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The aim of this thesis is to map the Swedish literary criticism of 2013 with regard to gender equality, and to discuss how equality issues affect the canonization of literature. The study includes a statistical overview of gender representation in literary reviews and a qualitative analysis of the literary debate in Sweden. This thesis also uses Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis and Yvonne Hird

The aim of this study was to research how some female social workers in India, from a professional view, viewed the woman’s role and situation in India, since there are various laws against gender inequality. Research has shown that the implementation of the law, PWDVA, has not been sufficient, as some women still aren’t aware that the law exists. We wanted to find out if they, as professionals, t

Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to contribute with knowledge on consumer identity in a social media setting and how companies can utilize this behaviour for effective marketing. Method The thesis adopts a constructivist perspective on how we interpret our interviewees, the reality and our own research role. The interviews have been inspired by both ethnographic and a phenomenological appro

In this paper, I have attempted to understand how innovative education programs to reduce drop-out rates among girls are conceptualized at the inception level. I have also tried to study how these programs are perceived at the ground level through participant observation of a case. I observed the implementation of an innovative education program focused on increasing life-skills among girls throug

Today's fast growing digital and technical society have made it possible for several different approaches for organizations to create an experience for the audience. Through good communication and presence in digital and social media, organizations can encourage the audience to a change in their behavior through feelings. In this study, the aim is to investigate, analyze and understand how the

Syfte: Syftet med kandidatuppsatsen är att beskriva och undersöka hur nedskrivningsprövning av goodwill i enlighet med IAS 36 har gått till och redovisats i fem goodwillintensiva börsnoterade koncerner under perioden 2005 - 2013. Metod: Uppsatsen är utformad som en fallstudie med kvalitativ ansats. Data¬insamlingen består uteslutande av sekundärdata, med ett stort fokus på objektens årsredovisningPurpose: The purpose of the thesis is to describe and investigate how five public groups with significant goodwill have accounted their goodwill impairment testing in accordance with IAS 36 standard during the time period of 2005 - 2013. Methodology: The thesis is shaped as a case study with a qualitative approach. The collection of data consists solely of secondary data collected through annual r

Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning Geografiska Informationssystem (GIS) är ett system för att hantera geografisk data som jämfört med traditionella forskningsmetoder gör det lättare att sammanställa och analysera dessa data. GIS började utvecklas i Nordamerika på 1960-talet och har under de senaste två decennierna haft stor påverkan på hur hanteringen av rumslig data går till. Användningsområdena Geographical Information System (GIS) is a technique that has revolutionized the way we process spatial data. The possibilities for GIS are endless and it is today used in a wide range of subject areas such as social planning, environmental monitoring and marketing. However, the process of implementing GIS is a long and usually runs in to a lot of problems. The aim of this study is to compare and

Dysfagi är frekvent förekommande i samband med stroke. Vanliga komplikationer i samband med dysfagi är malnutrition, dehydrering och pneumoni till följd av aspiration. Dessa komplikationer kan resultera i sänkt förmåga till rehabilitering, längre sjukhusvistelser och ökad dödlighet. Särskilt pneumoni till följd av aspiration är starkt associerat med ökad dödlighet. Den kliniska sväljningsbedömning

Purpose: To investigate if there is a significant stock price sensitivity towards the currency pair for portfolios of Swedish companies and how this sensitivity differs between sectors, firm size and foreign to total sales ratios. Methodology: Use orthogonalized unexpected movements in a market index and the exchange rate and regress these on portfolio returns sorted by sector, firm size and fore

Books being adapted for film and TV are one of the most common trends in the entertainment business today. As a result, publishers have to take the adaptation into consideration when re-releasing titles after their premieres to increase sales and find new audiences. In this thesis, four book series that have been successfully adapted into film and TV will be examined with focus on their cover desi

Problemet vi utgår från i denna studie är att medborgardialogen ofta förväntas vara mellan politiker och medborgare, tidigare forskning visar dock att tjänstemännen har en central roll i medborgardialogen när det gäller exempelvis genomförande och utformande av möten. Syftet med denna studie är därför att undersöka vilken makt, ansvar och roll tjänstemännen har i medborgardialogen samt hur tjänsteThis thesis is based on the problem that the dialogue between the citizen and the municipal often is expected to take place between the citizens and the politician, although previous research shows that the civil servant also has a significant role in citizen participation. The purpose of this thesis is therefore to examine how the civil servant perceive their role in the citizen participation and

Social work is often described as a moral practice. In human service organisations social workers have room to evaluate and judge people with social problems. Thus, social work assumes processes of categorization and preconceptions of clients. These processes could have the consequence that client's individual characteristics are overlooked in favor of properties associated with the category t

Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur intervjudeltagare påverkades av intervjuledarens kroppsspråk, på vilket sätt detta visade sig samt bakomliggande orsaker till påverkan. Genom att skapa manipulerade intervjusituationer var målet att undersöka skillnaderna mellan deltagarnas reaktioner på ett bekräftande beteende och ett icke-bekräftande beteende hos intervjuledaren. I samband med varje inteThe purpose of this study was to investigate how the participants of the interview were influenced by the interview leader's body language, the way this turned out as well as the underlying causes of impact. By creating manipulated interview situations, the goal was to examine differences between the reactions of a confirmatory conduct and non-confirmatory conduct from the leader. In addition

The digital advertising avoidance The aim of this study is to explore advertising avoidance on social media through a user perspective and identify the methods used. Targeted marketing were exam- ined to provide insight regarding its effect on user advertising avoidance. The re- search questions were: Why is advertising avoidance behavior conducted on so- cial media and how is advertising avoidanc

Lönearbete har en central roll i det västerländska samhället och en påverkan på den enskilde individens upplevelse av sin egen identitet. Det finns emellertid grupper i samhället som idag står långt ifrån den reguljära arbetsmarknaden. Studiens syfte är att öka kunskapen om möjligheter och hinder för personer med funktionsnedsättning att förvärva, samt behålla, en anställning på den reguljära arbe

Syfte: Det är denna uppsats syfte att undersöka hur populärkulturella och idrottsliga ikoner genom varumärkessamarbeten kan fungera som en del i medskapandet av konsumenters uppfattning av ett varumärke. Frågeställningar: Vilka associationer skapar Volvos samarbeten med Zlatan Ibrahimovic och Swedish House Mafia hos konsumenter? Vilken roll spelar dessa associationer för hur konsumenter uppfatta

Jag har i min uppsats presenterat Kivys contour-teori, samt bemött Jennifer Robinsons kritik av denna och visat att Robinsons kritik inte fäller Kivys teori. Jag har samtidigt själv vänt kritik mot contour-teorin. Jag har sedan tagit ställning för Zangwills (och Hanslicks) synsätt kring hur relationen mellan musik och känslor fungerar, vilka säger att en sådan relation inte finns. När vi säger att