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.

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.

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.

Med utgångspunkt i den postkoloniala teoribildningen granskar denna uppsats framställningarna av Asien i gymnasieskolans historieläroböcker för att undersöka hur läroböckerna upprätthåller eller motverkar de orientalistiska- och postkoloniala strukturer vilka beskriver Asien som underordnat väst samt identifierar hur dessa konstruktioner tar sig uttryck. Studien utgår från en ideologikritisk närläsningsstudie av fem läroböcker i historia. Samtliga studieobjekt är publicerade under år 2011 och 2012 inom ramen för den nya läroplanen, gymnasieskola 11, och kursen Historia1b. Analysen genomförs och presenteras via en analysmodell vilken innefattar rubrikerna andrafierande praktiker, över- och underordning, dikotomier och kulturell stratifikation.Resultatet visar att västerlandets hegemoni reproduceras genom i huvudsak eurocentriska diskurser där västerlandet överordnas österlandet eller där en eurocentrisk historieskrivning som berättar en selektiv historia förs i läroboken. Vidare kan av resultatet skönjas en kulturell stratifikation i vilken länder som anammat författningar av västerländska snitt och västerländska sedvänjor värderas högre än länder som inte gjort det.

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.

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..

Strukturella reformer har fo?rvandlat Latinamerikas ekonomier fra?n att vara sta?ngda och statsdominerade till att bli mer marknadsorienterade och o?ppna fo?r resten utav va?rlden. Grundat pa? den politiska utvecklingen och den ekonomiska tillva?xten blir marknaden mer stabil och utgo?r stora mo?jligheter fo?r fo?retag som vill satsa utomlands. Men med intra?det pa? en fra?mmande marknad kommer kulturella utmaningar som kan sta?lla till problem om man inte ger dem tillra?cklig uppma?rksamhet.Studiens syfte a?r att underso?ka och beskriva de kulturella skillnaderna som kommer till uttryck na?r svenska fo?retag a?r verksamma pa? den latinamerikanska marknaden och hur de hanterar dessa.

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..

The aim of this essay was to study if social workers have a gender awareness in the social work they perform and if it appears in the assessment of needs and intervention. A qualitative vignette study with four social workers who handle adult- and addictive clients have been performed. Gender theory is used to interpret the empirical results. The results of the study show that social workers doesn´t see any differences in the clients situation, or make any different assessment of needs depending on if the client is a man or a woman. Social workers also propose the same interventions to men and women.

The purpose of this study was to examine how the needs of social assistance for people with substance abuse are assessed in accordance to The Swedish Social Services Act 4th chapter 1§. The purpose was also to examine how substance abuse is assessed as a social problem by social workers, how the municipal guidelines concerning social assistance for substance abuser were constructed in relation to the Social Service Act and finally how social workers made their assessments of the need of social assistance to people with substance abuse in relation to the legislation. The sample was made among the municipalities in the county of Stockholm. Municipal guidelines were studied in 18 municipalities by content analysis. A sample of 11 social workers was chosen from 5 municipalities.

Vi lever i ett allt mer multikulturellt samhälle, år 2004 passerade Sveriges befolkning 9 miljoner och vid den tidpunkten var 1, 1 miljoner människor i landet utrikes födda. Detta ökar kravet på vården och inte minst för oss blivande sjuksköterskor. Vi måste öka vår kunskap för att kunna tillgodose dessa människors behov och uppnå den hälso- och sjukvårdslag som säger att alla människor har rätt till en god vård på lika villkor. Syftet med denna studie var att få ökad förståelse kring hur sjuksköterskan kan lindra smärta och lidande för patienter med annan kulturell bakgrund. Som teoretisk referensram i arbetet används Madeleine Leiningers modell ? The Sunrise Model?, vilken syftar till att hjälpa sjuksköterskan att bedriva en kulturellt anpassad omvårdnad.

Könsroller är något som barn i tidigt ålder lär sig av föräldrar och samhället. Kulturella processer påverkar de samhällen vi lever i. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur flickor och pojkar berättar och tänker om leken, sin egen och det andra könets samt studera om det finns kulturella skillnader mellan flickors och pojkars lek. Sexton barn, 8 flickor och 8 pojkar, i åldern fem till sex år intervjuades. Fyra flickor samt fyra pojkar kom från en svensk kultur.

Kvinnor har sedan länge tillbaka presterat bättre än män genom hela deras skolgång. Fler kvinnor än män börjar läsa på högskola/universitet och fler kvinnor avlägger examen. Denna studie är ett bidrag till tidigare forskning inom området genom att enbart studera Norrbottens län, som delvis har en annan struktur än andra län, samt studiet av relationen mellan social klass, genus, geografiskt område och attityder till högre utbildning. Syftet med studien är att undersöka vilken inställning ungdomar (15-19 år) i Norrbottens län har till högre studier och deras planer för att fortsätta studera efter gymnasiet. Studien avser att undersöka, ur ett genusperspektiv, om ungdomar i Norrbotten påverkas av deras sociala bakgrund och geografiska område, i deras val av högre utbildning efter avslutade gymnasiestudier.