Desalination is an important method for producing drinking water and it has been a freshwater supply alternative for a long time. The water resources in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, are mostly depending on desalination as a major source of (>80 %) drinking water, while the rest comes from groundwater. The largest number of desalination project is located in the Gulf countries (Sau

This is a study of the formation of the ‘Book’ of Psalms that attempts to provide answers to two fundamental questions: “how?” and “why?”. The first relates to the diachronic growth of the collection (how are these processes to be reconstructed, and on what grounds?), while the second relates to questions of purpose (to what end are psalms being juxtaposed in a collection?). Proceeding from a revi

Fighting poverty and promoting active inclusion is a major challenge for most European welfare states. This chapter argues that much current welfare research has focused on national policies and systems despite most anti-poverty strategies are put into practice at local level. The chapter explores the local welfare system approach and maintains that it is important to study the role public and civ

This chapter analyses local strategies against poverty and social exclusion in Sweden, often seen as illustrative of a Social democratic welfare regime. The chapter addresses whether public actors play such a significant role in local anti-poverty strategies as established regime-debates suggest. Empirical investigations cover patterns of coordination between the social assistance system and activ

This book analyzes national anti-poverty measures at a local level via a set of unique and up-to-date empirical studies of minimum income support schemes and activation measures in five European cities. In examining this 'local welfare system' approach, it investigates the role that civil society organizations play, and the governance arrangements that prevail in contacts between public and civil

Förlorad arbetsglädje. Många medarbetare inom offentlig förvaltning motiveras av inre drivkrafter, inte yttre. Att då, som under senare år, fokusera på kontrollsystem kan ge effekten att motivationen minskar. Samtidigt har medborgarna rätt till korrekt myndighetsutövning. Här gäller det att hitta rätt balans, skriver Louise Bringselius, forskare.

I diskussionen om New Public Management och om hur mycket marknadsprinciper respektive professionerna ska styra offentlig sektor finns ytterligare en aspekt som förtjänar att lyftas fram, den nybyråkratiska logiken. Här har förvaltningen, med globaliseringen och EU-medlemskapet som drivkrafter, ökat ambitionsnivån på senare år. Inte minst i form av en allt starkare rättsstat, skriver docenten och