Economic sanctions are defined as the exercise of pressure by one state to produce a change in the political behaviour of another state. Traditional economic sanctions are directed at the entire population of a state whilst targeted sanctions are directed at a state’s individuals. This thesis discusses the application of economic sanctions against Iran by the UN, the EU and the United States. Econ

I denna uppsats undersöks rättsläget för arbetstagares yttrandefrihet och gränserna för kritikrätten vid användning av sociala medier såsom Facebook och bloggar. Arbetstagaren har en plikt att vara lojal gentemot sin arbetsgivare. Lojalitetsplikten utgör en samlingsbeteckning för en rad olika förpliktelser, t.ex. tystnadsplikten och den närliggande skyldigheten att iaktta begränsning i kritikrätteIn this thesis the employees’ freedom of expression and right to criticize the employer when using social media such as Facebook and blogs is examined. The employee has an obligation to be loyal to his or her employer. The concept of loyalty covers many different obligations, for example the duty to respect confidentiality and the closely related duty to not criticize the employer, the employer’s

Historically, the nautical fault exception was justified on the basis that shipowners lacked the ways to control their ships by communication on long voyages and so masters had to act in their own judgement. Modern communications have defeated this underlying rationale but shipowners still want to claim the benefit of the exception. As a matter of statutory regulation, the exception traces back to

Tunga byggnadsmaterial som betong har hög värmekapacitet och bidrar till att ge byggnader en termisk tröghet. Byggnadernas temperatur ändras inte så snabbt när utetemperaturen förändras eftersom betong kan innehålla stora mängder lagrad värme. Detta kan ofta ge positiva effekter på energiförbrukning, termisk komfort och effektbehov. I denna studie undersöktes möjligheten att ytterligare förbättra

Problem: The Chinese WEEE recycling market is today operated mostly by the informal sector. As this sector eludes the insufficiently enforced environmental laws the e-waste is recycled by means not only harmful to the environment and people working with the recycling process, but it also utilizes methods that do not recover valuable materials in a sound and efficient way. Many companies stand read

The status of Western Sahara has since 1975 been a controversial topic in international relations. Morocco claims that the territory rightfully belongs to them while Polisario, the representative of the Sahrawi’s, are of the dichotomous opinion and demands independence. In this paper I will examine the statement that Western Sahara in the long run would be to weak and too poor to survive as a stat

Today’s global competition forces manufacturing companies to re-evaluate their existing processes, technologies, manufactured parts and services in order to focus on strategic activities. The question whether to make or to buy goods or services represents a problem faced by many companies when deciding between keeping technologies/processes in-house or purchasing them from an outside supplier. In

Sponsorship is currently a concept to be reckoned with. The development has been rapid in recent decades and the law has still not brought complete clarity whether sponsorship should be seen as promotion or gift. There is evidence that sponsorship cannot be seen in black or white. The right to deduct that exists for the promotion does not apply to gifts, which can have a major impact on the sponso

The purpose of this thesis is to provide a contribution to the current waged debate concerning the validity of Carl von Clausewitz’s theories regarding actors engaged in the acts of war. These thoughts have been suggested to be obsolete in the post-cold war era whereas the new wars theories have emerged and modified and challenged the classical knowledge of the very nature of war. The theoretical

The U.S. adaptation to the provoked insurgencies in Afghanistan and Iraq has led to a new groundbreaking doctrine focusing on this “new” insurgency warfare. Counterinsurgency, or COIN, has become a beacon for Western states battling rogue and disparate insurgents. In the cases of Afghanistan and Iraq, PRTs have been chosen to be on the frontlines in this guerilla war. This study mainly seeks to di

Sammanfattning Vid betongtillverkning används i Sverige idag stenkross som grov ballast, medan det främst är naturgrus från rullstensåsar som nyttjas till den finaste ballasten (stenar som är mindre än 4 mm). Det sistnämnda börjar dock lokalt ta slut och ersättningsmaterialet som finns i tillräcklig mängd och inom rimligt transport-avstånd är grus från krossat berg. Dock har det visat sig att beto

This paper examines the influence on the Egyptian revolution of 2011 by preceding social movements and historical acts of contention. This is made possible through examining the history of contentious performances from the birth of the social movement up until the twenty-first century, and then comparing the results with the uprising in Egypt. The purpose of this paper is to assess and attempt to

I denna uppsats undersöker jag föreställningar kring incestuösa relationer omkring sekelskiftet 1700. På den tiden definierades incest med religiösa argument och släktskap baserat på blodsband jämställdes med släktskap som uppstått efter äktenskap. En man var med andra ord enligt lagen lika förbjuden att gifta sig med sin egen syster som med sin avlidna hustrus syster. Med hjälp av hovrättsmateria

Uppsatsen utgör en diskursanalytisk granskning av Aftonbladets och Kvinnotrycks (ROKS medlemstidnings) beskrivning av våldtäkt. Teorierna som används är queerfeminism, subaltern teori, intersektionalitet och den kritiska viktimiseringsteorin kring idealiska offer och idealiska förövare. Uppsatsen tar upp hur Aftonbladet och Kvinnotryck beskriver våldtäktsförövare och våldtäktsöverlevare (ofta kallThis bachelors thesis is a discourse analytical examination of Aftonbladets and Kvinnotrycks (ROKS magazine for members) way of describing rape. The theories that are used are queerfeminism, subaltern theory, intersectionality, and critical victimization theory on ”the ideal victim” and ”the ideal perpetrator”. The thesis brings up how Aftonbladet and Kvinnotryck describe rape perpetrators and rap

Banker har en essentiell roll i det moderna samhällssystemet funktion som betalningsförmedlare, kreditgivare och mottagare av ekonomiska medel från allmänheten som placeras till exempel på konto i bank. Utan ett fungerande banksystem blir möjligheten för företag och privatpersoner att förmedla betalningar till varandra, söka krediter eller förvara sina intjänade medel på ett tryggt sätt starkt bFinancial companies in general, and banks in particular, plays an essential role for the function of modern society. Without a working banking-system there would be no effective way to make payments and hardship would meet the credit-market. Some banks have been thought of as ”to big to fail”, although during the last years well-known international banks such as Leeman Brothers has been forced t

This is a study of the growing phenomenon volunteer tourism, defined as Westerners traveling to countries in the ”third world”, mainly through commercial agencies, with the purpose of ”helping out” in social and environmental projects. The purpose is to examine how the volunteer travel as a social practice produces discursive meaning, identities and subject positions. I have studied the web pages

Spring 2010 a gender certification project started at the Geological Department, Lund University. The project revolves around making students and employees more aware about gender and gender equality work and what impact it has on the whole organization. Because of that, I’ve tried to evaluate what has happened and what kind of result the certification has led to so far. I’ve also focused on PhD-s

This paper examines how cyber warfare as a new empirical phenomenon can be understood and explained through the classical security theory of realism. As states begin to view cyberspace as part of their strategic interest, the main divisions of neorealism provide different explanations as to the intentions and interactions of states. The hypothesis of this paper is that realism is not enough to und