This study focuses on the use of animals in social work from the perspective of social workers. The purpose of this study is to examine social workers? experiences of animal assisted social work and how social workers view the integration of animals in various fields of social work. The research is based on a qualitative method and four semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers. The theories incorporated in the study are Attachment Theory and Sense of Coherence (SOC).The following results are presented: Social workers are considered to have a more comprehensive understanding of clients compared to their associates who do not hold a degree in Social Work.

This thesis analyses how romanies look upon schooling and how they reflect upon the possibility of getting an education. Many inquiries relating to romanies have been published in Sweden but very few are based on fieldwork among romanies. The aim of this thesis is therefore to through fieldwork focus on how romanies themselves look upon their educational situation.The main questions for this study are: How is the image of romanies as a problem constructed in school? How are romanies separated from other students? How is the interplay between romanies and school representatives formed? How do romanies look upon the possibility of getting an education and does their perception differ from the usual official apprehension?An important conclusion concerns how social workers and teachers continuously categorize romanies as different. The group is constantly differentiated from other ethnic groups and is often the target of integration projects.

Our purpose with this study was to look at the connection between social capital and integration. Particularly if meetings between people from different cultures can increase social capital and in that way affect integration. We start by identifying the social integration perspective we are going to use through out the study and then we introduce social capital theory as a way of narrowing down the field even more. The study was done through six semi structured interviews. We interviewed three women that was established in the Swedish society and three women that had immigration background.

Denna uppsats är en empirisk studie som syftar till att öka kunskapen kring möjligheterna att socialisera pojkar med DAMP/ADHD i skolan. I litteraturgenomgången fastställs begreppen DAMP, ADHD och integrering. Dessutom implicerar uppsatsen en bearbetning av styrdokumenten för skola och särskola. För att rikta blicken mot skolan som en kulturbärande institution, en arena där värden och normer kommuniceras, kommer jag att använda mig av den symboliska interaktionismen. Jag kommer att se på skolan som en agent för både kontinuitet och förändring i samhället.

Föreningar har länge varit i centrum för den svenska integrationspolitiken då de anses stärka det sociala kapitalet och utgöra en arena för integrerande möten. Denna studie fokuserar på hur nyanlända svenskar själva upplever det svenska föreningslivet och dess koppling till integrationen. En grupp som sällan tillfrågas om deras egna åsikter i frågan. I studien har nio personer medverkat i kvalitativa intervjuer vilka samtliga har varit i kontakt med projektet Integration i Förening, ett projekt som syftar till att få nyanlända att gå med i föreningslivet. I studien undersöks hur dessa personer har upplevt mötet och informationen om föreningslivet som de fått genom Integration i Förening samt hur deras förståelse av vad en förening ser ut. Vidare undersöks hur personerna har upplevt det egna föreningsengagemanget, vilka effekter de erfarit att det haft och hur de ser på föreningar som en möjlig väg till integration.

Det svenska medlemskapet i EU har vidgat gränserna och skapat ett nytt retoriskt rum, där nivåer och sektorer och deras respektive plats i ett nytt geopolitiskt sammanhang ofta fungerar annorlunda än i folkhemmet.Hur ser detta retoriska rum ut, om jag undersöker två journalistiska modeller, en europeisk-meridional och en anglosaxisk, med exempel från Frankrike och Sverige? Detta undersöker denna franska uppsats på magisternivå, som här erbjuds i svensk översättning. Uppsatsen lades fram vid Institutionen för språk och kultur, Linköpings Universitet, den 16 november 2006.Frankrike anses av många i Sverige som ett modernt land, men ? ack, så traditionellt? Le Nouvel Observateur är en arena där denna och andra uppfattningar går att verifiera, eftersom tidningen fortsätter att komma ut en gång i veckan sedan 1964. Moderna Tider, för sin del, var en av många svenskar uppskattad intellektuell arena under perioden 1994- 2002.

The purpose is to examine social workers view of vulnerable children and their needs. We are also interested to know how social workers think and discuss concerning the help these children are given. Our main questions in our study are; How do social workers define vulnerable children? Which needs do vulnerable children have according to social workers? Which opportunities and difficulties might there be in the decision making when trying to help these children? Which public authorities do social workers cooperate with? Which opportunities and difficulties do social workers find in the cooperation?This study is based upon interviews with ten social workers in the social childcare division in different municipalities in Skåne region, Sweden. Our results are explained and analyzed with a qualitative approach through different aspects of power- and Human Service Organization theories.

Psykologi är ett ämnesområde som hittar nya tillämpningsområden, och under inledningen av 2000-talet har coaching blivit en trend. Uppsatsens syfte är att förstå hur teoretisk och empirisk bakgrund verkar in på hur professionella, heltidsarbetande coacher arbetar, samt hur psykologer kan hitta en vetenskaplig ingång i att arbeta med friska människors behov av växt och utveckling. Intervjuer utfördes med åtta coacher med varierande teoretisk bakgrund, samt psykologförbundets ordförande Lars Ahlin. Rapporten visar att coaching är ett mångfacetterat område, där utbildningar och branschstandard fortfarande är fragmenterat och svårt att få en överblick över. Coacher som inte är psykologer eller beteendevetare använder sig av sk erfarenhetsbaserat empiri med ett belief-based teoretisk ramverk.

Social media has become an important marketing and communication tool worldwide, mostly through the largest social platforms Facebook and Twitter. With two-way communication via Internet companies has gotten the opportunity to interact and communicate directly with their customers. Facebook has been the focus point through the study because it has shown to be the most efficient and frequently used platform for communication. Our study aimed to confirm how communication via social media actually looks like. To be able to reach the best results, we have conducted the study from a phenomenological approach, which means; usage of qualitative semi-structured interviews to reflect the respondents experience on the phenomenon social media as a communication tool. Social media has shown to be a great way of communicating externally for companies who are willing to spend time engaging in the platform.

Social enterprises make up one of the groups of participants that provide welfare services financed by public funding. The object of this study is to describe and analyze from a theoretical point of view which conditions, in what fields, by which division of responsibility and finally through what decisions these social enterprises are allocated a place in the market for social welfare services. The company that has been the object of study offers services in the field of social welfare and in employment. In the study a triangulation of qualitative methods has been used: studies of literature on the subject, recurrent interviews and observations and also reviews of documents. The results have been analyzed from theories on the space available on the market for social services, on social economy and on social capital in the form of strong, weak and bridging bonds.

The purpose of this essay is to explore the social services work with crime victims in Sweden, according to Chapter 5, § 11 of the Social Services Act. The study examined how social workers define the victim and assessing and prioritizing victims' needs. It has also been central to study how social workers interpret and understand the regulation of social services responsible for crime victims.Qualitative interviews with 18 social workers is the basis for the study. The analysis of the social services work with victims based in the above-mentioned interviews. The interviews analyzed using the sociology of law theory.

This study explores how online television works and how it is integrated with social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Through three qualitative interviews with representants from different fields of work regarding online television, we have concluded how online television is being used in Sweden today and concludes with examples of what the future of online television could look like. Representatives from the following companies have been interviewed: SBS Media Group Sweden, Strix Television and Mediamätning i Skandinavien. The use of social media for marketing of online television is a fact for the companies in this study. However, the result of the study shows that theres room for development in the integration between online television and social media.

I detta arbete ligger fokus på upplevelseutbildning, mer specifikt de äventyrliga aktiviteter som erbjuds vid företaget ?Naturlig Utveckling? vid Borgen och dess betydelse för deltagarnas sociala identitetsutveckling.Fritiden står idag för ett begrepp som kopplas samman med utveckling. Företag har skapat ett allt större intresse för människors fria tid, då forskning visar att arbete och fritid påverkar varandra och utgör en helhet i människors sociala liv.Syftet med den här undersökningen är att med kvalitativa metoder belysa om ett eventföretag som Borgen med dess aktiviteter bidrar till social identitetsutveckling bland deltagarna. I arbetet utgår vi från begrepp som identitetsutveckling, rolltagande, giltighetsanspråk samt rörelser mellan olika livssfärer. Arbetet är kvalitativt till sin art och bygger på kvalitativa undersökningar med intervjuer och observationer som huvudsakliga analysinstrument.Teoretiker som vi valt att lyfta fram är framförallt George-Herbert Mead (1995), Erving Goffman (2000) och Jürgen Habermas (1996).

The implementation of this research increases the awareness of the value for luxury fashion brands in utilizing social media as a communication channel to reach young consumers globally. It provides a general understanding of young consumers? perception of luxury fashion brands on social media in regards to geographic cultural background, attitude towards new luxury, and preferred way of contacts..

The purpose of this study is to investigate how social media can affect and influence the B2B-relationship. Social media is now a widespread and accepted tool for communication in many B2C-companies; therefore we find it interesting to examine how social media can find its place in the communication mix of B2B-companies. We are also aiming to distinguish standards in how social media is practiced and discussed in the context of the B2B-market. We have applied a qualitative method for this study and we have interviewed seven respondents, which are experts in social media or working with market communication at B2B-companies in Sweden. During our study we have identified several comparable attributes within the B2B market and their opinions about how social media should be approach and adopt in the communication mix of the company..