time, to the Roman and Germanic cultures and the manorial system, he proves his point that the feudal society was build on the legacy of older structures and institutions.In the coming study I will disentangle the early feudal structure of power as Bloch has described it in his Feudal Society. The essence of this power structure is to find in the very characteristic tie between two men, the vassalage.

Denna uppsats behandlar lesbiskt relationsvåld, och syftet var att undersöka vilka föreställningar socialsekreterare har kring lesbiskt relationsvåld samt hur de ser på förutsättningarna för att utföra ett bra arbete med denna grupp. Vi utgick från följande frågeställningar: Vilka föreställningar har socialsekreterare om dem som utövar våld i lesbiska relationer? Vilka föreställningar har socialsekreterare om dem som blir utsatta för våld i lesbiska relationer? Vilka förklaringsmodeller/teorier utgår socialsekreterare ifrån i sina resonemang kring lesbiskt relationsvåld? Vilka förutsättningar anser sig socialsekreterare ha på sin arbetsplats för att göra ett bra arbete med lesbiska i våldsamma relationer?Vi hade en hermeneutisk ansats, och vi använde en kvalitativ metod. Utifrån fem intervjuer med socialsekreterare undersökte vi vilka föreställningar de hade kring lesbiskt relationsvåld. I analysen användes två teoretiska perspektiv, socialkonstruktivism och empowerment.

Youths tend to have a bad reputation. Their outspokenness and spontaneity are two of many reasons to why they are seen as rude and disrespectful. The creativity, curiosity and not least the courage to have opinions and attitudes are in such young age not yet weakened. Youths, their thoughts and attitudes change quickly. This essay will deal with a selected group of youths and their attitudes to the surrounding society.

The background to this thesis is the debate of the last decades within exegetics, concerning the so called "New Perspective on Paul". Starting from this discussion, the thesis is aming to investigateand discuss the function of Abraham in Paul's argument in Romans 4. This is achieved by, to start with, a thoroughly examination and analysis of different translations of Romans 4:1. Secondly, by trying how the translation suggested by Richard B. Hays can be motivated using a narrative perspective of interpretation emphazising the context of covenant history of the text, and thirdly, by examin and discuss other interpretations of the text and compare their ability to bring intelligibility to the text.

New forms of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become more influential in development contexts. The concept of ?The Digital Divide? points at a large division between rich and poor countries regarding access to ICTs. Critics say that the debate concerning this topic for far too long has focused mainly on the technology itself rather than social factors which impact social inclusion and development. Scholars agree that ICTs holds a tremendous potential, but how is this implemented in development contexts and how can it be used with more sensitivity towards local preconditions and social aspects?This paper aims to examine how ICTs are being used in the context of development within an India based organisation for women called SEWA (Self Employed Women?s Association).