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In a strange and awkward way the transition to democracy in South Africa have occurred simultaneously as the HIV/AIDS epidemic firmly and steadily have strengthen its grip around the country. HIV/AIDS have become security a process referred to as securitization. With security theory provided by the Copenhagen School a theoretical framework is constructed discussing the possibilities and pros
The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a gender inclusive perspective, seeking to explore and establish some of the ways in which Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza are affected by two interlocking systems of oppression, namely occupation and patriarchy. I will carry out this aim through a qualitative case study guided essentially by feminist theo
Trots att världens sammanlagda välstånd ökar, bor mer än fem av jordens dryga sex miljarder invånare i utvecklingsländer där en vanlig inkomst är under två dollar om dagen. Samtidigt ökar också de nya typerna av konflikter, som tar uttryck i inomstatliga sammandrabbningar och terroristaktioner. Många bottnar i ett djupt missnöje och kan spåras tillbaka till fattigdom och resursknapphet. Det är ur
Vi väljer inte att födas, men bör vi som en fundamental mänsklig rättighet kunna välja hur eller när vi ska dö om vi är ohjälpligt dödssjuka, kan den valmöjligheten bidra till ett bättre liv? Uppsatsen är komparativ med explorativ inriktning och pekar på många dilemman som är viktiga att reflektera över när det gäller frågan om aktiv eller läkarassisterad eutanasi bör tillåtas eller inte. För att
In this bachelors thesis I focus on the current change in the Swedish Armed Forces. The new international security context makes the Armed Forces´ old strategies inaccurate. New threats are replacing the old ones. Sweden no longer have a need for a grand defence against an invasion and the military has therefore changed towards an internationalised organisation, which is more and more integrated w
The technical evolution has a great influence on the public libraries. Electronic media becomes more and more common. This Master´s thesis is based upon the Swedish Library law 9§ (SFS 1996:1596) which says: Public- and school libraries should pay special attention to children and teenagers by offering books, information technology and other media, adapted to their needs, to encourage development
Can coercive care be justified against drug and alcohol addicts or should treatment be offered on a strictly voluntary basis? This was one of the central questions debated in Sweden during the 70's when the development of a new social legislation, The Social Services Act (Socialtjänstlagen), took place. The first aim of this thesis was to analyse whether the arguments that were presented both
This paper presents the results of a study on the discourse of Europe in Ukraine (among the pro-European movement) and the European Union (EU). I argue that the relations between the EU and its neighbours (and Ukraine is the biggest potential applicant for joining the Union) and the Europeanization affects on them it is necessary not to concentrate merely on possible institutional changes but take
The Emissions Trading Scheme represents a new departure in the field of environmental policy-making in the EU. With it, the EU has deployed a market-based instrument to meet its Kyoto Carbon Dioxide emissions reduction commitments. This paper will account for its emergence as a concrete policy output. It will first refer to the historical, ideational and interest-based logics which shaped its emer
This thesis sought to answer three questions: The empirical questions were: What has changed in the CFSP after the Eastern enlargement and why has the Eastern Dimension been initiated? The theoretical question was: Which theories provide an adequate explanation to my argument? After the enlargements in 2004 and 2007, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova became neighbours of the European Union (EU) and Rus
Abstract The integration of Muslim immigrants into the European societal sphere has have recently received the utmost concern of Europeans. This is because Muslim status has changed from ?immigrant? to ?threat? or ?challenge? to peace and prosperity of Europe in the aftermath of 9/11 attacks. Muslim exclusion from social life is now a problem necessitating an urgent solution. At this point, this
This paper concentrates on the relations between the EU and Russia. A closer look at these relations shows that one dialogue within them ? the energy dialogue ? is developing more intensively than the others. This creates an asymmetry in the relations between the two actors. Thus the paper sets out to find the answer to the question, ?Why are the EU ? Russian relations imbalanced?? The analysis is
After World War Two the final battles of the Chinese civil war were being played out in mainland China. The forces between the upstart Chinese Communist Party and the U.S ally by the name of The Nationalist Party (KMT) clashed in what would ultimately end in a bitter defeat for KMT. In a last ditch effort to avoid total defeat KMT fled to an offshore island by the name of Taiwan and subjugated its
There is constant dispute on how ? and even if ? development policy should be formulated and implemented. This thesis focuses on the approach called the rights-based approach to development (RBA).. The aim is to explore the theoretical framework on RBA in order to understand the relationship and tension between human rights and development. Central themes of the RBA will then be applied to the EU&
In 2004, the EU welcomed ten new member states. For two of these newcomers, namely the Czech and the Slovak Republic, the accession process did encounter difficulties as they got haunted by their own history. In both states? constitution, there are decrees, issue from the post-war era, including discriminative regulations against minorities. These decrees, commonly called Bene?-decrees, have been
This paper is the result of a minor field study (MFS) on Tibetan youth in India. The main research question is: How does the second generation of Tibetans in India express their identity, and what implications does this have on their belonging to a diasporic group? The aim of this paper is to present discourses within the Tibetan diaspora and how the second generation relates to these as well as c
This study explores the notion of class and social inequality as expressed in the Swedish election campaign of 2006 and in the reception of the Swedish conservative party as a "worker's party". Inspired by Fairclough's critical discourse analysis I have carried through an investigation of the debate. My sources consists in a collection of articles, mainly leader columns and contr
This thesis, drawing from several empirical investigations, reaches the conclusion that there seems to be a positive correlation between the level of democracy and the level of state capacity in Latin American countries. This correlation is explained by a hypothesis derived from Rational Choice theory. With some important caveats, this conclusion is then applied to the discussion about democracy a
My aim was to get a deeper insight about the parish clerk and how this profession has changed over time in Sweden from the Middle Ages up to the eighteenth century. Who was the parish clerk? Is it possible to find out in what way his duties changed over time? The information mainly derives from written historical sources, such as laws. It seems like the parish clerk in the countryside often was a
Turkey's accession process to the EU has been characterized by conflicting interests and problematic negotiations between the parties. No earlier applications for membership in the EU have implied such lengthy preparations. This paper makes an attempt to describe this process in constructivist terms. In its emphasis on the importance of norms, values and rules, and how political identities are
