Arbetets utgångspunkt är att göra en jämförelse mellan hur förutsättningar i ett socioekonomiskt svagt och ett socioekonomiskt starkare område påverkar fältarbete riktat mot ungdomar. Bakgrunden till studien är bristen på tidigare forskning och det kunskapsglapp som finns om fenomenet. Studien baseras på kvalitativ metod med empiriskt material hämtat från intervjuer. Hermeneutiskt perspektiv används som analysverktyg. Informanter från två olika fältverksamheter i områden med olika socioekonomiska förutsättningar intervjuades. Arbetets syfte är att besvara frågeställningarna: Vilka skillnader och likheter finns mellan verksamheterna gällande metoder och förhållningssätt? Hur arbetar fältverksamheten med ungdomsproblematik i området? Påverkar områdets socioekonomiska förutsättningar verksamhetens arbetssätt? Resultatet av studien visar att skillnader finns mellan de undersökta verksamheterna vilka kan kopplas till områdenas socioekonomiska status. Samband kan urskiljas mellan ett områdes socioekonomiska status, ungdomsproblematik och fältverksamheternas metoder och förhållningssätt. Däremot är det svårt att dra konkreta slutsatser eftersom flera faktorer kan påverka samtliga delar. Vidare kan ses att stort behov finns att utveckla forskning inom området och att kunskap om fältarbete sprids. / The starting point is to make a comparison between how conditions in a socio-economically weak and a socio-economically stronger area affects fieldwork targeting youths. The background of the study is the lack of previous research and the lack of knowledge about the phenomenon. The study is based on a qualitative method with empirical material collected from interviews. Hermeneutic perspective is used as the analysis tool. Informants from two different field activities in areas with different socio-economic conditions were interviewed. The purpose of the work is to answer the questions: What are the differences and similarities between the two field-groups in terms of methods and attitudes? How does the different fieldgroups work with youth issues in the area? Do the area's socio-economic conditions affect the way field-groups work? The results of the study show that there are differences between the investigated activities which can be linked to the areas' socio-economic status. Connections can be distinguished between an area's socio-economic status, youth issues and the methods and attitudes the fieldworkers use. However, it is difficult to draw concrete conclusions because several factors can affect all parts. Furthermore, it can be seen that there is a great need to develop research in the field and that knowledge about field work is spread.

Reports of gang violence have become a prominent focus in the media. The rhetoric used in reporting gang related crime will have an impact on the reader's perception of the seriousness of gang crime. The media coverage can result in outbreaks of ‘moral panic’, where by aspecific group is demonized and held responsible for societal problems. The aim of this thesis is to study representations of gang related crime, and specifically two rival gangs from Rinkeby, Stockholm, “Shottaz” and “Dödspatrullen”, in the two Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, between the years 2019 and 2022. This is done using critical discourse analysis as method and theory, complemented by the concept of moral panic. The analysis is based on Fairclough’s three-dimensional methodological framework; a sample of newspaper articles dealing with gang crime are analyzed with a focus on the degree of modality, intertextuality and interdiscoursivity. The resultant findings indicate the nature of a dominant discourse and another, less prominent counter discourse. The dominant discourse can be assumed to play a role in triggering moral panic; the findings indicate a link between the story society tells itself about gang crime and a concomitant societal moral panic relating to gang crime. Only one of the newspaper articles analyzed for this study interviews peopleactually affected by gang conflict. This identified counter discourse offers a more nuanced representation of the conflict between “Shottaz” and “Dödspatrullen”, and of the Stockholm suburb of Rinkeby. Music also contributes to the alternative counter narrative, telling a story at odds with that which this study indicates to be the dominant societal discourse.

The history of the mining industry indicates a lack of understanding among the decision-makers of the impact the closure of mines has on the industry and the associated effects on the society and surrounding environment. The policies of the mining industry do make provision for a planned mine closure, but not for an unexpected closure. This detrimental aspect of closures in the mining industry is highlighted in the present study. The present study investigates how mineworkers’ dependency on their employment at a mine affects their ability to sustain their livelihoods. Vulnerable livelihoods leave the community at a greater risk to be affected by a disaster, than the livelihoods of a community that is resilient and has sustainable resources. Even though mineworkers are not considered as poor at the time of their employment, a mine closure could render them into a status called ‘transitional poverty’. This study also highlights that mineworkers who are skilled for mining operations only do not overcome the status of ‘transitional poverty’ and hence enter a phase called ‘chronic poverty’. This stage constitutes their inability to negotiate livelihood strategies and livelihood outcomes that could sustain a household. Thus humanitarian assistance would be needed from outside sources. Planning for unexpected mine closures should also be on the agenda of the mining industry due to the extreme consequences such an event holds for the mining community experiencing the event. In the case under investigation, the unexpected mine closures occurred in the Grootvlei mine in Springs and the Orkney mine owned by the Aurora Empowerment Systems Ltd. at the time of this study. These closures left the surrounding communities in need of food, shelter and clean water. The inhabitants gradually lost their livelihood assets. A contingency planning model is proposed at the end of this study to address the short-term and long-term consequences of an unexpected mine closure. / M Development and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

The history of the mining industry indicates a lack of understanding among the decision-makers of the impact the closure of mines has on the industry and the associated effects on the society and surrounding environment. The policies of the mining industry do make provision for a planned mine closure, but not for an unexpected closure. This detrimental aspect of closures in the mining industry is highlighted in the present study. The present study investigates how mineworkers’ dependency on their employment at a mine affects their ability to sustain their livelihoods. Vulnerable livelihoods leave the community at a greater risk to be affected by a disaster, than the livelihoods of a community that is resilient and has sustainable resources. Even though mineworkers are not considered as poor at the time of their employment, a mine closure could render them into a status called ‘transitional poverty’. This study also highlights that mineworkers who are skilled for mining operations only do not overcome the status of ‘transitional poverty’ and hence enter a phase called ‘chronic poverty’. This stage constitutes their inability to negotiate livelihood strategies and livelihood outcomes that could sustain a household. Thus humanitarian assistance would be needed from outside sources. Planning for unexpected mine closures should also be on the agenda of the mining industry due to the extreme consequences such an event holds for the mining community experiencing the event. In the case under investigation, the unexpected mine closures occurred in the Grootvlei mine in Springs and the Orkney mine owned by the Aurora Empowerment Systems Ltd. at the time of this study. These closures left the surrounding communities in need of food, shelter and clean water. The inhabitants gradually lost their livelihood assets. A contingency planning model is proposed at the end of this study to address the short-term and long-term consequences of an unexpected mine closure. / M Development and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Syftet med denna kvalitativa studie är att söka kunskap om hur lärare i förskolan resonerar om förskolans kompenserande uppdrag när de planerar utbildningen som inkluderar fysisk och motorisk aktivitet. Vid insamling av empiriska data skickades ett kvalitativt frågeformulär med strukturerade intervjufrågor till lärare i förskolan som befann sig i olika geografiska områden inom ramen för socioekonomisk status. Resultatet belyste tre teman. Medvetenhet, tydlighet och detalj. Dessa teman visade sig skilja sig i grader kopplade till hur lärare i förskolan resonerar om den kompenserande uppgiften när de planerar för fysisk och motorisk aktivitet. Medvetenhet är något som framträder starkast i resultaten baserat på båda urvalsområdena, medan det för det socioekonomiskt utsatta området även klarhet och detaljer i stor utsträckning framgår av resonemanget. Denna medvetenhet görs bäst i beskrivningarna av lärarna i förskolan när de beskriver kompensationsuppgiften som helhet. När en riktning om hur uppdraget används vid planering av fysisk och motorisk aktivitet syns både diffusa och tydliga svar, varav alla teman, medvetenhet, tydliga och detaljerade, till stor del samlas i svaren från förskolan geografiskt belägen i socio -ekonomiskt missgynnade områden. / The purpose of this qualitative study is to seek knowledge about how teachers in preschool reason about the preschool’s compensatory assignment when they plan the education that includes physical and motor activity. When collecting empirical data, a qualitative questionnaire, with structured interview questions, was sent out to teachers in preschool who was located in different geographical areas within the framework of socioeconomic status.  The result highlighted three themes. Awareness, clarity and detail. These themes turned out to differ in degrees linked to how teachers in preschool reason about the compensatory task when planning for physical and motor activity. Awareness is something that emerges most strongly in the results based on both selection areas, while for the socio-economically vulnerable area, clarity and detail also appear to a great extent in the reasoning. This awareness is best done in the descriptions of the teachers in preschool when describing the compensatory assignment as a whole. When a direction on how the assignment is used in the planning of physical and motor activity, both diffuse and clear answers are visible, of wich all the themes, awareness, clear and detailed, are largely gathered in the answers from preschool geographically located in socio-economically disadvantaged areas.