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This study is an attempt to clarify the legal status of humanitarian intervention under international law today. Despite the long history of legal discourse on the matter, there is no consistent consensus as regards the legality of humanitarian intervention under international law. The opponents of formally acknowledging a right of humanitarian intervention often refer to the risk of abuse of the
For some time now, there has been a debate concerning the relationship between the Cultural Heritage of Sweden and the public. It is said that mediation has been, and still is a, one-waydialog between the two. As a result, people have found a new way to interact with our heritage, thru cultural tourism. This area has been blamed for commercializing our Cultural Heritage, but also ignoring the gre
Utgångspunkten för detta arbete har varit observerade och dokumenterade uttryck för negativa elevattityder till naturvetenskapliga ämnen. En inledande frågeställning har rört hur utbredda sådana attityder är på grundskolan och gymnasieskolan idag. Utöver förekomster av attityder har också undersöks attitydernas påverkan på lärandeprocesser, samt i vad attityderna kan ha sin grund. Arbetet är genom
The communist party Khmer Rouge took over the power in Cambodia in 1975, and ruled the country until the beginning of 1979. During these years they attempted to create a completely new society, a true Khmer nation, which involved massive economic and social reorganisation and elimination of people which did not fit in the new ideal. Three decades has passed since the genocide, and the senior lead
To this day, battery of women is a global problem. The aim of this paper is to examine this problem in the country that is considered to be one of the most equal countries in the world, namely Sweden. How big a problem is it, what is the social outlook of the victim and how does the Swedish justice system respond to this issue? These are some of the questions that will help to form an answer to th
The purpose of this study is to assess the state of health of the individuals living in Löddeköpinge during the middle ages, whose remains were excavated by Chintio, H., 1975-80. The location is thought to have been a trading community that ceased to flourish towards the end of the Viking age. The main focus of the essay is to examine the occurrence of osteoarthritis (sv. artros), trauma, and anal
This essay deals with the ideas of social change in the Iron Gates Gorge site of Lepenski Vir during the Mesolithic. The change from a mainly fish-based subsistence strategy to a strategy that came to rely more on hunting and later domesticated animals could have been the onset of the social change that is noticeable in the material culture from the site. The essay is divided in two main segments
The aim of this study has been to, through a couple of chosen theories, examine in what way and for what purposes Japan has used its international aid system, How can the nation have been said to have implemented and acted in lines with the philosophies and principles set forth in the ODA declaration. What approaches, concerning positive and negative aid sanctions in the matters of aid to Cambodia
The purpose of this essay is to outline the aspects of the rule of law that can be applied to credibility assessment in the asylum procedure, and more specifically what factors influence the assessment of credibility in practice. To evaluate this procedure, a multidisciplinary method has been used. Secondary data has been collected from previous academic research and from legal documents such as t
The purpose of this essay is to display the double moral that is prevailing in France concerning human rights. Immigrants and ethnic minorities are suffering from discrimination as well as racism. By looking at legislation in France concerning FGM/C and its difficulties it becomes clear that there is a correlation between the legislation and African women's situation in general. These women ar
The aim of the thesis is to understand the Fijian land issue and relate it to the ethnical tensions that dominate the society. To theoretically understand the problem, Horowitz's theoretical tools are used together with Fijian scholar work, such as Ratuva's assessment on the Fijian understanding of land. Out in the field, material was gathered to enlighten the situation on a micro perspect
The importance of civil society for advancing peace efforts and outcomes generated increased and wide interest after the Cold war. During this era the number of armed intra-state and violent ethnic conflicts also increased dramatically. In Southeast Asia only Malaysia has avoided intra-state conflict and recurring ethnic violence. Thailand constitutes a typical regional case with prolonged and rec
Title: Studies on the development section in symphonies composed by W.A. Mozart ? An attempt to concretize musical form. This study, which has an earlier work by the author as its starting point, aims to concretize the development section by examining symphonies composed by W.A. Mozart. To accomplish this, factors like themes, harmony progressions and emphasized keys have been examined. Analyses a
Fyra dagvattendammar i Lunds kommun har studerats med avseende på förmågan att uppta föroreningar som kommer med dagvattnet. Vilken betydelse för upptaget har ålder, storlek eller utformning på dammen. I vilken grad påverkar föregående torrperioder, regnintensitet och avrinningsområde. En litteratur studie har genomförts för att ta reda på hur en damm bör utformas på bästa sätt.
Denna komparativa studie behandlar de faktorer som spelat in i militärregimernas fall i Grekland och Argentina. Som teoretiskt ramverk för analysen utgår vi ifrån O´Donnell och Schmitter "Transitions from Authoritarian Rule" samt Huntingtons teorier i "The Third Wave". Studien är av "mest lika design", vars syfte är att finna de faktorer som de båda transitionerna
De mänskliga rättigheterna brister i sin universalism. Många människor som lever i demokratier nekas grundläggande rättigheter därför att de inte är medborgare i den stat där de bor. Anledningen till detta är att nationalstater, som har ansvar för att de mänskliga rättigheterna efterföljs, traditionellt endast anses ha ansvar för sina medborgare. Uppsatsen utreder och synliggör motsättningen mella
För att undersöka potentiella könsskillnader mellan studenters skattade arbetsvärden och om dessa samverkar med grad av self-efficacy, utfördes en explorativ studie med hjälp av en enkät. Vid ett universitet i Sverige deltog 109 st ekonomistudenter, med en svarsfrekvens på 98 % och jämn könsfördelning. I formuläret fick deltagarna fylla i demografiska data, sin individuella self-efficacy kopplat t
Min uppsats handlar om mottagandet i media av Åsne Seierstads två böcker, Bokhandlaren i Kabul (2002) och Med ryggen mot världen ? Serbiska porträtt (2004). Jag har gjort en receptionsanalys där jag använt recensioner från olika media som material. Min teoretiska utgångspunkt är från ett västerländskt perspektiv och har stämt väl med mitt resultat av undersökningen.
Klyschor använts flitigt inom olika sammanhang och kan på många vis både förstärka såväl som förlöjliga en känsla. Sett ur ett organisatoriskt perspektiv kan ett överdrivet nyttjande av dessa stjälpa organisationen. Å andra sidan kan en tydlig vision svetsa samman medarbetarna och därigenom skapa en välmående organisation. Denna uppsats skildrar hur en vision blir organisationens vision. Ämnet är
The aim of this study was to examine why young females develop self-harm behaviour. We also wanted to look at the differences between young females born in foreign countries and young females born in Sweden and investigate if there were any differences regarding the reasons for developing self-harm behaviour and the actual extent of the self-harm behaviour within the group. We used a qualitative m
