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During the summer of 2018, Sweden’s crisis management experienced a massive challenge due to widespread forest fires. After the fires the Swedish public authority, Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap (MSB), got an expanded mandate and therefore ability to operate the Swedish crisis management system. This essay aims to find the answer to why MSB got this mandate and what was the reason beh
Several countries have seen elections postponed during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has generated an ethical conflict between political security and health security. By applying a general theoretical framwork that draws upon Rita Floyd’s normative securitization theory as well as democracy theory, this study examines the normative conflict that many world leaders have faced. However, th
This essay explores the discourse on youth-unemployment post the covid-19-pandemic labour market crisis in the EU from a post-structural theoretical perspective. Combining a Foucauldian governmentality-approach with Carol Bacchi’s methodological framework “What’s the Problem Represented to be?” this essay identifies and analyses the problematisations of unemployability among European youth in rece
Using van Dijks’ critical discourse analysis as a theoretical and methodological point of departure, this paper strives to analyze the ways in which gang-related crime is illustrated in the Swedish media. This study seeks to outline how the media portrays the problems, causes and proposed solutions of gang-related crime. This thesis is descriptive in nature, and does not intend to argue or investi
The primary aim of this essay is to investigate access for non-state transnational actors to some of the main institutions in the official Nordic co-operation, consisting of the two bodies the Nordic Council and the Nordic Council of Ministers. By applying a theoretical framework created by Jonas Tallberg, Thomas Sommerer, Theresa Squatrito and Christer Jönsson, access to the organization is mappe
The essay examines which ideas the Swedish Democrats have about courts and government authorities between 2010 and 2020. In earlier works, the party’s voters have shown a low trust in these institutions and, the purpose of the essay is to describe the notions that the party has. The method used is ideational analysis, which divides the thought-content into descriptions, values, and recommendations
The purpose of this study is to further our knowledge on how civil servants act when faced with conflicts in relation to the political governance. The study was carried out through a qualitative analysis on semi-structured interviews with municipal officials, who have either left their employment after conflicted situations, or who still remain within the organisation. The theoretical framework co
The Swedish school system is highly influenced by the extensive school reforms that took place in the beginning of 1990s. Through the free school reform, a market was created where schools compete with other schools, the main aim being higher quality and lower costs. The recent debate regarding free schools is mainly driven by ideological narratives where questions about free schools’ impact on co
In order to successfully identify as well as solve a certain societal problem, an adequate causal idea is crucial. Stern has shown how sociological research is characterized by theoretical blinders, which has made the biological perspective on understanding humans and society, despite its status as somewhat of a scientific consensus in natural sciences, close to invisible. This study follows in St
This article analyses why Singapore compared to Iceland, has received greater amount of FDIs during the time from year: 1977-2007. FDIs have often been proven to increase a state’s economy since it is used as a tool for states to establish a long term relationship and trade with each other. Moreover, New Economic Geography (NEG), a theory written by Paul Krugman will be used to prove that the geog
Lay judges within court systems are often proclaimed to be ‘representatives of the people’. Using Hanna Pitkins theoretical discussion of the concept of representation the present thesis examines what is and was meant by this proclamation in the case of Swedish lay judges (nämndemän). For this purpose, the thesis analyses the representative functions of lay judges as they are presented in governme
Since 1992 the European Union has been granting certificates attesting the veracity and legitimacy of products in all of the EU. Such certificates are a symbol of the importance given by the European Union to the protection of regional products against falsifications of unique foodstuff products and the maintenance of good reputation of rural producers and rural areas. There is, however, a great
This essay studies the relationship between democracy and journalism in Sweden during the corona crisis. The research question is “How have swedish newspapers met democracy’s demands during the corona crisis?” and is answered through a qualitative text analysis of six articles from the swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska dagbladet, with ideal type as an analysis tool. The normative theor
This bachelor’s thesis studies modern civilization movement and ‘Western’ values through the case of U.S. foreign policy intervention in Venezuela after its 2013 election. The purpose is to shed a more nuanced light on the interpretation of Western countries’ foreign policy intervention in non-Western countries, and to describe the factors of considerable relevance when determining its outcome as
Bakgrund: Inom ambulanssjukvården är extremitetsskada ett återkommande uppdrag. I Sverige inträffar mellan 16 - 17 000 höftfrakturer årligen. Höftfrakturer är medicinskt komplexa, förknippade med stark smärta och hög mortalitet. Smärtan inom akutsjukvården är oftast underbehandlad. I ett senare skede kan detta få konsekvenser så som till exempel kroniska smärttillstånd. Syfte: Syftet var att under
This essay discusses and analyses the events that took place around the planned extension of Preemraff in Lysekil, the so-called ROCC-project. It does so using a critical political economy perspective focused on the concept of incumbency, the future of fossil fuels and the relationship between Preem AB and the Swedish state and government. This essay finds that there has been a change in the polit
South Korea has gone from a military dictatorship to being the highest-ranking Asian country in terms of democracy over the last 35 years. In 2016, massive social movement protests broke out after media uncovered accounts of widespread corruption by then President Park Geun-Hye. These public demonstrations become known as the Candlelight movement of 2016-2017, lasting for six months to culminate i
In the context of former American colonies, statehood can for some be seen as either the end of colonization or the culmination of it. This paper will conduct an argumentation analysis to determine how the public debate surrounding the statehood question has been constructed and legitimized in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The argumentation analysis is constructed by using the model and theories by Ever
The thesis aims to analyze the development of the Moderate Coalition Party’s view on immigration and criminal justice policy, based on their party manifestos from 2010 and 2020. To see how their policies have developed the essay will focus on the manifesto parts regarding the two subjects previously mentioned and compare them. The goal is to see if the development can be explained with help from M
This essay aims to examine the main factors behind why the transition to democracy during the Arab Spring succeeded in Tunisia whilst it failed in Libya. Tunisia is often referred to as the birthplace of the Arab Spring and later inspired regional neighbours to demand democratic reforms. Through a comparative approach this essay aims to provide a broader understanding as to how and why the outcome
