Social capital is the key to an effective and well functioning liberal democracy according to Robert D. Putnam in the theory about Making democracy work, and Bo Rothstein in the theory about the Logic of the social trap. The solution to create social capital is according to Putnam a high level of participation in civic communities in the civic society and according to Rothstein the need of univers

The well-stated fact that institutions matter, according to new institutionalism, is the starting point for this thesis. On this basis, institutional change will be the focus for the three approaches historical institutionalism, rational choice institutionalism and sociological institutionalism. These approaches however focus on different storylines to the same story of institutional change. This

The aim of this study is to use frame analysis to identify different narratives surrounding the Swedish debate on a so called meat tax. The Swedish ministry of agriculture released a report in January 2013 with the message that the meat consumption needs to decrease to reach more sustainable levels. One way that it could be accomplished is through the implementation of a carbon based tax on meat.

Leadership is proposed by scholars and the broader societal discourses as a panacea to organizational problems. Furthermore, there has been an overly positive view of leadership presented within these discourses. We propose to examine these discourses on leadership within a specific organizational context. Additionally we look to understand the interplay between these discourses and the leadership

The thesis examines the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in the European Union (EU). After accession to the EU, one of the EU’s most powerful weapons for ensuring adaption into the EU norms and rules - conditionality - is lost. In some EU Member States, the EU norm of non-discrimination against sexual minorities has not yet been successfully adopted. Using Europe

For a Chinese high school graduate to be able to apply for university they must first take part in the yearly gaokao, the college entrance examination. The province where a student has his or her household registration determines where they can sit for the exam and also in which quota they are put when the university slots are allocated. This system causes difficulties for the children of migrantw

This thesis is a study of two antagonistic characters: Circe from the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray, and Warner from the dystopia about Juliette Ferrars by Tahereh Mafi. The two characters represent something new in young adult literature, since they, although they are both viewed as the villains of their stories, also have become very popular and loved by their readers. In this thesis I study

För att förbli konkurrenskraftiga i en globaliserad värld försöker multinationella bolag ständigt att hitta nya sätt för att öka deras vinst. Ett viktigt område i detta hänseende, som kan ha en betydande inverkan på bolagens totala resultat, är strukturen av bolagen i den multinationella koncernen. Genom att välja rätt struktur kan koncernen uppnå skattemässiga fördelar genom att vinster kan flyttTo remain competitive in the globalized economy, multinationals are consistently searching for new ways to increase their overall profit. An important aspect of this goal is the structure of the companies within the multinational group. By selecting the proper business structure, the group can gain tax advantages derived from profits shifting from high tax jurisdictions to a low tax jurisdiction.

Denna kandidatuppsats i socialantropologi behandlar hemlösa och space genom en litteraturstudie av nutida verk inom ämnet. Min text visar vilka strategier som används av de med makt för att kontrollera space och vilka taktiker de maktlösa, där hemlösa inkluderas tar till för att bemöta strategierna. Uppsatsen tar även upp därtill närstående begrepp som gentrifiering och squatting samt härbärgets b

Bakgrund: Andelen äldre ökar vilket medför ett ökat vårdbehov bland dessa. Långa väntetider inför röntgenundersökningen samt obehag i samband med transporten påverkar vårdtagare negativt. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie är att belysa relevanta omvårdnadsaspekter för vårdtagare och involverade vårdgivare i samband med mobil röntgenverksamhet på särskilda boenden. Metod: Litteraturstudie som grund

To create a sucessful culture within an organization there is a need for the organization to convey values and attitudes to new employees. This qualitative study, with an etnographic approach, describes how organizational culture is created and maintained in an international company. The research object is Tetra Paks Crash Course, a week-long introductory course for newly hired Tetra Pak managers

Den offentliga sektorn befinner sig i ständig förändring och rör sig ständigt närmare den privata sektorns sätt att leda och styra, något som påverkar hur Länsstyrelsen leder sitt arbete framåt. Länsstyrelsen Skåne har tagit fram och implementerat en chefspolicy för att tydliggöra vilka förväntningar och krav som ställs på cheferna i organisationen, i syfte att på ett hållbart sätt utveckla det be

Ren intermittent kateterisering (RIK) är ett behandlingsalternativ för neurogen blåsrubbning/inkomplett blåstömning såsom Multipel Skleros, Parkinsons sjukdom, ryggmärgsskador och överflödesinkontinens. Neurogen blåsrubbning innebär en neurologisk sjukdom eller skada på nervsystemet som påverkar de nedre urinvägarnas normala funktion. Syftet med litteraturstudien var att beskriva patienters upplev

This study provides a throughout review of Energy Efficiency policies in the Norwegian context. It examines specific policies and instruments which are designed for addressing Energy Efficiency issues. The aim is to grasp the extent and effectiveness of those policy arrangements that might serve as a model for others to learn from. Qualitative and quantitative data collected from evaluation report

”Vi vuxna tror oss veta vad barn förstår”. En kvalitativ studie om Migrationsverkets kommunikation med barn under projektet Riktad information asylsökande barn är en b-uppsats författad av Mia Chau och Magdalena Svensson inom ämnet Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, vid Institutionen för kommunikation och medier, Lunds universitet. Syftet är att undersöka hur Migrationsverket genomför kommunika

The purpose of the study was to investigate whether evacuating people can be directed by using red and green flashing lights. This was investigated by evacuation experiments in two different virtual environments conducted in the Virtual Reality Lab in Lund. The purpose of the first experiment was to examine whether people make the same choice of exits in Virtual Reality as in real evacuation exper

A rising problem within electronics today is that, since the frequencies have increased dramatically, it is now very difficult to measure signals. If a traditional probe is used, then the direct contact will destroy the signal. The general idea behind this master thesis project is to make use of the crosstalk between transmission lines to create non contact test points. This thesis aims to evaluat

Abstract The significance of terrestrially derived iron (Fe) for marine ecosystems and its implications on other biogeochemical cycles is well recognised. It has been recently highlighted that the concentration of Fe in several Swedish rivers has increased strongly over the last 40 years. Four rivers draining into the Baltic Sea were used in the present study in order to assess the aggregation pr

Denna uppsats behandlar uppsägningsgrunden arbetsbrist och begränsningar i arbetsgivarens arbetsledningsrätt vid uppsägning. Med arbetsbrist avses i lagens mening inte enbart brist på verkliga arbetsuppgifter för arbetstagarna utan även en mängd andra situationer där arbetstagare blir överflödiga. Lagen om anställningsskydd är, i situationer då arbetsbrist föreligger, inte tänkt att ge ett befattn