Eftersom jag anser att det är ytterst viktigt att värna om och ta tillvara på vår natur och miljö på rätt sätt, betämde jag mig för att undersöka hur medvetna barn i våra förskolor är om återvinning, olika material och dess livscykel. Jag ville se om det gick att märka någon skillnad i barns tankar om natur och olika material, i förskolor där ett aktivt arbete med hållbar utveckling pågick och förskolor som inte arbetade aktivt med detta. Jag ville också ta reda på vad hållbar utveckling betydde för förskollärarna och om de arbetade med detta på förskolan. Mina undersökningar visade mig att det går att finna vissa skillnader i medvetenheten hos barn, beroende på om pedagogerna inte arbetar med frågor rörande natur och återvinning eller om ett aktivt arbete finns. Jag såg även att hållbar utveckling som arbetsmetod är en bristvara i förskolor, även förskollärarnas engagemang var lägre än jag väntat mig. .

The aim of this study was to examine how social policy is created in a local context on the basis of the situation regarding the begging EU migrants in Kalmar, Sweden. The last few years the number of begging EU migrants has increased in Sweden. Most of them are Roma with a history of exclusion and discrimination. To reach our goal we interviewed three managers from the social Services representing the local authorities. We also did four interviews with people from three non-profit organizations in Kalmar.

Städer som saknar infrastruktur och som har en låg befolkningsdensitet tycks ha en betydligt lägre andel cyklister. När fler personer cyklar blir cykeln ett naturligare inslag i stadstrafiken, vilket bl.a. medför att städer med fler cyklister generellt sett är säkrare att cykla i. Andra städer skiljer sig från Stockholm beträffande befolkningsmängd, existerande infrastruktur för cyklister och hur stor andel av alla resor som sker med cykel. Att jämföra andra städer med Stockholm är ett problem på grund av dessa skillnader.

The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the societysystem in Austria has influenced the library system. The aim is toanalyse in what way these influences have changed during thegrowth and development of the public library system and how it isdisplayed in each separate library branch. The focus of myinvestigation has been the municipality public libraries in Vienna,and mainly the three libraries in the third district of the city. Themethod I have used is literature studies, examining and analysingsource material from the internal archive of the public libraries inVienna. I have also used the qualitative interview method in orderto examine the situation in the selected libraries Rabengasse,Erdbergstraße and Fasangasse.As there is no common library law, there are significantdifferences in the library structure in different parts of Austria andeach municipality decides how they want to prioritize the libraries.Since the public libraries of Vienna are well organized together inBüchereien Wien, the library structure in the separate librarybranches is coordinated.

Abstract Title:                       Grades at Primary School ? A study of local politicians' arguments in                       connection with the division into grades at Swedish primary schools.Author:                       Annie LinderUniversity of KalmarC-essay in Social StudiesAutumn 2011 The study aims to investigate local politicians' decisions since municipalities took overSwedish primary education in 1990/91. The arguments put forward in support of how stages are organised have been studied, likewise whether municipalities have acted rationally when making their decisions.Six municipalities are included in the survey. They were divided into three educational categories: lower, middle and high level schools; previous and recent schools and F9 schools with pre-schools and primary schools integrated.Minutes from politicians' and civil servants' meetings have been studied and categorised according to arguments for and against. The most common supportive arguments are about economy and organisation, others concern school premises, trends and the wish for a comprehensive compulsory school.

In this study, some aspects of communication that are creating problems in a chosen forest conservation case are explored. Focus is on how the manager of a forest experience how he is treated during a formal decision of conservation. The paper also gives introduction to communication theory as well as to present forest policies in Sweden. Explanations of the most common concepts and terms in forest conservation is presented and such a understanding is necessary if the reader is to acquire enlightment from the material and the following discussion. This paper focus on a conflict between the county administrative board, a Swedish regional authority, and a private forest-manager. This is a case where the manager feels that the authority is forcing a sale of land, because the forest is being turned into a conservation area. The problems are not just economical, the manager feels mistreated and left out of the discussion, and the negotiation is long and problematic as shown in the interview and the case study. In the study, an in-depth interview is made with the manager of the forest, and a case study has been made based on the documents in the case attained from the county administrative board.

The purpose of the study is to examine, describe and analyse how a selection of parents to children with Asperger syndrome understand, experience and cope with their parenthood. To attain this purpose we focused on these following questions;How does the respondents view their parenthood?; What kind of strategies does the respondents use to cope with their parenthood on the basis on their child with Asperger syndrome?; How does the respondents experience the mesosystem interact with them regarding situations contenting strenuous and stress?We chose to do a qualitative study by conducting separate interviews with eight parents to children with Asperger syndrome. Then we analyzed the answers using an abductive research, we tested the empirical data against our choice of theoretical perspectives. The results shows; that several of the parents in the study have experiences of high strenuous and stress in combination the several roles their parenthood contained.

Den urbana grönskan är en förutsättning för en hållbar stad. Gröna ytor i den urbana miljön främjar hälsa och välbefinnande. De stimulerar till fysisk aktivitet och med rätt utformning kan de också vara en restorativ miljö, som motverkar och lindrar stress. Med en central placering är de tillgängliga för alla människor. Stockholm står inför en period av stark tillväxt.

Att ta tag i problemet anga?ende klimatfo?ra?ndringarna och den fo?rva?ntade globala temperaturho?jningen ga?r inte la?ngre att skjuta upp utan ma?ste a?tga?rdas i dagens la?ge fo?r att jorden slutligen ska na? ett ha?llbart klimat. Genom att visa omva?rlden att det ga?r att ha en fungerande storstad med kraftiga reduceringar i biltrafik och ett stort utbud av kollektivtrafik kan Stockholm visa framfo?tterna och vara en inspiration till o?vriga sta?der. Klimatfo?ra?ndringarna a?r ett globalt problem och det kra?vs da?rfo?r ett agerande pa? global niva?.

Recent years there has been discussed how the critical situation in the housing market threatens the Stockholm region's growth. The thesis objective is to examine whether there is a scientific link between the lack of housing supply and growth. The thesis also intends to identify solutions for increased housing construction, for instance by examining the conditions for a greater regional perspective and influence on the region's housing supply. The thesis empirical study is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from the Government, municipalities and the housing industry.In Sweden, research on the relationship between housing shortages and growth has not been conducted to that extent it can be said to exist scientific evidence regarding the growth threat. However, in Britain and the U.S, empirical studies show that a lack of housing supply has hindered growth through negative impact on countries' gross domestic product.

The development of technology and the mechanization in the Swedish forestry has during the last 60 years resulted in depopulation of the country side and due to that the amount of distance forest owners has increased. Therefore the forest companies need to make some adjustments in order to keep the distance forest owners as customers and to attract new ones. The purpose of this essay was to examine and analyze the distance forest owners satisfaction with Södras service offering and quality of service and further develop some proposals for action. A web-based survey was sent out to 634 distance forests owners in Stockholm, Sweden, all members of Södra. 269 respondents participated in the survey and of them, 27 did also participate in a follow-up telephone interview.

Aim: To examine director?s experiences of the process to implement smoke-free working hours and also their need of support to make it feasible in the municipality of Östhammar. Method: A qualitative interview study with a descriptive design was used. Semi-structured interviews were made with six directors who were selected from different levels, localities and administrations in the municipality of Östhammar. A qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data.Results: Many positive aspects were pointed out regarding the implementation of smoke-free working hours.

Studien undersöker huruvida revisionsbyråer vid revisionsbyråbyten initialt offererarrevisionsarvoden som understiger deras kostnader för att sedan höja revisionsarvodetefterföljande år, så kallad low-balling. I denna studie undersöks om low-balling förekommervid revisionsbyråbyten under år 2002-2009 i bolag noterade på Stockholm Nasdaq OMX. Förekomstav low-balling på revisionsmarknaden har studerats världen över sedan 1980-talet och har främstmotiverats av oron för en negativ korrelation med revisorers oberoende. Urholkning av revisorersoberoende i samband med förekomst av low-balling har argumenterats uppkomma på grund av deninitiala förlust som uppstår det första revisionsåret. Det finns därmed ökade incitament för enrevisionsbyrå att möta bolagets intresse på bekostnad av användarna av en revision för att erhållaframtida intäkter.

Denna studie över likpredikningar från 1700-talets Stockholm har som mål att undersöka seklets ideal, dödssyn samt samhällssyn hos överklassen. Vilka är de manliga och kvinnliga idealen och skiljer de sig åt? Detta genomförs med en kvalitativ textanalys av källmaterialet. Under 1700-talet var dygden framstående hos både män och kvinnor, med den skillnaden att dygden hos kvinnorna sammankopplas med gudfruktighet. Ytterligare centrala ideal är äkthet i sitt varande och plikttrogenhet.

AbstractTitle: Is it easy to make the right decision? An essay about how the profiled senior level schools communicate with their future pupils and their parents. (Lätt att göra rätt val? En uppsats om den profilerade högstadieskolans kommunikation med blivande elever och deras föräldrar.)Author: Erika CassmanAim: My hypothesis is that parental influence is higher when the students are going to a detached school than when the students are going to a school with a profiled program because in the profiled program they are going to study a course that they love and is chosen by themselves. The aim of this essay is therefore to find out if this thesis is right or wrong.