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This paper has bearing on the subject of foreign policy analysis and decision-making, but is nonetheless important to peace and conflict studies due to its emphasis on nuclear weapons and deterrence. I have constructed a theoretical framework for the analysis of foreign policy decision-making that I set out to test on a crucial case. The framework is crosscutting, and takes into consideration

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness training in the treatment of chronic pain, estimate the degree of mindfulness before and after intervention, and to describe the participants experience of mindfulness training. Mindfulness is defined as moment to moment, non-judgmental awareness. After the treatment of chronic pain 16 patients were offered and nine agreed

Today Europe is faced with an identity crisis concerning its borders. Turkey stands at the threshold for an EU-membership while the EU-Commission is trying to formulate what constitutes a European identity. This identity seeking process will determine the future not only for Turkey, but also for immigrants now living in Europe. In this thesis a discourse analysis, underpinned by socialconstructio

Att kunna utföra de aktiviteter som man vill är betydelsefullt för hälsa och välbefinnande. Att bli äldre innebär att vissa besvär och funktionshinder kan öka. Det kan leda till att individen får svårt att utföra de aktiviteter som den vill. Syftet med studien var att undersöka äldre personers aktiviteter i och utanför hemmet samt vad de skulle vilja göra. Vidare var syftet att beskriva äldres upp

Missbruk är en problematik vars negativa effekter framför allt påverkar det sociala livet, arbete, intressen, aktiviteter och relationer, detta då all tid och fokus läggs på själva missbrukandet. Att inte kunna vara aktiv på det sätt som önskas skapar både ett fysiskt och psykiskt lidande. Människor som mår dåligt på grund av sjukdom eller funktionsnedsättning kan använda sin kreativitet för att k

Utvecklingen av elrullstolar har öppnat upp mängder av möjligheter för personer med funktionshinder som påverkar deras förflyttningsförmåga. Hjälpmedel kan underlätta för en person att vara delaktig i meningsfulla aktiviteter. Genom delaktighet skapar vi relationer och hittar mål och mening med livet. Delaktighet förändras med åldern. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur elrullstolsanvändare u

Att klara vardagliga aktiviteter är viktigt för människan, möjligheten att påverka sin dag, göra egna val och umgås med andra på egna villkor. Kognitiva funktionsnedsättningar medför svårigheter att ta emot, bearbeta och förmedla information och innefattar bland annat förmågan att minnas, orientera sig i tid och rum och problemlösning. Allt fler personer med funktionshinder är i dag i behov av hjä

Energy, being a very important aspect of international relations and a crucial element for the enhancement of national security, has both economic and geopolitical signifi-cance for consumer, producer and transit countries. In the course of last years the European Union (EU) ? Russia energy relations, and in particular the conflictual as-pects of the Energy Dialogue (ED) and the Energy Charter Tre

This thesis is an attempt to discuss the proposals to improve the statuses and rights of the legally resident third country nationals living in the European Union. As denizens, third country nationals have full civil and social rights but they do not have any political rights. This is believed to denote an anomaly, which can be corrected through the grant of political rights. However, political ri

There has been considerable scepticism in Europe over the reliability of Russia as a secure source of energy for the EU. Despite Russia and EU being economically interdependent with regard to energy and other trade, there is still concern over potential supply disruptions. What can be gathered from media and scholarly sources is that Russia is potentially an unreliable supplier yet it is currently

Incomati river basin is located in the continent of South Africa and is shared between three countries of Republic of Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, and the Kingdom of Swaziland. Located in a water-stressed region and shared between three countries it has importance in both sociopolitical and water scarcity aspect. The three countries recently (in 2002) signed an agreement for letting certa

The European Union (EU) is a unique foreign policy actor, because of its history and the diversity of its member states. The EU has developed a distinct approach to promoting human rights and democracy in third states. Its focus lies on positive engagement through constructive dialogue. This preference for using positive rather than negative engagement is the subject of this thesis. It is argued t

The events of 9/11 and the subsequently launched ?war on terror? ushered in a new era of world politics. The new, global security agenda came to dominate international politics bringing about the securitization of a range of international policies. As a part of this process, international development cooperation has come to be increasingly articulated in the language of security as well, i.e. it h

Glimmingehus is one of the most well preserved medieval castles in Sweden. This essay examines why it was built ? what were the intentions of the Lord, Jens Holgersen? Even though we?ll never be able to ask him, the answer to the question ?why?? can give us an insight of how a man of his position thought in the Late Medieval time. To answer the question the castle are explored through three diffe

This study sets to investigate the reasons behind state action in an enlarged Europe through its regional policy and the structural funds for the budget period 2007-2013 by the example of Poland. The question posed is: why is there a centralization trend on a national level in Poland when EU decentralizes its regional policy? The analysis suggests that the answer can be found by adopting a state-c

This Master-thesis assesses the possible difficulties that surround the implementation of EU directives into the legal systems of the EU member states. The aim of the thesis is twofold. Firstly, It introduces a structural framework that is able to structure the analysis of implementation in the European Union. It starts from the premise that the EU can be studied as if it was a Federation. The fra

This article attempts to broaden the analytical framework of the European Union (EU) security policy literature. The wider aim is to provide a conceptual link between the engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), crisis resolution and post-conflict peace-building in general. I develop a context specific analysis of the EU's role in the DRC, while enabling the extrapolation of gener

This thesis examines the impact of the objects that surrounds us and the practices of consumption in which we engage on the cultural constructions we live and vice versa taking its point of departure in an examination of the objects and consumption practices that have been used in the definition of the construct of modernity in various cultures. Theoretically it develops a framework based on speec

Kvinnor har under lång tid arbetat för fred världen över och kopplingen mellan kvinnorörelsen och fredsrörelsen är stark. Den poststrukturalistiska feministen Nira Yuval-Davis har sammanställt tre förklaringar till varför kvinnor arbetar med fred och varför de ofta väljer att göra detta i fredsorganisationer för enbart kvinnor. I denna teoriprövande studie har jag testat denna förklaringsmodell de

Den här uppsatsen söker svaret på vad som genererar hög kvinnorepresentation i parlamenten. Vi har valt att göra en kvantitativforskning av alla världens fria demokratier som inledning, sedan en fallstudie av Sydafrika, Mongoliet och Ghana. Avslutningsvis följer en jämförande studie mellan dessa tre länder, för att ytterligare fördjupa vår forskning. Vi kommer med hjälp av våra analyser påvisa