Swedish labour market policy has changed towards a greater focus on activation of unemployed citizens. This can be seen as a pragmatic political solution to the problem of high unemployment and the accompanying rise in social welfare expenses. But the activation policy can also be interpreted as a development that produces new and specific values in key welfare policy issues. This master’s thesis

The prominence of science in contemporary politics is remarkable. The prominence of science may however contradict democratic ideas since a potentially detrimental knowledge and power inequality exist between experts and non-experts. One suggested way of bridging the gap between the two groups is democratic deliberation which is an idea that will be considered in this study. Furthermore, scientifi

Vi människor och vårt samhälle påverkas mycket av klimatet vi lever i och av de naturliga klimat- och miljövariationer som sker på jorden. Det kan vara kortvariga katastrofartade händelser som tsunamis och jordbävningar men också långsammare och långvariga klimatförändringar som påverkar vårt sätt att leva och bruka jorden. Genom geologiska studier av jordens historia vet vi att klimatet har varieNightingale Island is situated at 37°S in the central part of the South Atlantic Ocean, which is a sensitive location for variations within the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies (SHW) wind belt. A peat sequence from the wetland 2nd Pond has been investigated with emphasis on the composition of the deposits, loss on ignition (LOI), total Carbo

Under senare år har förändringar i det jordmagnetiska fältet föreslagits som en möjlig drivkraft för klimatförändringar. Det finns dock inget enkelt samband mellan dessa två faktorer. Ett samband mellan förändringar i det jordmagnetiska fältet och klimatet är fortfarande omdebatterat. För att testa hypotesen om ett samband mellan tidigare förändringar i det jordmagnetiska fältet och klimatet behövIt is commonly believed that long-term (10 to 1000 kyr) and short-term (10 to 1000 years) climatic changes on Earth can be interpreted by periodic variations in Earth’s orbit around the Sun and variations in solar irradiance, respectively. In recent years, geomagnetic field changes have been suggested as a potential driver of climate change. However, a link between these two factors is not straigh

Gorongosa Nationalpark ligger i de centrala delarna av Moçambique, närmare bestämt i Urema Graben som utgör den sydligaste delen av det Östafrikanska riftsystemet. Nationalparken kan beskrivas som ett omfattande ekosystem bestående av diverse flodplan, gräsmarker och skogsbeklädda områden. Efter en lång period av inbördeskrig under senare delen av 1900-talet hade dock antalet stora däggdjur i områGorongosa National Park in central Mozambique is situated at the southernmost extension of the East African Rift System (EARS), the Urema Graben. The Nhandugue River flows over the western margin of the Urema Graben, and marks the northwest border of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. The park is protecting a vast ecosystem of floodplains, grasslands and woody coverage. The study is focusedd on

Denna uppsats behandlar frågor om rättstillämpningsproblem i mål om vålds- och sexualbrott riktade mot barn. En övergripande målsättning med framställningen är att undersöka hur barnets skyddsvärde kan respekteras i brottmålsprocessen samtidigt som adekvata hänsyn tas till intresset av rättssäkerhet i den svenska brottmålsprocessen. I Sverige är den rådande samhälleliga synen på brott mot barn strThis thesis considers questions of difficulties regarding the application of law in cases of violent or sexual crimes against children. The overall ambition of the thesis is to analyze the complex balance between maintaining child protection in proceedings in criminal cases while taking into account the claims for an adequate amount of legal certainty. In Sweden the prevailing societal view on cri

Ett av Sveriges sexton miljömål är att bevara den biologiska mångfalden, alltså den mångfald av växt- och djurarter som lever i vårt land. Ett stort hot mot den biologiska mångfalden är fragmentering av de ekosystem där djuren och växterna lever. Vad innebär då fragmentering av ett ekosystem? Enkelt uttryckt kan man se fragmentering som att dela upp ett sammanhängande ekosystem i mindre utspridda The “Eastern slopes of Lake Vättern” is an area situated in the municipality of Jönköping in southern Sweden. The area has a high level of biodiversity of which much is bound to mixed broad-leaved deciduous trees and forests and contains species that are unique for this area in Sweden. The area is a candidate to become a biosphere reserve under the Unesco Man and Biosphere program. One ambition in

Osteitis in the pelvis, is an inflammation that can be recognized as pits, furrows and hollows in the bone. In osteology, these are primarily considered to be caused by births and pregnancies. In recent years, these changes has mainly received attention in the sports medicine and has then been associated with an increase of load in the ligaments and muscles in the pelvic region. This investigation

As one of the main objectives of the Bologna process, employability has become a central concept to consider for universities when designing higher education. Although the universities are required implementing employability, there is no defined meaning of what employability actually is which implies a significant autonomy for university teachers in how to interpret the concept and fill it with me

Finland is a bilingual state with a Finnish speaking majority and a Swedish speaking minority. In this essay I focus on the minority, the Finn-Swedes. By using instruments from discourse analysis I attempt to examine the Finn-Swede identity. In order to deepen the study I add an historic aspect to the analysis and in so doing apply postcolonial theory as a further analytical dimension. The mere fa

The aim of this essay is to examine the relationship between the European Commission and civil by focusing on the issue of legitimacy. This study takes a critical stand towards the prevailing view in the debate on the EU’s democratic deficit. This view that centers on that EU institutions, like national parliaments and governments, derive most of their legitimacy from public input, so-called input

The purpose of this study was to understand the influence of mothers’ satisfaction with health care on health seeking behaviour for children under-five. With a qualitative approach, this study used focus group discussions and one-on-one interviews to collect data from thirty seven (37) respondents but the focus was on twenty (27) mothers with children under-five in Okwampa, a small rural community

This thesis examines the blog ‘Alla Dessa Dagar’ by the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt; one of the pioneer politicians using social media to broadcast political messages. Based on role theory and theories covering social media, with capacities of democratization and blurring between public and private, the focus of the study is twofold. To begin with the study aims to identify how

This study’s aim has been to investigate how media’s reporting may correlate with political decision making based on a theory of medialization of political decision makers. This theory implies a raised level of media consciousness and adjustment to media’s news values among political decision makers in a setting where institutionalized advisory arrangements are no longer exclusive. The study treat

This thesis has the ESDP/CSDP missions as its focal point. The purpose of this study is twofold: first to create a comparative overview of all the missions to map out the behavioural patterns. The descriptive part of the analysis will present the missions mandates, their result and also try to see whether the individual operations can be said to have been successful or not. The second objective is

In my thesis I exemin the Jewish clothing rules that is a part of the Tzniut regulations. A biblical code of conduct that jewish people all over the world still followes. My research material has been internet sites that specialize in selling modest clothing to jewish women. I take a closer look at how these sites describe their clients and how they by doing that are taking a part in creating a sp

Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka diskussionen kring testamentsregister i Sverige. Den deskriptiva delen av arbetet inriktar sig främst på varför Sverige saknar ett nationellt testamentsregister och vilka argument som har framförts för och emot ett sådant. För att ytterligare belysa frågan behandlas rättsläget för testamentsregister i Danmark och Norge som båda har någon form av testamentsrThe aim of this thesis is to discuss if registration of wills in Sweden would be possible. The descriptive part focuses mainly on why Sweden does not have a national register of wills and the arguments put forward for and against such a register. To further highlight the issue the register of wills in Denmark and Norway will be dealt with. Both of these countries have different forms of testamenta

Studiens syfte är att belysa Stephen Kings tidiga författarskap, och däri finna kopplingar mellan verken i fråga om narrativa strukturer och tematiska likheter. Arbetet bottnar i ett strukturalistiskt arbetssätt.