Syftet med den här undersökningen är att bidra till en fördjupad förståelse av implementering av FN:s konvention om barnets rättigheter (barnkonventionen). Detta har genomförts genom en undersökning av implementering av barnkonventionens artikel 31 i barnverksamheten vid sex svenska folkbibliotek och av hur tre särskilda faktorer: handlingsfrihet, ansvarighet och resurser, som valts med utgångspunkt i närbyråkratperspektivet, påverkat implementeringen. En kvalitativ, intensiv, få-fallsundersökning har genomförts. Undersökningens material omfattar intervjudata som samlades in genom kvalitativa halv-strukturerade forskningsintervjuer med utbildade bibliotekarier som arbetar vid olika folkbibliotek och av utvalda styrdokument som reglerar de olika bibliotekens verksamheter. Ett huvudsakligt resultat i undersökningen är att de folkbibliotek som ingick i undersökningen har gjort ett omfattande arbete med att implementera barnkonventionens artikel 31 och att barnets rätt till deltagande i det kulturella och konstnärliga livet och uppmuntrandet av tillhandahållandet av lämpliga och lika möjligheter för kulturell och konstnärlig verksamhet samt för rekreations- och fritidsverksamhet är aspekter av artikel 31 som särskilt tydligt kan relateras till och har kommit till uttryck i de olika bibliotekens verksamheter. Ytterligare ett huvudsakligt resultat är att de tre faktorerna handlingsfrihet, ansvarighet och resurser tydligt har påverkat implementeringen vid de folkbibliotek som ingår i undersökningen. Ansvarighet och handlingsfrihet påvisades vara faktorer som främst har möjliggjort implementeringen medan tillgången till resurser påvisades vara en faktor som både kan möjliggöra och hindra implementeringsarbete. / The aim of this study was to contribute to a deeper and more thorough understanding of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It specifically examined implementation of Article 31 of the UNCRC in six Swedish public libraries using the Street-level bureaucracy approach. The study then selected three specific factors to explore implementation, namely discretion, accountability and resources. A qualitative case study approach was chosen. The research foundation of this consisted specifically of interview data collected through qualitative semi-structured interviews with professionally trained librarians from the six libraries involved in the study. It also included selected documents concerning the regulation of their activities. The study’s primary finding was that these libraries make great effort to implement Article 31 of the UNCRC. The research analysis showed that two particular aspects of Article 31 of the UNCRC are very much apparent in the libraries that were studied. These aspects were the right of the child to participate freely in cultural life and the arts, and the encouragement of the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for cultural, artistic, recreational and leisure activity. It also found that it was indeed the fact that each of the three chosen factors, discretion, accountability and resources, have specific effects on implementation. The analysis showed that accountability and discretion are indeed factors that enable the implementation and that the availability of resources affected implementation either positively or negatively.

Conflict and injustice are endemic to the imperfectness of human existence, and the Church of Christ is not immune to them. Various means can be adopted to solve conflict in the church. This study is concerned with legal restitution through calling at a major assembly, as provided in Article 31 Church Order. Statement of the problem Biblical grounds for the right of appeal are largely lacking in the Reformed church polity. In addition, there is no clear definition of the concept 'injustice' in Article 31 Church Order. In the case of appeals brought to a synod of the RCSA, the verdict usually contains no guidelines on how the matter should be dealt with in practice in order to effect reconciliation. Consequently, the outcome of an appeal does not necessarily contribute to the solution and restoration of broken relationships. Aim and method of work This study endeavours to determine the biblical grounds of appeal and legal restitution in Reformed church polity through scriptural study; establish the essence and content of appeal in Reformed church polity; and examine the functioning, treatment and application of appeal with a view to legal restitution in the RCSA, and address shortcomings in this respect. Findings Legal restitution occurs when an appeal is judged according to clearly defined norms; the verdict rests on the same norms; and the necessary steps had been taken to reconcile the parties involved in the appeal Organisation The study is divided into four main sections: biblical foundation of appeal with a view to legal restitution; historical development of appeal with a view to legal restitution; fundamental definition of appeal with a view to legal restitution; and practical treatment of appeal with a view to legal restitution. Finally, the research questions born from the problem statement are answered by means of concluding statements. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Church Polity))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.

Conflict and injustice are endemic to the imperfectness of human existence, and the Church of Christ is not immune to them. Various means can be adopted to solve conflict in the church. This study is concerned with legal restitution through calling at a major assembly, as provided in Article 31 Church Order. Statement of the problem Biblical grounds for the right of appeal are largely lacking in the Reformed church polity. In addition, there is no clear definition of the concept 'injustice' in Article 31 Church Order. In the case of appeals brought to a synod of the RCSA, the verdict usually contains no guidelines on how the matter should be dealt with in practice in order to effect reconciliation. Consequently, the outcome of an appeal does not necessarily contribute to the solution and restoration of broken relationships. Aim and method of work This study endeavours to determine the biblical grounds of appeal and legal restitution in Reformed church polity through scriptural study; establish the essence and content of appeal in Reformed church polity; and examine the functioning, treatment and application of appeal with a view to legal restitution in the RCSA, and address shortcomings in this respect. Findings Legal restitution occurs when an appeal is judged according to clearly defined norms; the verdict rests on the same norms; and the necessary steps had been taken to reconcile the parties involved in the appeal Organisation The study is divided into four main sections: biblical foundation of appeal with a view to legal restitution; historical development of appeal with a view to legal restitution; fundamental definition of appeal with a view to legal restitution; and practical treatment of appeal with a view to legal restitution. Finally, the research questions born from the problem statement are answered by means of concluding statements. / Thesis (Ph.D. (Church Polity))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2006.