This essay studies the relationship between institutional transparency and political trust. The study focuses on 27 countries in Europe. The existing theory regarding the relationship emphasizes different views. Some theorists claim that the two concepts are positively correlated whilst others claim the opposite. Hence, the study’s purpose: to test which of the theorists predict the correct outcom

Everyday invisible and hidden non-ceremonial gifts are offered to ease challenges. These gifts create and enhance social bonds as people exchange with those they feel connected to and identify with. By answering the question “How is gift-giving used by female sex workers (FSWs) in Kamathipura?” the thesis explores how gift-exchange helps FSWs in Asia’s largest red-light district, cope with everyda

This case study aims to examine two questions. Firstly, how the theoretical perspectives of liberalism and realism can explain the approaches of the US and Russia regarding intervention in Venezuela. Secondly, how in turn, the approaches can explain why the UN security council is unable to agree about an intervention. With the starting point that one should aid people in hardship and as the popula

It is no secret that the EU’s difficulty to act as a cohesive actor in the realm of foreign policy lies mainly with the member state governments and their inability to agree on common actions. The purpose of this study is to find out whether the left-right position of EU member state governments can predict the effects these governments have on EU foreign policy cohesion. This is done by analysing

This study examines how female victims of sexual offense are portrayed by the Swedish juridical system and media. The study seeks to investigate which assumptions regarding the female sexuality, derived from societal attitudes, that are reflected in the verdicts and the media coverage. Three cases of sexual offence have been chosen to be examined based on level of media coverage induced by the leg

Traditionally, the role of the civil society in the EU policy-making has been week in comparison with the business associations and trade unions who are the social partners of the EU. However, this weakness forced the civil society to unite under a common network, which became to be known as Social Platform. Recently, their visibility became even stronger when the crisis hit the EU and consequentl

This paper examines the nation-state as a hegemonic discourse and the democratic confederalism in Rojava as an alternative discourse in relation to the nation-state discourse. The nation-state is a hegemonic discourse in the sense that we take it for granted as the natural base for political organization in a world order built on nation-states. In 2012, a peaceful revolution was carried out by th

Going through the structural transformation processes since the 1990s, Georgia has opened its economy for export. This has been achieved by free trade agreements and governments’ attempts at promoting and assisting stakeholders. Being a “cradle of wine”, wine represents one of the most exported commodities of the country. This has been a result of partially, governments’ policy implementations, an

The turnout for the European Parliament elections has steadily increased in Sweden. Most recently, it was 51 % of the entitled voters that voted, but it is still a low figure compared to how many people that vote in the parliament election. Some interesting questions are raised in relation to the turnout. Are there differences in access to information and knowledge depending on where you live in S

Kopplade differentialekvationer förekommer överallt inom vetenskapens värld. Några sådana exempel är för beräkning av värmeinteraktioner mellan två olika material, luftflödet runt en vinge och blodflödet i ett hjärta. Ett mer specifikt exempel är raketmotorer som riktar ett kraftigt gasflöde med ett munstycke. Detta munstycke blir deformerat på grund av värme och högt lufttryck. Dessa ändringar i This thesis presents and tests the convergence rate of the Dirichlet-Neumann algorithm for two Poisson equations coupled by transmission boundary conditions. Three second order discretisation methods are used when analyzing the convergence: standard equidistant finite difference, standard adaptive linear finite element, and standard adaptive finite volume discretisation of Poisson's equation.

Over three-quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas and many of them depend on agriculture to earn a living. In a context of climate change, Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) is addressed as one of the main sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Hence, the sustainability transition in the agricultural sector has become one of the most prominent development areas in the 2

E-health services are critical for improving the quality of life and accessibility of healthcare. There have been multiple developments within e-health services, but the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic caused a significant increase in the use of these services, which led to faster diffusion of e-health services. A qualitative study was conducted to examine how the Swedish public healthcare syste

This study scrutinizes the underlying factors of honor-related violence (HRV) and examines how women break away from honor-related violence. Four autobiographical stories written by vulnerable women who have been victims to honor-related violence have been analyzed. A qualitative narrative method has been used as an analysis method. The results of this study shows that factors such as honornorms,

This paper examines the remunicipalisation of elderly care in Lomma kommun in the context of previous remunicipalisation theory and with the background of New Public Management. In 2020 the municipality of Lomma kommun decided not to extend any contracts with external providers of elderly care, thus taking back all service in the hands of the municipality after the initial privatization in 2005. A

Present master thesis investigates the role of 4 chosen place-based educational initiatives in Austria which are actively engaged in local short food supply chains (SFSCs). Those supply chains are defined by close geographical and social relations between supply chain actors and a limited number of intermediaries. It aims to scrutinize to what extend such initiatives (can) foster consumer-producer

This paper investigates the performance of benchmark indices and according ETFs against the synthetic portfolios that were built using the five major holdings of the selected benchmark index and its ETF. Not only do we test the synthetic portfolios, but from them, we make optimal (re-balanced) portfolios using mean-variance optimization (with short-selling constraints). We test and examine the ret

Under de senaste decennierna har samhället genomgått en snabb teknologisk utveckling som resulterat i nya arbetssätt. Det är nu lättare än någonsin att arbeta var, när och hur man vill. Att världen drabbades av en pandemi under inledningen av 2020 accelererade den teknologiska utvecklingen. Digitala arbetssätt blev därmed vardag för majoriteten av den kontorsarbetande befolkningen. När det bevisliIn recent decades, society has undergone rapid technological development, resulting in new ways of working. It is now easier than ever to work where, when and how you want. A global pandemic at the start of 2020 accelerated technological progress. Digital ways of working thus became commonplace for the majority of the office-working population. With the evidence that remote working is productive,

Responding to the pressure of economies of scale, port cities like Hamburg “hold course” towards a development strategy, meeting demands of upscaling navigational infrastructure through dredging. Research focusing beyond distributional injustices is scarce and remains technocratically driven. To further our understanding of these processes, I conducted semi-structured interviews and thematic conte

Denna studie analyserar skateboardåkares förhållande till platser och stadsmiljön i Malmö stad. Hur använder skateboardåkarna sig utav platsen och hur påverkar det i sin tur deras identitetsskapande process inom kulturen. De personer som intervjuats och aktivt följts under ett fältarbete några vårmånader i Malmö stad. Alla som deltagit i studien har en stark relation med skateboardkulturen på olik

In response to complex societal and environmental issues, a growing number of entrepreneurs decide to use the means of markets for transformative change, balancing characteristics of business with a social mission at their core and are therefore commonly termed hybrid organisations. The potential tensions arising from this balancing act can result in the organisation prioritising the market logic