From the end of the Second World War until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 the world was divided. An iron curtain separated the world into two parts, east and west. These were dominated by the two great powers, the Soviet Union and the USA. The contradictions between the great powers should characterize the whole period that was named the Cold...
The author has applied an abductive research design and performed a case study which includes a survey and e-mail interviews of workers within the construction industry. The purpose of the survey and the interviews is to investigate what factors may be the most influential for individuals in establishing their apprehension of natural stones. The re...
Denna uppsats belyser på vilka sätt etnocentrism och kommersialism kommer till uttryck i analyserat resejournalistiskt undersökningsmaterial. Med hjälp av metoden kritisk lingvistik har utvalda svenska textreportage analyserats för att finna underliggande värderingar som kommersialism och etnocentrism bidragit till. Varje textanalys kompletteras me...
Genom att låta religionskunskapslärare delta i en kvalitativ enkätstudie är detta en undersökning som framhäver hur man kan arbeta för att motverka fördomar och samtidigt inte förmedla en romantiserande bild av livsåskådningar. Vilka strategier kan lärare använda sig av i sin undervisning för att dels skapa förståelse för och dels problematisera fö...
I samhället har Sverigedemokraterna (SD) växt starkare de senaste åren. Om vi gick till val idag skulle SD komma in i riksdagen. Nyligen publicerade Aftonbladet en politisk artikel skriven av Jimmie Åkesson, ordförande för SD, där muslimerna utpekades som Sveriges största hot. Är detta ett bevis på vilka attityder som är på frammarsch i Sverige? Vå...
This thesis is an ethnological study of young Sami living in Sweden. The aim is to describe and analyse different ways of being Sami today and discuss the historical terms of creating identities Reindeer grazing legislation have influenced the informants’ rights within the Sami people and their identity is based on their social and material terms. ...
The purpose of the essay is to examine how issues concerning gender equality are perceived and to show what areas are defined as problematic in different discourses. It also raises the question of who is defined as responsible for dealing with issues concerning gender equality in these different contexts. Theories used are the gender system and int...
The purpose of this study was to examine the laws, govern documents and guiding principals that are available for schools and their work regarding the work against discrimination, insulting and other forms of harassments, and then to form a method for the schools to implement this work in practice. The work to counteract discrimination, insult trea...
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