Utgångspunkten för denna studie är att mångfald i arbetslivet är ett komplext område som är i ständig utveckling. Syftet med studien är att belysa en kommuns interna mångfaldsarbete   utifrån ett ledningsperspektiv. Detta undersöks utifrån kommunens styrdokument, användningen av dessa och respondenternas uppfattning kring mångfaldsområdet. Empiri har inhämtats genom fem semistrukturerade intervjuer och analyserats med inspiration från hermeneutiken. Resultatet påvisar att styrdokumenten, dess implementering samt uppfattningen kring mångfaldsarbetet och mångfaldsområdet är oförenade. Det råder en enhetlighet kring vilka styrdokument som är kopplade till mångfald och hur dessa ska användas. Den faktiska användningen av dessa är dock sparsam och det råder bristande   överensstämmande kring vad mångfaldsarbete och mångfaldsområdet innebär. Baserat på detta diskuteras utmaningarna kring mångfaldsarbetet i kommunen utifrån bristen av kontextualisering och utifrån mångfaldsarbetet som en förändringsprocess. Avslutningsvis redogörs en slutsats utifrån studien och förslag på vidare forskning inom ämnet. / The approach for this study is that diversity in working life is a complex area which is constantly evolving. The purpose of the study is to investigate a municipality's inhouse diversity work from a management perspective. This is examined by viewing the municipality's governing documents, the use of these and the respondents' perception of   diversity. Empirical data has been gathered through five semi-structured interviews and analyzed with inspiration from hermeneutics. The result shows that the governing documents, its implementation and the perception of  diversity and diversity work are disconnected. There is uniformity around which governance documents that are linked to diversity and how these should be used. However, the actual use of these documents is sparse and there is insufficient consistency about diversity work and the respondent’s perception of diversity. Based on this, the challenges of diversity work in the municipality are discussed based on the lack of contextualization and by viewing diversity work as a change process. Finally, a conclusion for the study is   presented and proposals for further research on the subject is offered.

This diploma thesis is mainly focused on term racism, especially how the term racism is used in government documents. The author's point of view is based on social constructivism. Author focuses on way of understanding constructions of the term racism made by relevant policy- makers. The goals of this thesis are descriptive (the description of a discourse in government documents and its broader context) and explanatory (an explanation of an interaction of the discourse and its context). The broader context is found by the event history analysis and by an analysis of stakeholders. The discourse analysis is based on texts found in government documents. The results of these analyses show racism as a complex problem including a wider category of social phenomena related to the disadvantaged situation of ethnic minority groups. Nevertheless we are able to identify several competing approaches to this problem delimitation. Two of them consider racism in context of various social problems having different views on causality between these two levels. Two other approaches link racism with security policy and differ with emphasis on preventive and repressive tools.