Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka kontinuitet och förändring i holländares identitet(er) när de flyttar till Sverige. Teorier kring identitet och förändring/förhandling appliceras på empiri som framkommer ur intervjuer med fyra holländska informanter som har emigrerat till Sverige. Resultatet visar att identitet är något som informanterna anser vara relativt konstant under livets gång vad gäller personlighet, karaktärsdrag och nationalitet. Dock är de överens om att identitetsförändringar sker beroende på ålder och nya livsroller som exempelvis när man blir företagare eller förälder. Holländare och svenskar tycks vara så lika vad gäller utseende att myndigheter tror att även sociala, ekonomiska och politiska system liknar de svenska systemen.

Social indexing is an approach to manual indexing of web content. The purpose of this master thesis has been to investigate terminological and conceptual consistency in social indexing of web content. Conceptual consistency was investigated/measured focusing on synonyms and (the use of) singular and plural forms of words. In order to measure consistency in social indexing data were obtained from the Delicious website. The data set consists of five indexed objects, 3001 tags and 239 users.

In this thesis I discuss and analyze different factors, and different circumstances, that influence identity negotiation among the north american indians. I do this mainly by using two models.The first one is Druckmans three dimensions of identity; negotiating identity, durability of identity and spread of identity. Depending on how the identity fits in these dimensions one can se if, or how, they influence the negotiability.My second model for analyzing is Reeds ?fasteing and unfastening identity?, using this model I have tried to understand during what circumstances the identity is negotiable. The identity is more or less negotiable depending on where the indians live, who they are living with and also on their inheritance.My results shows that the indian identity is changing and developing over time but the main characteristics still remains the same.

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to examine boys?/young men?s forming of masculinity and gender identity and how discussions around gender stereotypes and conceptions represents themselves in contemporary youth novels. Gender theory based upon R.W. Connell?s theoretical framework which discusses masculinities in plural is used.

Denna uppsats är en jämförande studie av hur bestämdheten hos vuxna andraspråkselever ser ut och utvecklas i det svenska språket beroende på om eleven har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål eller inte. Materialet består av insamlade elevtexter som har analyserats med hjälp av performansanalys och Monica Axelssons nivåskala.I val av bestämdhet visar de elever som har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål en större andel korrekt användning mot de som inte har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål, men skillnaden är liten. Jämför man informanternas behärskning av formen, vilken är uppdelad i fyra kategorier, nämligen: obestämd form i singular/plural; bestämd form i singular/plural, visar resultaten att det inte finns någon skillnad mellan de två grupperna. Däremot går det att hitta individuella skillnader och likheter mellan de båda grupperna..

AbstractWhen immigrants move to Sweden from their native country it is not unusual that they experience some kind of identity crises. Their own experience of their cultural identity can be very problematic and they often lose a part of what they previously saw as their own identity. To handle such crises the immigrants can use different strategies. They can for example accept their disparity, deny it or emphasize it. The aim of this study is to examine how immigrants in Sweden experience that their cultural identity has changed since they moved here from a country that has a culture that is different from the Swedish culture.

European identity is a topic constantly debated around Europe. There are many takes on whether there is a European identity and what the European identity consists of. In the European Union the Commission has worked towards developing a common European identity since the middle of the 1970?s. The development of a European identity is an important part in the commission?s quest to tie the union and its people closer together.

Denna uppsats är en jämförande studie av hur bestämdheten hos vuxna andraspråkselever ser ut och utvecklas i det svenska språket beroende på om eleven har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål eller inte. Materialet består av insamlade elevtexter som har analyserats med hjälp av performansanalys och Monica Axelssons nivåskala.I val av bestämdhet visar de elever som har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål en större andel korrekt användning mot de som inte har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål, men skillnaden är liten. Jämför man informanternas behärskning av formen, vilken är uppdelad i fyra kategorier, nämligen: obestämd form i singular/plural; bestämd form i singular/plural, visar resultaten att det inte finns någon skillnad mellan de två grupperna. Däremot går det att hitta individuella skillnader och likheter mellan de båda grupperna..

The purpose of this thesis was to illuminate how companies work with their brand identity and particularly how it is applied in their positioning. The empirical data has been collected through interviews with two companies in Sweden working with brand identity as a stated strategy. The study shows that companies discover, develop and build their brand identity based on their core identity and core values. The core value can be strengthened through customer satisfaction surveys. In order to develop the brand identity in companies, management has to be aware of their brand person- ality, as an essentiality for survival.

Identity and immigration                                                                                                            - A qualitative study with unaccompanied refugee children Jennie Hamberg Larsson and Matthew McNeillThe main purpose of this study is to illuminate and describe how unaccompanied refugee children experience changes and reconstructions to their identity after immigration to Sweden. Using qualitative interviews this study looks at how social relationships in Sweden and a foreign background influence the reconstruction of unaccompanied refugee children´s identity. The base for our analysis is identity theory while roll concepts, social identity theory and concepts of ethnic and national identity are used to give deeper insight into the experiences of three unaccompanied refugee children. Important results found included a connection between the way that identity is formed in relationships, especially with significant others, in the country of origin and how reconstruction of identity develops in the new country with new social relationships. Furthermore the results showed how this reconstruction of identity can be linked to different acculturation strategies that incorporate the importance of an ethnic identity and a national identity.Keywords: identity, ethnic identity, unaccompanied children, immigration.

Denna uppsats är en jämförande studie av hur bestämdheten hos vuxna andraspråkselever ser ut och utvecklas i det svenska språket beroende på om eleven har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål eller inte. Materialet består av insamlade elevtexter som har analyserats med hjälp av performansanalys och Monica Axelssons nivåskala.I val av bestämdhet visar de elever som har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål en större andel korrekt användning mot de som inte har bestämdhet i sitt modersmål, men skillnaden är liten. Jämför man informanternas behärskning av formen, vilken är uppdelad i fyra kategorier, nämligen: obestämd form i singular/plural; bestämd form i singular/plural, visar resultaten att det inte finns någon skillnad mellan de två grupperna. Däremot går det att hitta individuella skillnader och likheter mellan de båda grupperna..

This thesis deals with local identity and the workplace. We have taken part of stories dealing with local identity and the workplace, by using a qualitative method. We interviewed eleven men working at the same company. The group contained of men from urban areas as well as rural areas. The data from our interviews have been applied to theories of local identity and social theories by sociologists such as Durkheim, Simmel and Tönnies.

The aim of this study was to explore transsexuals? identity formation and experiences related to cross-sex hormone treatment, as well as to become absorbed in the narrative approach. To be able to participate in transsexuals? identity formation, life stories were well suited as a theoretical approach. Life stories can be seen as socially situated actions according to Mishler, where individuals? identity formation can be seen as both identity performances and identity claims.

Identity includes an individual´s self-image and the consciousness about their self. It is about being the same person despite changes in their life situation. The identity often get´s fragile because of the disease. Beacuse of the individual´s feeling of lost identity there may arise a conflict between the person and people in his or her surroundings. They may no longer see the sick person in the same way as they used to.

The current trend towards globalisation and democratisation has made the theories of politics in pluralistic societies, and how to make them work, of particular interest and concern. Lijphart's theory of consociational democracy is an important influence in this field. At the same time the importance of civil society in transition studies and democratisation processes has been reinforced over the last thirty years. However, the complex political situation that plural societies face, creates obstacles for a healthy civil society. This thesis is based on a case study of Lebanon, a country with deep ethnic divisions and a government that resembles a consociational democracy.