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Teorin om "Just War" -Rättfärdigande eller Urskuldande?

This text concerns itself with war, the just war theory, and the application of that doctrine on the ?war on terrorism?. I present different views on the theory's place in the discourse, its relevance for unconventional wars followed by the analyses of above mentioned empirical situation. Particular interest is given the criteria concerning proportionality, both ad bellum and in bello, due to

Gjutfel och dålig ornamentik - Om bronsgjutares hantverksskicklighet under skandinavisk bronsålder.

The purpose of this essay is to investigate whether bronze workers during the Bronze Age were exclusively specialized, or there actually existed amateur craftsmen. Through archaeological experiments and artefact studies I intend to investigate if it has been at all possible for a less experienced bronze caster to produce usable objects. The purpose is also to investigate and put to the test the ca

Allt utom byn Sökandet efter en vikingatida by i sydöstra Blekinge, med områdena runt Järrestad på Österlen och Sorte Muld på Bornholm som jämförelsematerial.

The purpose of this essay is to see if villages or bigger settlement locations can be found in south-eastern Blekinge during the viking age. There have been many archaeological findings from this period in Blekinge, for example grave findings, ring-forts , old roads and ancient harbors. But no evidence of a village has been found yet. If south-eastern Blekinge is compared with the area surrounding

Bland brons och järn - spåren av metallhantverk från Bornholms yngre järnålder.

This essay is about Late Iron Age settlement and its production. I want to define the nature of three different workplaces on Bornholm, Denmark, and compare them. My aim is to see if it is possible to define a workplace through the traces of the craftsmanship. Several materials are selected in this essay and the analysis provides different perspective on workplaces in the Late Iron Age in Scan

"You call this archaeology" - om uppfattning och fördomar av det arkeologiska yrket med film som ingångspunkt

In my essay I will study the injustice within science in movies, in this particular case: Archaeology. This essay will also examine whether there is reason to believe that there is a connection between this unfairness and what's being displayed of the archaeologist in popular culture. In my case I have decided to focus on the movie industry because it's a dominant part of our daily life.

Familjen i skuggan av alkoholismen: om medberoendeproblematik ur klass-, kultur- och könsperspektiv

The aim of our thesis was to describe how the connection between co-dependent relatives and the alcohol-dependent influences the family into changes in their teamwork. Our purpose was also to answer the following questions: How is it living with an alcoholic? Are there any differences in how men and women feel and behave in their relationship with an alcoholic? Are factors like cultural belonging

Al-Qaida - mellan tankeprodukt och reell fiende

The present thesis closer examines what has come to be known as al-Qaida, partly from what al-Qaida is considered to be, partly from the consequences a certain picture of al-Qaida might give rise to. Between 1988-2001 most of this thesis sources refers to al-Qaida as a small, organized core group with some degree of cell structure. From 1991 to present days, many of the sources enlarge the picture

Succession in two plots at "Kungsmarken" between 1952 and 2005 with different historical management

Abstract The main influences on growing conditions in pastures and hayfields are grazing and mowing, which regulate the species struggle for space and resources. If the management ceases, this will contribute to a change of the vegetation. A succession starts where the plant cover gradually will change according to a specific pattern. After some time a few competitive species, previously disfavou

Erasmus studenter i Lund: en empirisk undersökning av identitetsförändringen

Det här arbetet är en empirisk undersökning av Erasmus studenter i Lund under läsåret 2006/2007. Arbetet fokuserar på identitetsförändringen av Erasmus studenterna under tiden i Lund. Undersökningen baserar på George Herbert Meads, Peter Bergers och Thomas Luckmanns teorier om identitetsutvecklingen. Det empiriska materialet baserar på tre intervjuer, email och materialen ur "gruppen" j

Metodutveckling av självskattningsformulär för prestationsmätning av flygledare innan skiftstart

This paper was part of the ongoing cooperation between the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority and the Department of Psychology at Lund University. The purpose of this study was to develop a self-report measure regarding human factors, for the air traffic controllers to fill out before they start their working shift. This in order to aid the team leaders in their judgment regarding the air traffic co

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In Denmark it is the state that decides whether or not individuals are able to get a legal and a physical gender change . The law that is in use for this is an old law from 1929, that originally was meant to cover the context of castration of sexual predators, pedophiles, homosexuals(!) and rapists. Today this law is only used in relation to transsexualism. The law forms the ground for the making

Do you remember when God was a Woman? Den problematiska (o)jämställdheten inom biståndspolicys ur ett afrocentriskt perspektiv

Relevansen av genus inom utvecklingsdiskursen är något som envist påpekats sedan en lång tid tillbaka. Idag betraktas jämställdhet som en av de högst prioriterade målsättningarna för västerländska biståndsgivare och redan 1995 fastslog OECD att jämställdhet var en huvudsaklig förutsättning för all utveckling. I denna uppsats granskas de policys avseende jämställdhet såsom de föreskrivs i OECDs of

Begåvningsnivå och psykiska problem - en undersökning av en kohort tvångsvårdade flickor och kvinnor

This study describes the intellectual ability of a cohort consisting of 120 young women in compulsory care at a SiS institution in Sweden, tested and analyzed between January 2001 and May 2005. The women have been tested with the intelligence tests WISC-III or WAIS-R, as well as the personality trait tests BCT, CMPS and SCL-90, and the personality disorder test SCID-II. This material has been anal

Problemet med traditionella könsmönster: en diskursanalys av SOU 2006:75 Jämställd förskola

Att motverka traditionella könsmönster är ett uttalat mål inom förskolan såväl som skolan. I denna uppsats analyserar jag den statliga offentliga utredningen Jämställd förskola, SOU 2006:75. Mitt syfte är att undersöka hur traditionella könsmönster framställs som problem och vilka konsekvenser som kommer från denna framställning. Ett mer övergripande syfte är också att ta reda på vad som händer me

Utvärdering av lokal styrelse i Veberöd - En deliberativ demokratisk utvärdering

This thesis evaluates the user board of the elememtary school in Veberöd, Sweden. In this process an evaluation model is developed. The model itself gets evaluated in a meta-evaluation to improve the model for future use. The starting point of the evaluation is the deliberative democracy theory. Although Sweden is a representative democracy an official desire exists to have a democracy with delib

Environmental Performance Evaluation of the Total Heating System The case of Sydkraft Värme Syd AB's Staffanstorp Heating Plant

This thesis deals with the Environmental performance evaluation (EPE) of the Total Heating System. The main research objective was to identify all the environmental improvements made by Sydkraft after it took over the heating plant. The following research question was phrased: How can the environmental performance evaluation be performed in a systematic way in the heating system, and what environm

Energy and Development : ecological modernisation in Sida's energy policies 1996/2005

Ecological modernisation has together with sustainable development reached a hegemonic status in the current environmental discourse. In the 1970's, the environmental crisis was blamed on modernity and technology and environmental protection was a prioritised area within the environmental movement. Today, it is believed that the crisis is to be solved with technical innovations and keywords ar

Transferring trust through religion? : an analysis of trust in South Korea

BACKGROUND: The main purpose of this thesis was to study the relationship between religious affiliation and individuals' general trust with particular reference to South Korea. More precisely the intention was to examine if a religion that has been transplanted from one cultural context changes the moral values of its adherents in the different cultural context into which it has been introduce