This thesis aims to explore social work practices in relation to sex work. It addresses the research question of what challenges, trends and implications evolve for professional social work in Germany once effective practices in response to prostitution have been identified. These issues are explored through the method of qualitative interviews. The study uses social stigma theory as a theoretica

The aim of this study is to contribute to the existing literature on co-creation in investigating consumers’ motives for participation on the one hand and possible effects of this participation on brand knowledge on the other. It thus provides a link between co-creation, motivation, and branding literature. A constructionist ontological stance and interpretive epistemology led us to the research p

Denna uppsats har som syfte att utreda innebörden av begreppet ”penninglån” som återfinns i låneförbudsreglerna i 21 kap. aktiebolagslagen (2005:551). Frågan som besvaras är: - Vad innebär begreppet ”penninglån” enligt 21 kap. ABL? Grunddefinitionen av penninglån är en försträckning där transaktionen består av en genusvara, i form av penningar. I lagtexten finns det relativt lite vägledning krinThis paper aims to investigate the meaning of the term "cash loan" found in the loan prohibition rules in 21st chapter of the Swedish Companies Act (2005:551). The question to be answered is: - What does the term "cash loan" in 21st chapter of the Swedish Companies Act mean? The basic definition of cash loan is a loan where the transaction consists in the form of money. The t

This thesis aims to examine if the Swedish Democrats base their criticism against EU on their nationalistic ideas and if these can be pursued in the European Parliament. The theory describes nationalism as an ideology and the European Union as a integration project. By describing these two from different angles a clear opposition can be found. A critical idea analysis is used on the collected data

In this study I present a theoretical model based on Marx´s critique of political economy, specific readings of Marx´s work and the regulation approach. This model will be used to explain long waves and cycles in long term economic growth, creative destruction (i.e the relation between technological leaps and economic crisis) and the ways in which these processes correspond to institutional develo

Arbetet utgör en stor bit av det pussel som bildar våra liv, därför är arbetets mening en central del i våra liv. En människas självidentitet är nära kopplat till hennes yrke eller en speciell titel. Giddens (1999) visar hur vår definition av självidentiteten i det moderna västerländska samhället, går ifrån att vara traditionsbundet till att kravet på livsval blir för stora och till slut omöjliga

This bachelor thesis contains an introduction into supersymmetric quantum mechanics(SUSYQM). SUSYQM provides a different way of solving quantum mechanical problems. The thesis explains the basic concepts of SUSYQM, such as the factorization of a Hamiltonian, the definition of its superpotential and the shape invariant potentials. The SUSYQM framework was applied to some problems such as the infini

Our interest for this subject was awakened by the complexity with teachers having to report their students for being physically or psychically abused or neglected at home. Our aim in this study has been to discover junior school teachers’ idea on the mandatory reporting law between schools and social services in Sweden. Due to this purpose, interviews have been made with six junior school teachers

Sociala medier har kommit att utgöra en stor del av dagens kommunikation. Organisationer använder dessa i sitt kommunikationsarbete utan att besitta större kunskap om hur verktyget ska hanteras för att nå sin fulla potential. Dagens forskning om sociala medier saknar till stor del ett kritiskt förhållningssätt. Det diskuteras inte om organisationer ska använda sociala medier, utan snarare när och Social media forms a major part of today's communication. Organizations choose to adapt this in their work with communication, but lack sufficient understanding of how the tool should be handled in order to reach full potential. Today's research on the social media largely lacks a critical approach. It is not discussed whether organizations should use social media, but rather when and how.

The conditions for trading differ in the EU, even though the idea of the single market was born almost six decades ago and started to go toward completion over two decades ago. These differences causes asymmetry in trade costs which lead to trade volumes, and in extension wealth, are less in the union than what they would be if the union was more harmonized. This paper is therefore aiming at findi

Mätning av arbetsprestation har kommit att bli allt vanligare i arbetslivet idag och fokus har flyttats från objektiva mått till mer subjektiva bedömningar. Studiens syfte var att undersöka om en evaluativ faktor kan föreligga i skattningar som berör arbetsprestation och hur den kan reduceras. Vidare undersöktes om personlighetsdimensionerna i Big Five kan ha något samband med variansen i skattnin

Till grund för denna uppsats ligger översättningar av tre spanska matreportage från tidskriften Sobremesa. Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka hur man bäst går tillväga för att anpassa en text efter en ny målspråkskultur utan att riskera att den personliga stilen i texten går förlorad vid överföringen. Uppsatsen inleds med en källtextanalys som utgår ifrån Lennart Hellspongs och Per Ledin

Syftet med uppsatsen är att jämföra ekonomiska incitament för patienter och vårdgivare att konsumera och producera vård i primärvården i Sverige och Nederländerna och dess konsekvenser för vårdutnyttjande och kostnader. Fokus ligger på patientavgifter och ersättningsmodeller för allmänläkare i primärvården. Länderna skiljer sig åt i såväl patientens egenbetalning, ersättning till läkare och konkur

Under senare delen av 1950-talet utspelade sig i Sverige en livlig debatt om huruvida landet skulle framställa egna atombomber. Tidsmässigt sammanföll detta med vad som kallats "den andra vetenskapliga revolutionen"; en tid präglad av ekonomisk högkonjunktur, snabb teknologisk utveckling och allmän framstegsoptimism. I föreliggande uppsats analyseras hur de svenska atomvapenmotståndarna

Research show that human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries today, after narcotics and illegal arms trade (The Polaris Project 2014). The most common victims of human trafficking are stated to be women and children (UNODC 2012). According to the UNICEF (2007), 1,2 million children are estimated to be exposed to trafficking for various exploitative purposes every year aro

The relationship between intellectual property and competition law gives an excellent contrast into how competing legal principles may work harmoniously and need not be viewed in conflict. Consequently, applying principles from one field may benefit the application of another. In respect of this and following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent ruling in Leno Merken, an application

The aim of this study is to utilize a qualitative content analysis in order to examine the stories of twelve childfree women featured in the anthology "Nobody's Mother" [translated title] (2013). When designing this study we have focused on the reasons to why these women have chosen not to have any children and how they experience social expectations related to motherhood. Swedish we

This thesis aims to identify online branding channels used by SMEs and determine which of those channels are the most effective. For this, a quantitative study of four SME brands is conducted and their online branding efforts analyzed. The findings add to the existing theory in the field as well as propose a new framework for analyzing and classifying SMEs online branding channels. The gathered da

The United States (US) and European Union (EU) both have preferential trade agreements with least developed countries with the aim of increasing trade volumes in order to catalyse development. The US implemented their system, the “African Growth and Opportunity Act” (AGOA) in 2000 and the EU followed with “Everything But Arms” (EBA) in 2001. Since these preference systems have the goal of increasi