Ontological security has for the last ten years emerged as a fruitful analytical tool to construe political movement by understanding the individual subject as in the need for a coherent and secure self-identity. Three articles with different views on how the individual subject is understood has recently been published. They criticise common assumptions within the field of ontological security. T

Why are there only 21% female politicians in the highest decision-making body, the Parliamentary Assembly, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, when there has been established a law that requires a 40% quota of gender representation in these positions? Because of all the laws and regulating documents that have been determined by the state to improve the gender inequality issue, it can fairly be claimed th

In 2004, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland (the DHSSPS) was ordered by the Court of Appeal to produce guidelines for healthcare professionals on the legal framework surrounding abortion in the region. The process, which came to last eleven long years, has been one characterised by intense struggle over meaning and been the main political battleground w

2015 was a tough year for the Swedish government and especially the Social Democrats in Sweden. This essay examines what caused the establishment of border controls by looking at the Social Democrats with the help of two theories concerning party strategies. The paper is based on, in addition to the theories, interviews with social democratic members of the parliament. The featured perspectives an

This paper examines the changes in communication about migration policy for Sweden's three largest political parties; Moderaterna, Socialdemokraterna and Sverigedemokraterna. The purpose whit this essay is to find out if the communication of Moderaterna and Socialdemokraterna has become more similar to the communication of Sverigedemokraterna regarding migration policy. I have examined posts f

Social inequalities is an intergenerational phenomenon where parents often transfer their socioeconomic status to their children. One major factor in the inheritance of socioeconomic status is education. In this study student grants and student loans are investigated to see if they can effect the recruitment of different social groups to tertiary education. Denmark, with a higher level of student

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the Swedish non-governmental aid organization We Effect affects their partner organizations in Paraguay’s possibilities to self-determination in the framework of their relationship. The question asked is “ How does We Effects aid cooperation in Paraguay affect their local partner organizations’ possibilities to self-determination? ”. Due to the inte

Social enterprises constitute highly relevant new actors, especially in the area of welfare provision. The gradual establishment of social enterprise landscapes has generally been considered favourably by policy makers and welfare managers. However, little research investigates the influencing factors that shape their evolution. This thesis explores the case of a British social enterprise’s – the

Why is Sweden plagued the most of right-wing terror and violence in comparison to its Nordic neighbors? This thesis explores the possible motive and opportunity for right-wing terror and violence between 1990 and 2015, by using new empirical data provided from the Center for Research and Extremism (C-REX). The cases of Sweden and Denmark are scrutinized through the lens of their respective economi

ILO 169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention - is an international treaty that deals exclusively with the rights of indigenous peoples. Sweden is a country that normally commits to human rights and international treaties. However, it is still one of the countries that has not ratified ILO 169. By conducting a critical discourse analysis with a postcolonial approach, this study problematizes

In this essay a discourse analysis, inspired by Michel Foucault, is applied on the Swedish social democratic party’s policies on employment. Specifically, the feasibility conditions of the discourse are examined – that is, why employment is problematized today. The purpose of the essay is to make visible and analyze conceptions within the discourse which are seldom questioned. Policy documents o

The aim of the study is to evaluate how the Swedish Government has been acting in the case of the Moroccan child migrants. By using international and national conventions and goals in migration politics a framework of normative and descriptive guidelines is created to the evaluation. With the background that the Swedish government has been accused for violating several articles of human rights in

This study uses Laclau and Mouffe’s discourse theory to explore how ethnic identities are constructed by the Swedish Left party. The purpose is to examine if there is a political force that can resist ethnic nationalist mobilizations. A hypothesis is also formulated in the study to test if Left wing parties construct ethnic majority’s ethnic identity in constraining terms and the identity’s of min

Denna uppsats studerar skiljeförfarandemekanismen i Convention of the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID-konventionen) och hur den används i bilaterala investeringsavtal (BITs). Ämnet analyseras utifrån Third World Approach to International Law (TWAIL), vars synsätt utgår från att det finns en strukturell orättvisa i folkrätten och en dominans av This thesis examines the arbitration mechanism of the Convention of the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID convention) and how it is used in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs). This is done from a Third World Approach to International Law (TWAIL) perspective. The main hypothesis of TWAIL is that inequality is embedded in international law, w

The activities work and play were seen as antithesis in the literature since the early 20th century. However, during the past four decades, play has been argued to produce beneficial outcomes within organisations. Since then play has become an increasingly popular management tool, inspiring managers to implement elements of play into work in order to influence employees, morale and work itself in

I denna uppsats utreds och analyseras hur rättsväsendet hanterar hatbrott begångna på internet. År 2013 rapporterade Brottsförebyggande rådet att personuppklarningen vad gäller hatbrott begångna på internet är mycket låg. Följaktligen fortsätter uppsatsen med att identifiera orsakerna till den låga personuppklarningen samt de brister rättsväsendet besitter på området. I avslutande del av uppsatsenThis paper is set out to investigate and analyze how the judicial system handles hate crime committed on the internet. In 2013 the Swedish national council of crime prevention (Brå) reported that the clearance rate in terms of hate crime committed on the internet is very low. Hence the paper continues with identifying the causes of the low clearance rate and the shortcomings the judicial system po

Denna uppsats undersöker möjligheten för styrelsen i ett aktiebolag att undgå personligt betalningsansvar vid kritisk kapitalbrist. Kritisk kapitalbrist föreligger när det saknas täckning för minst hälften av aktiekapitalet. Reglerna om tvångslikvidation vid kritisk kapitalbrist är uppställda för att skydda borgenärernas berättigade intresse av att aktiekapitalet inte helt förbrukas innan konkurs This thesis examines the possibility for the board of a limited company to avoid personal liability for a company’s new commitments during capital deficiency. Capital deficiency is when there is no coverage for at least half of the share capital. The rules on involuntary liquidity in case of capital deficiency are designed to protect the creditors’ interest of the share capital and to ensure that

Denna uppsats övergripande syfte har varit att redogöra för och analysera gällande upphovsrätt i förhållande till tillhandahållandet av en länk som leder till olagligen publicerat material. Ämnet är högaktuellt då EU-domstolen så sent som i höstas meddelade en dom i det så kallade GS Media-målet, där denna typ av länkning behandlades för första gången. Analysen har gjorts utifrån upphovsrättshavThis thesis investigates the regulation of copyright infringement, in relation to the provision of a link that leads to illegally published works. The topic is highly relevant, since the CJEU recently handed down a judgment in the so called GS Media case, where linking to work published without the consent of the rights holder, was assessed for the first time. The analysis is written from a copyr

Examensarbetet kartlägger hur BIM i dagsläget används ute på arbetsplatserna samt vad det är som behöver förändras för ett ökat och mer effektivt användande av BIM i produktion. Studien visar att man snarare arbetar med 3D än med BIM, då modellen har ett ytterst begränsat eller obefintligt informationsinnehåll. Det är med andra ord främst de grafiska objekten som används i produktionsarbetet. För

Enligt en överenskommelse som slöts mellan riksdagen och kungen år 1809-1810 äger den svenska kungen en dispositionsrätt till kungliga Djurgården i Stockholm. Dispositionsrätten är inte lagreglerad utan bygger än idag på överenskommelsen från tidigt 1800-tal. Djurgårdsmarken ägs av staten, men förvaltas av Kungliga Djurgårdens Förvaltningen som är en del av Kungliga hovstaterna som lyder under kunAccording to an agreement reached between the parliament and the King in 1809-1810, the Swedish monarch holds a right of disposition to an area called Djurgården in central Stockholm. This right of disposition is not regulated by law; hence it’s still based on the agreement made in the early 19th century. The land area of Djurgården is owned by the state, but the property and the right of disposit