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Much scholarly work has been devoted to the issue of the identity politics of the EU, often however by attempting to construe limited empirical findings as proof of how the EU generally aims to represent itself and others. This thesis takes a different, more contextual, approach by investigating, via a Laclau and Mouffe inspired discourse analysis, how the EU via representations in its foreign pol

This thesis deals with the enforcement of intellectual property rights as an abuse of dominance. In particular after refusal to license a patent, which is essential for a standardized technology. Seeking for injunction relief may in some circumstances violate applicable competition law. The analysis will provide a hint, whereas patent holder who is dominating in particular market can or should be

The aim of this study was to examine how social problems are constructed through the power of the written word. By studying 23 cases of 3§ LVU (Care of Young Persons Special Provisions Act)the aim was to try to determine how young boys and girls antisocial behavior were described depending on their gender. The study has been carried out through a social constructionist erspective that focuses on

Syftet med den här studien är att redogöra för vilka faktorer som påverkar aktieägare i valet mellan att acceptera eller förkasta ett fientligt bud och att undersöka hur dessa faktorer påverkar aktieägarna. Studien använder sig av en kvalitativ metod genom en fallstudie, där empiri har samlats in genom ostrukturerade intervjuer. Fallstudien baseras på det bud som finpapperstillverkaren Arct

Abstract This C-level thesis aims at increasing the understanding of the applications of the visiting policy within the prison with a special focus on children visiting. We want to examine how the prison environment is perceived in retrospect by adults as well as what they remember about their experiences as children when visiting a detained parent in prison. The Prison service guidelines clearly

Participation in a return to work intervention – experiences in relation to social support Since the economic recession in Sweden during the 1990´s, there has been a growing demand for welfare-to-work interventions. These interventions aim to increase the work-ability of the participants and hopefully this will result in the participants establishing themselves on the labor market. The aim of thi

Sammanfattning I december 2010 trädde etableringsreformen i kraft. Detta innebar att ansvaret för integrationen av nyanlända flyttades från kommun till Arbetsförmedling. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur handläggare på Arbetsförmedlingen upplevde etableringsreformen. Syftet var även att undersöka de svårigheter som handläggarna möter i implementering av den nya reformen. Denna kvalitatAbstract In December of 2010, a settlement reform by the name of Etableringsreformen was implemented in Sweden. This meant that the main responsibility for integration of newly arrived immigrants was moved from the municipality to the unemployment agency - Arbetsförmedlingen. The purpose of this study was to investigate what the administrators at the employment agency think about the settlement r

Following the European sovereign debt crisis and the detrimental consequences this had for the European financial markets, Europe found itself at a crossroads, with an uncertain future ahead. As the choice was between fragmentation of the Member States or embarking on a journey almost as meaningful as a common currency, the 28 Member States decided on further integration, thereby establishing join

Dealing with Homeless Families – a matter of child perspective and discretion. The aim of this study was to examine social workers' discussion about the child perspective in dealing with acute homelessness. Semi-structured interviews were made with help of three social workers in the homelessness sector. The main subject was the workers' ability to use a child perspective when finding home

Vardagliga ting, så som detta papper, är sammanställt av vanlig materia. Det vi ser med våra ögon och genom teleskop när vi tittar upp mot stjärnorna är också sammanställt utav vanlig materia. Det visar sig att denna materia endast fyller vårt kända universum till 5 %. Resten kallas för Mörk Materia och Mörk Energi, där den föregående fyller universum med 27 % och den snarare till 68 %. Mörk MaterIn this thesis, I present a case where Dark Matter subhalos would annihilate at some stage in their lifetime. The implication of this scenario could potentially aid the Missing Satellites and the Cusp-Core density profile problem. The Dark Matter particles’ annihilation process and effective “friction” lead to an energy and momentum loss into radiation and hence to the destabilization of the Dark

The purpose with this study was to investigate how the relationship looks between unaccompanied minors and their parents in another country. The emphasis is on how personnel and superintendents, who works at an institutional home-care in Sweden are reasoning and working to encourage the relation between minors and their parents. The investigation is made with a qualitative method, where I have con

Valutakursrisk har historiskt hanterats med negativt korrelerad eller okorrelerade instrument för att minska den totala risken i en portfölj. Som ett resultat av en integrerad värld har sådana instrument blivit allt mer sällsynta. Råvaror såsom guld har påvisat ett negativt samband och mycket av den bakomliggande teorin i uppsatsen är därför starkt relaterad till guldet. Digitala valutor är ett nyExchange rate risk has historically been dealt with through negatively correlated or uncorrelated instruments in order to reduce the overall risk in a portfolio. As a result of an integrated world, such instruments have become increasingly rare. Commodities such as gold have demonstrated a negative relationship, therefore much of the underlying theory in this thesis is strongly related to gold. Di

Öresund is a very dynamic economic area with numerous projects, there is a great need of a deeper understanding of the wave climate. The wave measurements currently available are scarce and they do not cover the whole area. For this reason, a modeled wave climate would be of interest and the results could be a starting point for different in depth analysis. The objective of this study was to prod

Using a panel of 18 European OECD countries over the period 1979-2011, this paper re-examines and extends previous empirical evidence on the effects of minority government on fiscal policy outcomes. First government primary balance is separated into revenues and expenditure according to Kontopoulos and Perotti (1999). Second minority governments are categorized into dummy variables according to Ed

The persistently high annual numbers of rape in Sweden and numerous legal amendments following internal critique, prove the legal response to be ineffective for the subjects of the protection of the law. Viewed in combination with the prevalence of detrimental conceptions of sexuality and rape, this actualizes questions regarding the potential for and shape of influences on the decision-making act

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the volatility dynamics of housing markets in the United Kingdom and the United States in order to determine if market inefficiencies cause downward rigidity in housing prices. We hypothesize that the potential downward rigidity will prevent prices from appropriately adjusting downwards, and that positive shocks in housing prices will increase the conditiona

The quality of piped drinking water in Maputo is generally poor and it affects many people, in particular the poor living in areas with inadequate or insufficient water distribution systems. In Mozambique, the chemical disinfectant, Certeza (containing diluted sodium hypochlorite), is used to treat domestic water at the consumers’ end. It is well known that chlorine products used for disinfection

This thesis examines income-related health inequalities among an elderly population over time in Sweden. The concentration indices are estimated and decomposed for two time periods in order to uncover which socioeconomic variables determine the level of health inequality in Sweden. The determinants of health are estimated using a panel data fixed effects model, hence allowing for a comparison of h

This paper will analyse the financial relationship between private and public health insurance in Australia. Private health insurance in Australia is both highly regulated and subsidised with the argument often being it provides support for the universal public system. With private health insurance providing duplicate insurance in Australia, I present a theoretical analysis of how the private and

In 2013, the EU established a Common European Asylum System in order to harmonize the asylum laws throughout Europe. One of the directives in this common system is a revised version of the Reception Conditions Directive from 2003, establishing rules for housing, clothing and food for the asylum applicants. The directive from 2003 should be in place in all Member States of the EU and on the 21st of