The aim of this paper is to describe the position of the Swedish welfare state within the shaping of a Swedish national identity. This is done through the study of Mångkulturåret 2006, and its rhetorical context. The point of departure is that history is formed continuously in current speech and a text analytical method has been used. Mångkulturåret was issued by the Department of Culture as an extended perspective of Cultural politics. The rhetoric used in the official document Agenda för Mångkultur is analyzed through a comparison with earlier official documents on the field of multiculturalism and integration.

This master thesis aims to examine the process of indexing fiction when it comes to area of sexuality and gender identity. The empiric work that forms the basis of the thesis are three investigations:(a) examining the current status of indexing fiction within the catalogues of six Swedish medium-sized libraries;(b) interviewing librarians who allocate the subject headings; and(c) an analysis of the Swedish subject heading system Att indexera skönlitteratur.This will be concluded with an analysis of the gathered material through queer theoretic standpoint with the help of critical classification and its inclusion through separation, and marginalization where subjects that differs from the norm is included but only by being separated from the norm, or ignored totally. This will show that there are similarities with how different groups get treated within the classification systems and how they are treated in subject heading indexing. An example of this in Att indexera skönlitteratur is that heterosexuality never is mentioned in the subject heading but is always present as the silent norm, while gender identity is marginalized through exclusion of the subject heading, and related words are instead being included under sexual identity..

Sammanfattning Titel: Skillnaden mellan K2 och K3 regelverken.Vad tycker redovisningsexperter att K2-företagen bör välja när K-regelverken träder i kraft?Datum: 2011-06-09Lärosäte: Mälardalens Högskola, VästeråsInstitution: Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutvecklingNivå: Magisteruppsats i företagsekonomi 15 hpFörfattare: Pontus Josefsson & Jesper LejdströmHandledare: Leif CarlssonExaminator: Cecilia LindhProblemformulering: Vad tycker respondenterna att K2-företagen bör välja för K-regelverk när reglerna träder i kraft samt vad de anser är anledningen till att K2-företagen bör välja att tillämpa antingen K2 eller K3 regelverkenSyfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva K2- och K3 regelverken i Sverige och dess skillnader. Vidare syftar uppsatsen till att ge en bild av vad olika redovisningsexperter tycker att företagen bör välja att tillämpa och anledningen till deras valMetod: I uppsatsens undersökning har en kvalitativ metod tillämpats och den empiriska undersökningen i form av primärdata har insamlats genom tre intervjuer, varav en personlig intervju och två mejlintervjuerSlutsats: De flesta företag som har valmöjligheten att välja antingen K2 eller K3 kommer och bör välja att tillämpa K2, med vissa undantag. Den främsta anledningen är att det är enklare att tillämpa K2Nyckelord: K2, K3, K-regelverk, BFN, förenklade redovisningsregler.

The purpose of my essay is towrite about newly qualified elementary teachers during their first professional experience and their opinions of a teacher's identity. My interest is a result of that I myself am studying to be a teacher and am reaching the end of my studies.My purpose is mainly to examine how teachers first experience their role and if their education helped them resolve any problems they had. My aim was also to examine what the teacher?s identity and role and the question of leadership means for new teachers?I have used a qualitative interview method.The results showed that new teachers experience difficulties and that their training does not prepare them sufficiently. The results also showed that the teacher?s identity, the teacher?s role and leadership are factors that grow with time and experience in the teaching role and that it is not something that the beginner teachers acquire during their education. I have achieved a clearer picture of what to expect and how to enter into the role of teacher with support and time..

The purpose in this Bachelor degree project has been to create a visual identity and to design a compilation cassette for the small music distributor Kyrkvägen Kassett. My way of approaching the task has been to draw parallells between the cassette as an obsolete music format and more or less abandoned or anachronistic formats, materials and printing methods in the graphic design area. The result is a visual identity that is built upon materials and methods of production rather than specific visual elements. The work is to be seen as a tribute to the small non-profit producers of music and graphic design. As often done in the DIY movement, I chose to consider my lack of practical knowledge in these fields not as an encumbrance but as an asset and an incentive.

In 2022, Russia completed its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The EU responded with powerful restrictive measures against Russia to demonstrate its unified support for Ukraine, indicating that the perception of Russia as an external threat to the EU, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), has become increasingly evident following the invasion. Drawing on theory and previous research suggesting that external threats strengthen group identities, I argue that Russia is perceived as an external threat to EU identity in CEE after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Stephan and Stephan's integrated threat theory considers an external threat as either realistic, posing a threat to the ingroup's existence, or symbolic, posing a threat to the ingroup's worldview. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between EU identity and the perception of Russia as a group threat to the EU among individuals in CEE based on the nature of the group threat: realistic and symbolic.

Today, we live in a consumption society. We buy products to soothe our needs and desires. Thru material things we can express our own personal identity and shopping is seen more as a pleasure than a need to survive. With the background media- and communication studies, the reason of this study was to explore how blogs as a social medium can influence the consumption ideal in society. With dialogical analysis and semiotic analysis we wanted to see if we could find a specific consumption culture in the content of six blogs we did our studies on. We found that the blogs showed us that there is normal to have everyday luxury and spoil oneself with expensive things.

SammanfattningDatum: 2014-06-10Författare: Dedic Alma, 920213 & Ölcer Ibrahim, 920301Handledare: Ulla PetterssonNivå: Kandidatuppsats i företagsekonomi, 15 HP Institution: Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, EST, Mälardalens HögskolaNyckelord: Skattebrott, Svartarbete, Oredovisade intäkter.Titel: Skattebrott inom kontantbransch - i form av svartarbetskraft och oredovisade intäkterFrågeställning: ? Hur arbetar Ekobrottsmyndigheten med hjälp av Skatteverket ochSkattebrottsenheten med att förhindra svartarbete och oredovisade intäkter i kontantbranschen? ? Vad anser Ekobrottsmyndigheten och Skatteverket vara anledningarna till svartarbete och oredovisade intäkter?Syfte: Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur Sveriges Ekobrottsmyndighet med hjälp av Skatteverket och Skattebrottsenheten arbetar för att bekämpa skattebrott i form av svartarbete och oredovisade intäkter inom kontantbranschen. Utöver detta skall det tas reda på vad samtliga myndigheterna anser vara anledningarna till dessa skattebrott.Metod: Uppsatsens information har samlats in genom vetenskapliga artiklar, webbsidor och tre intervjuer. Uppsatsens intervjufrågor är upprättade på ett kvalitativt semi-strukturerat sätt och omfattar nio öppna frågor.Resultat: Myndigheterna förhindrar skattebrott svartarbete och oredovisade intäkter genom att utföra skattekontroller av näringsidkarens kassaregister och kontrollenhet samt avskräcka privatpersoner från att komma i kontakt med skattebrott. En av dem största anledningar till skattebrott är okunskap för det ekonomiska arbetet i en näringsverksamhet och näringsidkarens girighet för egenvinning..

Bakgrund: Det rådande pensionssystemet i Sverige består av sex så kallade AP-fonder. Genom åren har pensionssystemet flertalet gånger kritiserats för dess låga avkastning.Problem: Vår huvudfråga är att jämföra AP-fondernas risk och avkastning med aktiemarknaden som helhet, detta ska ske med hjälp av två jämförelseindex: MSCI World och SIXRX.Syfte: Syftet med uppsatsen är att jämföra de fyra första AP-fondernas risk och avkastning med aktiemarknaden som helhet under åren 2002-2010.Metod: Vi har använt oss av en kvantitativ metod, genom att samla in information från AP-fondernas årsredovisningar och hemsidor. Vi har samlat in historisk data, som vi sedan har bearbetat och analyserat.Slutsats: De studerade AP-fonderna har presterat sämre än aktiemarknaden..

This study aims to describe the conditions, of which some youths who live in a segregated area in Sweden, see as important for their development of an identity. The study have been conducted in a manner where we put the youths own words in focus. The youths are in charge of deciding what they regard as important for their own development of their own identity. In this study we assume certain contexts, of which we base the study. These contexts include the society, the urban districts, the school, the family, and the language.

Study objects: Three different productions companies which the authors have chosen to be anonymous. Purpose: The purpose with this study is to examine why production companies choose to use 3D-animations in television commercials, and what different kind of aspects affects their decisions. Theoretical: The theoretical chapter reviews the history of 3D-animation andtelevision commercials and other fields that will be relevant laterin the analysis and discussion. Method: A case study has been made on three different companies, two of the companies are active in post-production and the other one is active in the consulting area. Data was collected through semistructured interviews with two of the companies.

Our aim is to create a greater understanding for how Växjö Municipality is working with their vision, strategy and brand, and also how it is perceived by the business sector. This understanding will help us to highlight success factors and pitfalls that exist in the creation, implementation, and maintenance of a municipality?s identity, image and profile to convince the business sector to follow.Methodology: We have been using an abductive and qualitative research-method in which semi-structured interviews have been the basis of our empirical material. We had interviews with three employees, a communication manager and the mayor at Växjö Municipality as well as four organizations and two companies with sustainable focus. We did this to get different perspectives and thereby get a greater understanding.Analysis & conclusion: We have been able to identify both success factors and pitfalls in Växjö Municipality's strategic sustainability work.

Most major companies today have a visual identity. It answers questions like: which font do I use? and when can I use the logo or not? Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel in Västerås have a visual identity but no guidelines for the employees to follow. Further-more, rollups and rollup handouts produced by Westinghouse are not mentioned in the visual identity. ?erefore the external information from Westinghouse is someti-mes, both by employees and customers, perceived as not uniform.

SammanfattningTitel:                                      Klara färdiga Investera Författare:                            Samar Al-kuwaityHandledare:                          Thomas Karlsson Nivå:                                      C ? uppsats 15 hp, HT 2010Nyckelord:                            Samarbete, Varumärke, Relationer och MarknadsföringProblemformulering:           Hur ser investeringsprocessen ut i svenska riskkapitalbolag vid investering i tillväxtföretag och vilka problem kan påverka investeringsprocessen?Syfte:                                     Syftet med denna studie är att utifrån ett riskkapitalbolags                                              perspektiv beskriva hur investeringsprocessen går till vid                                              investering i ett tillväxtföretag. Metod:                                   Jag har använt mig utav en kvalitativ forskningsmetod och intervjuat Håkan Nelson VD för Malmöhus Invest AB samt en anonym respondent från ALMI Företagspartner AB. Teoretiskt & Empirsikt perspektiv:                            Jag kommer att börja med att presentera vad investeringsprocessen innebär för att sedan gå djupare in på varje steg i investeringsprocessen. Därefter kommer jag att komplettera teorin med hjälp av mn empiriska data som jag fått genom mina intervjuer. Slutsats:                                 Jag har kommit fram till under min studie att riskkapitalbolagen genom går sex olika steg i investeringsprocessen. Dock går man inte lika djupt in på varje steg. Det kan uppstå problem under investeringsprocessen.

Date: June 10, 2011Level: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration, 15 credits.Authors: Erica Halvarsson Caroline Lundberg Moa RydbeckSupervisor: Peter SelegårdTitle: A comparison between a traditional and a new bank ? from a leadership perspectiveProblem: The study focuses how different organizational structures and leadership styles appear in a traditional bank compared to a young bank. The questions we asked ourselves in this study is whether there is any differences?Purpose: The purpose of the study is to from a leadership perspective see if there are any differences between organizational structures, leadership and communication depending on whether it is a traditional or a new bank.Method: In this study, primary and secondary data was used to best obtain comprehensive information, which was analyzed on the basis of a set of question. In order to obtain our raw data, interviews with staff from Swedbank and IKANO bank were conducted.