Librarians like to think that libraries contribute substantially to the progress of research. However, libraries still seem to have serious problems getting integrated in their parent organization on equal terms with other parts of that organization. The degree of integration of the library is thus the main topic of this thesis and the purpose is to examine how the interaction between librarians and scientists is formed and can be developed. That issue leads to concrete questions concerning what part librarians play in the scientists work and which factors influence the cooperation or lack of cooperation. We have chosen, for reasons of comparison, to make two case studies; one is a branch of a university library and the other is a library in a large pharmaceutical company.

The starting point of this study is theories of European integration, which are used to formulate different scenarios about the future of the European Union. This is made in regards to the eurocrisis which has intensified the discussion about how to change the construction of the euro to overcome the economic difficulties that has arisen. In this study, four different scenarios are presented: "An updated Europe", "A new Europe", "The death of the euro" and "Goodbye Greece". The first two scenarios takes its starting point in the neofunctionalist theory of European integration and describes how the EU might increase its level of integration in different ways. We can either see a development where the EU tries to improve the implementation of the rules that are meant to coordinate the member states? economic policy, or we might encounter a more advanced integration where fiscal policy competences are transferred to the EU-level.The latter scenarios, however, takes another theory in to account, liberal intergovernmentalism, and describes how the eurozone might be fragmented in different ways due to conflicts of interest between lenders and countries that has to receive loan-packages.

School can be an effective environment for achieving a more equal health among children and adolescents, since many individuals can be reached by the health promoting work in the school. In the year of 2000 a project in Skåne was started for the development of health promoting schools. The health promoting projects however, have shown to be of short duration. So, as an alternative, the integration of the health in school ought to be tried. The aim of this study is to give examples how health promoting schools can strengthen their profile.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka, förstå och reflektera kring de faktorer som kan ha bidragit till sex individers, som vid ankomsten räknades som ensamkommande flyktingbarn, integrering in i det svenska samhället. För att kunna besvara våra frågeställningar har vi valt att använda oss av kvalitativ metod då den dels möjliggör en djupare förståelse för oss men även då vi vill få fram deras subjektiva upplevelser av deras integration. Vi grundade vår analys på fem vetenskapliga artiklar samt teorier och begrepp så som; Angel & Hjerns (2004) Flyktingkrismodell, Beckmans (2011) Integrationsteori, Kamalis (2006) ?Vi? och ?Dom? teori, Goffmans (2006) Stigmateori och Berger & Luckmanns (2008) Socialisationsteori. Resultatet visade att respondenterna upplevde att språk var en viktig faktor i integreringen och att värdfamiljen haft en stor betydelse för dem.

The present memorandum outlines the structure, theoretical starting points and disposition of a thesis about the activities of Finnish immigrants in a Swedish local community, more specifically their political integration. The intention is to study the municipality of Katrineholm in the years 1944 to 1991.Previous research about the actorship of immigrants in spheres such as politics, labour unions, immigrant associations, educational associations and mass-education, as well as churches and religion, is presented to give an overview of possible areas connected to political integration that can be studied. The overview of previous research also covers local immigrant politics.The intended theoretical starting points for the proposed thesis are political economy and hegemony. The latter is intended to be investigated through its expression in the social relations class, gender, ethnicity, nationality and generation. It is suggested in this memorandum that hegemonies and social relations within a local political economy can be operationalised fruitfully in a study of political integration.

The aim was to describe the experiences of couples where the male partner had undergone radical prostatectomy due to prostate cancer. Furthermore, the study explored how the operation had affected their sexual life, whether the couples had received enough post surgical support and information concerning these issues, and to describe the kind of support and information these couples desired. Twenty men and ten partners participated. All the men experienced a varying degree of post surgical erectile dysfunction and only five men had received support concerning their sexual life. Eleven men desired professional visiting support activities.

Syftet är att ta reda på hur organisationer i civilsamhället ser på och arbetar med integration. För att ta reda på detta har jag genomfört 15 intervjuer med representanter för organisationer som arbetar med integration i Göteborg. Dessa intervjuer har sedan legat till grund för en analys utifrån idealtyper, vilka jag konstruerat med utgångspunkt från teori och tidigare forskning. Den tidigare forskningen säger att integrationsbegreppet och integrationspolitiken är otydligt och att flera olika tolkningar kan göras och görs av begreppet. Tre olika förhållningssätt urskiljs.

Utifrån nyckelbegreppen interkulturalitet och internationalitet har vi skrivit en uppsats om huruvida en lyckad integration kan vara möjlig att uppnå via dessa begrepp. Syftet är att undersöka hur lärare hanterar den segregation vi har i vårt samhälle, i sin undervisning. Vi har tittat närmare på om och hur de verkar för integration samt hur de hanterar eventuella konflikter i skolvardagen, konflikter som kan vara relaterade till rädsla och fördomar för det okända. För att kunna besvara vårt syfte, har vi utgått från en teoretisk grund. Denna vilar på en litteraturstudie kring språksociologiska teorier, teorier kring läroplanen samt teorier kring dagens mångkulturella samhälle.

The aim of this paper is to perform a comparative study between France and Sweden analyzing the veil debate that took place in 2003 and 2004. This debate has been one of the central features of the renewed conflict between the West and Islam post 9/11, and has the presumed oppression of the Muslim veil in focus. With help of critical theory and a differentiated citizenship theory, including gender and post-colonial perspectives, I analyse the veil in a Western context in the arguments presented and the actions taken. Through that I try to distinguish the potential problems posed for the Muslim minorities living in the two countries.Three main areas are covered: the different political actions in the two countries, the consequences for this sidestep in liberal citizenship theory and in what way the view on equality splits the two parties. I conclude: that the French secularism and the Swedish equality have played key roles; the ideal of liberal citizenship is being abandoned for a more partial state; and the view of the veil as simply oppressive is part of a colonial heritage that can be challenged..

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka om ett aktivt deltagande i en religiös gemenskap kan påverka integrationsprocessen, d v s nyinflyttade utländska personers möjligheter att känna sig delaktiga i en för dem helt ny form av kultur och samhälle. Jag har avgränsat mig till att fokusera på de nyanlända flyktingarnas uppfattning om detta. Vad tror de själva om den religiösa gemenskapens betydelse för integration? Att göra en studie som mer direkt visar på om deltagande i religiös gemenskap har betydelse för integration anser jag kräver betydligt mer omfattande undersökningar under en längre period, med t ex jämförelser av hur de nyanlända flyktingarna efter en viss tid uppnått ett för dem positivt deltagande i det svenska samhället ställt i relation till deltagande/icke deltagande i en religiös gemenskap.Syftet med uppsatsen är att söka kunskap om nyanlända utländska medborgare i Sverige upplever att ett deltagande i en religiös gemenskap har betydelse för deras möjligheter till deltagande i den nya samhällskontext man kommit till, d v s om ett aktivt deltagande i religiös gemenskap påverkar integrationen. Förutom den psykologiska dimensionen - anser man den religiösa gemenskapen ha en praktisk funktion i en ny samhällskontext? Detta har lett till följande frågeställningar;· Vilka förutsättningar och möjligheter har målgruppen att praktisera sin religiösa tro?· Hur uppfattar målgruppen den religiösa gemenskapens funktion? Uppfattar man den som en inre angelägenhet, som en yttre angelägenhet eller både och?.

This study is based on interviews with six students from Stockholm that have shared their feelings/opinions about how they experience their identity as a student. The aim of this master?s thesis is to examine how the identity of students is constructed but also how the post modern society affects the life that the students are living. With a higher demand on education and responsibility of making the right decisions, the student?s main concern is not only her studies, but also the goal to succeed in her life.

Children of school age, who have just moved to Sweden can either start in a preparation class or in a normal class. There is no Swedish law or national policy that determines how new children will start and continue their education in Swedish schools. The decision is up to the schools or the communes.This study investigates what kind of educational methods teachers, from a sample of two different schools, are using to educate the newly-arrived students and if these methods are making any contribution to integrating these children into the Swedish school system. The study will raise questions like, how are the new students introduced to the Swedish school, what is the purpose of having the children in preparation class as opposed to normal class, and what methods do the interviewed teachers use to integrate the new children into the school system?Interviews were conducted with four teachers, an associate professor and a senior lecturer in education, who has done several years of research about children from abroad coming in to the Swedish school system.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att få en bild av på vilket sätt informations- och kommunikationsteknologier (IKT) används och hur dessa teknologier stödjer studenternas samarbete på distans. Vi har genomfört en fallstudie på Luleå tekniska universitetet på avdelningen för Systemvetenskap. Denna studie utfördes från ett användarperspektiv. Resultatet av undersökningen visar bland annat att de flesta studenter föredrar att arbeta med uppgifterna självständigt. När studenterna samarbetar väljer de ett kooperativt sätt framför ett kollaborativt.

The main focus of this study was to investigate how Swedish military veterans experience that events during an international service affect them after completed mission. This also includes the contact with their relatives. Secondly, this study deals with the course of the crisis, personal defense mechanisms, cumulative stress and post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD).The study was performed using a qualitative method and comprises individual interviews with six Swedish veterans. The responders were all men of different military positions, who participated in one or more international missions during 1993 to 2011.The results of this study show that, according to the veterans, the return back home is the most strenuous part of an international mission. With all the new experiences that an international service brings fresh in their memories, it is hard to re-adjust to the life of a civilian.In connection with the return back home, different degrees of stress reactions were also commonly seen, for example sleep disturbance, restlessness and exhaustion.

Sverige ses idag som ett av de sämsta länderna på integration i Europa, klyftorna mellan rika och fattiga vidgas och segregationen bara ökar mellan etniska svenskar och personer med utländsk härkomst. För att vända denna negativa utveckling av det svenska samhället har ett flertal olika sociala projekt startats men endast ett fåtal av dessa har senare blivit permanenta. Ett av dessa projekt fick en fantastisk respons och är idag en fast verksamhet vid namn Yalla Trappan. Yalla Trappan var från början ett arbetsintegrerande socialt projekt, men numera bedrivs verksamheten som ett framgångsrikt socialt företag i Rosengård, Malmö. Genom teoretisering av begreppet integration som vi sedan ställt i relation till segregation, arbete och socialt företagande har vi försökt utreda vad integration kan innebära.