SUPERVISOR:

First I want to thank God for giving me this marvelous opportunity that has allowed me to know many people along the route and learn from everyone. This thesis that represents the end of a cycle is a good opportunity to thank gratefully to those that in some way have been related. I want to thank to LUMES, Lund University and the Swedish State for offering the Master program free of tuition for foreigners. This had given me the possibility to live an enriching multicultural encounter and an excellent opportunity to growth in the academic, professional and personal side. I want to express my acknowledgements to all my interviewees, the formal and the informal ones, for their time, knowledge and cooperation. I would like to thank my supervisor, who gave the proper orientation to develop this thesis, and to the LUMES program professors who from different perspectives have left a seed inside me in the academic or personal aspects. I want to give my special gratefulness to Åsa and Ingegerd, who were always available with the best disposition to help me. Special acknowledgments to my family and friends; to my mum, dad and sister, who have given me an unconditional support and love to live this experience at thousands kilometers from them, bu