The determination of the role of the EU and its predecessors in International Relations has long been a conundrum for scholars and policy-makers. In 2002, scholar Ian Manners framed the EU as a Normative Power, arguing that the power of the EU lies in its ability to determine what is deemed appropriate behavior in world politics. The aim of this study is to visualize how the EU is using this norma

Denna avhandling är en närmare granskning på en debatt som har pågått i århundraden. Enligt överbefolkningsteorin så står världen inför en befolkningskris som redan har långtgående effekter på vårt samhälle och vår miljö. Populationisterna som driver denna tes menar att det ekologiska jordbruket inte kan försörja nuvarande eller större framtida populationsnivåer då det ger oss mindre skördar än va

Problem background: In the beginning of 2011 the working capital levels rose drastically for companies operating in the polymer industry, as a result of macroeconomic factors and changes of supply market conditions. Suppliers were allocating capacity and uncertainty spread among buyers, which resulted in that large volumes were purchased in order to secure supply. Moreover, the suppliers were dict

Bakgrund: Det är möjligt för företag att minska sin miljöpåverkan och reducera sina kostnader genom att ta hänsyn till returlogistik i alla delar av sin verksamhet. När det handlar om den fysiska distributionen i försörjningskedjan, så handlar returlogistik främst om att återanvända lastbärare som används för transport av gods. Dynapac Compaction Equipment AB är ett företag som använder sig av retBackground: Companies can lower their environmental impact and reduce their costs by considering reverse logistics in their operations. In the area of physical distribution, reverse logistics is concerned with the reusage of load carriers used for the transportation of goods. Dynapac Compaction Equipment AB, is a company which uses returnable load carriers (racks), for the transport of large and h

Many attempts at explainging the difficulty of the discrepancy between between the discourses of the Israeli Arab conflict have been made by many scholars throughout the years. This thesis will focus on two different cases of the greater conflict; the Gaza War in 2008-2009, and the Lebanon War in 2006. The attempt is to analyze the discourse of righteousness in both cases, based on an understandin

This study analyzes the relationship between structural change and income distribution and poverty in ASEAN-4 countries –Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Philippines, over the last three decades. In particular, the study seeks to find out extent to which and how structural change would affect income distribution and poverty in ASEAN-4 countries. Accordingly, two methodological approaches are ado

Uppsatsen undersöker hur nya ord och uttryck uppkommer i kinesiska Internetskämt, egao, samt vilka funktioner den här typen av skämt fyller i dagens Kina. Uppsatsen behandlar främst skriftliga former av egao (såsom ordlekar, dikter och påhittade ord och tecken) och försöker ta reda på hur dessa påverkar det kinesiska samhället och vilka funktioner de kan tänkas fylla. Slutsatserna blir att även omThis essay investigates the background as well as the present and potential functions of egao, Chinese Internet spoofing. It focuses on the forms egao assumes in writing and analyzes how its practice of playing with and inventing words influences the Chinese society. Discussing the emergence of new expressions in text-based egao, this essay concludes that this kind of spoofing pushes the boundarie

I denna fallstudie kartlades den totala expressiva, skriftliga kommunikationen hos en person med total talapraxi. Den skriftliga kommunikationen sträckte sig över två års tid. Syftet med kartläggningen var att utifrån forskningspersonens skriftliga kommunikation få ökad kunskap om möjligheten att använda bildbaserad AKK som ersättning för tal och hur den i så fall skulle kunna vara utformad. Kommu

Freedom is what many people consider to be the core element in the arab spring. Freedom from oppression and freedom to act without restrictions. The uprisings escalated from a growing disapproval of state governance in the Middle East and North Africa. Through demonstrations an opposition managed to remove the leader of a state, like Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Ben Ali in Tunisia. The story had qui

Bakgrund: Ambulanspersonal är en yrkesgrupp som ofta utsätts för stressande situationer som kan leda till fysiska, psykiska och sociala reaktioner. Det är vanligt att ambulanspersonal uppvisar symtom på posttraumatisk stress efter att de upplevt stressande situationer i sitt yrke. Stödet från arbetsgivaren kan vara viktigt för att minska effekterna av stress hos denna yrkesgrupp. Syftet med studie

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how different observers and reporters in the international debate form different opinions concerning current events in the Russian Republic of Chechnya in Caucasus and to try to illuminate what different consequences these different mediaconstructions might have for our public and political understanding of the situation, and the consequences these views

The questions and the debate on whether or not adoption should be permitted to homosexuals are widespread and controversial. Looking into the guidelines in international conventions, one will find a high amount of ambiguity and vagueness in the formulations and the rhetoric within these conventions on this subject. While the conventions arbitrate a message of equality, homosexuals are often denied

Länders kreditbetyg är ständigt i fokus i dagens europeiska skuldkris. I denna uppsats undersöks därför vilka riskpremier som kan förväntas till följd av ändringar i kreditbetyg eller utsikter från något av de tre största kreditvärderingsinstituten; Moody´s, Standard and Poor´s och Fitch. Ett antal ekonometriska modeller konstrueras utifrån ett datamaterial som omfattar 11 EMU-länder under tidsper

Human beings have a universal human dignity. To realize it, they have to use the human rights that come with it. After the acknowledgement of their own dignity, they can respect human beings as bearers of the universal dignity. To respect the dignity is both to treat every human being as a subject, a goal itself, trough collaboration, and to create and maintain the conditions that need to exist fo

In recent years, remittances have emerged as an important external source of finance for most developing countries, Cameroon inclusive. The debate on international migration and development has been widely discussed across academia and given a considerable attention by researchers, policy makers, stakeholders and governments. Departing with the premise that remittances conduct development, this st