Den 27:e december 2008 inledde Israel en stor militär operation, kallad ”Operation gjutet bly” (”Operation Cast Lead”), mot den palestinska militanta, tillika folkvalda, gruppen Hamas i Gaza. Kriget fick stort utrymme i media som vi menar förhöll sig i det närmaste anti-israeliska i sin rapportering. Vår undersökning går i huvudsak ut på att kartlägga på vilka sätt Gaza viktimiserats i svensk medi

The emergence of new media technologies, particularly the Internet, has transformed communicative environments and media landscape, influencing social, cultural and political processes in our everyday life. It is claimed to contribute to the recent transnational large-scale social movements in the last decade such as the anti-globalization protests like well-known ‘Battle of Seattle’ in 1999 or th

The purpose of this paper is to look at Greek and Roman attitudes toward and comments on cosmetics during antiquity. I will also try to define who used cosmetics and why. Moreover, to illustrate ancient usage of cosmetics, what kind of raw materials and pigments were included in the cosmetic products, go over and compare the different types of cosmetics and their different properties and purposes

We need universal policies that can embrace the broad masses in the society. At the same time, this does not mean that these policies are good for everyone. There could be local knowledge and experiences from individuals that universal education policies fail to notice, see or neglect. It is important to have universal education policies that can embrace the broad masses. It is also important to k

Contemporary international society goes through rapid transformations, including migratory flows on a greater scale than experienced hitherto. The African and the European Union have claimed joint responsibility in treating the root causes of migration by instigating development in sending countries. With the current pace, the common goal of reducing migration is far from being reached and new gro

Imagining how contemporary conflicts have divided societies in the recent times put one in a position to think of possibilities that will improve the activities of reconciliation initiatives for a lasting peaceful coexistence in the aftermath of conflicts. In Rwanda series of conflicts have emerged since the end of colonial rule till the genocide in 1994 calling for a necessary transitional justic

I den här uppsatsen gör vi en jämförelse av tre teoretiska perspektiv som förklarar orsaker till etniska konflikter. De tre teorierna är primordialism, konstruktivism och instrumentialism. Idén till detta tillvägagångssätt hämtar vi från Graham Allison som menar att olika teorier ger olika förklaringar eller tolkningar av ett händelseförlopp. Vi utför därför en fallstudie av den etniska konflikten

One of the unsolved puzzles in democratization studies today is the prevalence of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. Previous comparative studies have overlooked the region because it does not contain a single case of successful democratization. Middle Eastern scholars, on the other hand, tend to lack the theoretical tools on what it would take for this area to democratize. The purpose of t

För ett land i efterkrigsskedet är det viktigt att snabbt återuppbygga demokratifrämjande institutioner, stödja element i det civila samhället som värnar för tolerans och att skapa en tradition av ett demokratiskt samhälle. Roland Paris presenterar i sin teori Institutionalization Before Liberalization (IBL) ett ramverk för hur detta bör gå till. Utifrån vårt intresse för Kosovos historia och den

This study aimed at understanding the phenomenon of permanent living in caravans. The central questions where; how did it come that the camping inhabitants chose to live permanently in caravans? How did they describe their living and the context? How did they describe themselves, the society and others reaction to their choice of living? Empirical data from interviews with seven inhabitants was pr

The aim of this paper was to investigate how parents of children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorde r) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) experience the treatment and support that the child and its family gets from society. Some of the questions I concentrated on are: · How do parents experience the support they get from different institutions, such as schools, child psychiatrists

This essay is an evaluation of studies in the Swedish language for immigrants, called "sfi", in Helsingborg. Our purpose with the study was to illuminate "sfi". We wanted to find out how "sfi" is organized. "Sfi" is contracted out to three organizers, "NK DataCenter" and "Vuxenutbildningen Kärnan" in the daytime and "ABF" in the

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the concept of social sponsorship within the public sector as well as the phenomena itself. The focus will be on the following topics: - What is the general conception regarding social sponsorship? - How is it possible to explain the growth of sponsorship? - What kind of business and welfare areas are in contact with social sponsorship? - What are the pros

Unemployment among immigrants in Sweden has lately been exposed as a problem in mass media. One of the reasons is that it´s been noticed that many immigrants with university education are unemployed or having jobs they are over qualified for. I chose to investigate unemployment among immigrants in the community of Helsingborg. Helsingborg is a town in the south of Sweden. Helsingborg as a communit

This essay is a study about "Sfi", Swedish language education for immigrants. Our main purpose with the study was to find out the reasons behind Helsingborg’s decision to privatize Sfi, a part of the public sector. We interviewed a local politician and representatives for the public organizer, Vuxenutbildningen Kärnan, and the private organizer, NK-Datacenter. In the interviews we wanted

The main purpose of this study was to investigate young girls´ and boys´ socialization in sport involvement and what keeps them motivated do continue. This study is based on a qualitative method. I have interviewed three girls and three boys, all between 15 and 16 years of age. My main questions were; what kind of sports is he/she active in, who introduced him/her to sports, what keeps him/her mot

The object of this essay is to examinate if there exist any values and moral aspects of the politics of voluntary returning home of refugees. The questions in issue are the following: - When is it of importance to argue voluntary returning home? Is it when integration does not work, or has it always been topic of interest? - In what degree has values and different ideas about “the best for the ref

The objective of this thesis was, on the basis of the Theory of Residualist Conversion, to examine if students in social work education were trained to maintain the structures in society by converting social problems into personal problems of the people they serve. I chose 'the multicultural society' as an example of an issue that is often perceived as a social problem. The research questi

The purpose of this essay was to contribute to an increased understanding about battered women. We also wanted to find patterns and explanations as to why the women acted as they did. The questions asked were: - Why didn't the women leave the men after the first abuse? - Why did the women accept the abuse? - What makes the women choose the same kind of men over and over again? "Love on wh

When we started this project our aim was to discuss and interpret older women's adjustment to their new lifes as retired. Did we interpret the retirement as a difficult transition for the women, or as if they felt satisfaction with their new situation? We interpreted the results of the interviews using gerentologic theories. The questions that led our work was how our respondents apprehended t