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Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 1982. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-164).

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 94 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-79).

Proefschrift Universiteit Maastricht. / Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

Proefschrift Universiteit Maastricht. / Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

Proefschrift Universiteit Maastricht. / Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Engels.

This thesis investigates the view of the Swedish government on how working hours can be used as a tool to promote equality in Sweden. Previous research shows how women are experiencing a bigger challenge than men in achieving a balance between work and family life since they take a larger responsibility for the unpaid work at home. This leads to inferior prerequisites in life for women, which in turn means that we live in an unequal society. At the same time research shows that there are two ways to go when it comes to changing working hours in favour of equality: an extension of the working hours for women who work part-time or a shortening of the working hours over all in the Swedish society. The aim of this thesis is to investigate which of these alternatives that is promoted by the Swedish government. This will be done through a critical discourse analysis.   The investigation shows that the Swedish government promotes the alternative where the women working part-time extend their working hours to full-time as a solution to the equality problem. This goes in line with what previous research has shown on this matter; that the working culture in Sweden is strong and that the idea of a “working line” is a strong concept that has been used since the start of the 20th century to this day. This also shows that there is a reigning discourse where it is not possible to talk about a shortening of working hours as a solution to the equality problem. As previous research has shown, this investigation also finds that the government continues to emphasize the economic consequences that come out of the fact that women to a large extent work part-time. The question of who is going to take care of the unpaid work at home when women starts to work full-time, however, remains unanswered.

Uppsatsen besvarar främst hur IS, IS-anhängare samt deras anhöriga skildras i dokumentärerna “Mitt barn är en IS-soldat” av Kalla fakta och “Ensamma mot IS” av Dokument inifrån. Studien tittar också närmare på hur dokumentärerna förhåller sig till public service-uppdraget och kommersialiseringen. För att besvara frågeställningarna har narrativ metod, bildanalys och en filmanalytisk segmentering använts. Teorierna som ramar in uppsatsen är den narrativa teorin, sociosemiotiken samt public service-teorin. Med hjälp av tidigare forskning tillämpas även ett genus- och vi-och-dem-perspektiv. Studiens resultat visar att Kalla fakta (TV4) har mer drag av kommersialiseringen än Dokument inifrån (SVT) och båda förhåller sig väl till public service-uppdraget. Vad gäller skildringen av Islamiska staten, IS, använder Kalla fakta våldsammare bilder än Dokument inifrån. De anhöriga har fått olika utrymme i dokumentärerna. I Dokument inifrån får tittaren komma närmare föräldrarna vilket skapar en större förståelse för deras situation till skillnad från Kalla fakta där man får ta del av flera föräldrars berättelser på en mer övergripande nivå. I båda dokumentärerna får IS-anhängarna framträda med en bakgrund till varför de radikaliserades men ingen ses som ett direkt offer. Dokumentärerna har olika genre och format. Därav skildras de tre parterna olika, men trots detta, förmedlar både Dokument inifrån och Kalla fakta relevant information till publiken.

Plato´s Republic is maybe the most widely read philosophical work of all times. It is the earliest surviving, systematic utopia in Europe´s history and continues to inspire people today. But who did Plato want to address with his work and why? In this paper I will discuss these issues. My thesis is that Plato wanted to direct his Republic to people, men and women, who have a good character and love wisdom in order to make them to think radically differently from the traditional norms. If these would-be philosophers could challenge the old-fashioned way of seeing things they could take the lead to establish a just society. I will also discuss critically two alternative approaches from other philosophers.