For various political and economic reasons European sugar farmers and producers have received large subsidies from the EU. The goal of this thesis is to analyze these sugar subsidies and their effect on world market prices and production level in the EU, using statistical data from the mid 1980’s and onward. The analysis encompasses the mechanisms and consequences of EU sugar subsidies with a part

Trelleborgen, the Viking age fortress in Trelleborg, and its reconstruction, in this essay, constitutes an example of the importance of ancient monuments and the reconstructions of these can have to people who were and are affected by them. This concerns politicians and inhabitants in the area as well as archaeologists. By studying the archaeologist’s theories about Trelleborgen, by interviewing

In southern Siberia there is a culture of throat singing, a singing technique where a person can create two different and clearly audible tones at the same time. This throat singing phenomenon has flowed from the Tuvan republic in Russia out into the entire world. Persons of different ethnic ori­gins sing and teach throat singing to persons from all kinds of nations, thus all kinds of persons come

Electronic dance music has been a subject of scientific scrutiny for the past four decades. Many-coloured global club culture is most often seen as lacking political and social agenda, purely pastime-related occurrence within youth subculture. However, in different cultural backgrounds electronic dance music may play different roles and occupy different places. This thesis researches the case of e

The end of history was announced by Francis Fukuyama as a result of the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Cold War. These happenings were seen as evidence of the victory of democracy and capitalism. Democracy has however not been as triumphant as expected and this is especially true for the developing countries. At the same time globalisation has become one of the major phenomena of our t

The paper researches the viable options for Hamas as a case study in the development of a peace paradigm through answering the question of ‘What should Hamas do, while under siege, to act responsibly in favor of the interests of its constituency?’ By comparing the logics of social constructivist and realist theories as methods of analysis in addressing the formulation, operationalization and socia

This essay approaches the humour in Rome during the Republic and the Empire, using comedies and satires as sources. The authors used are Plautus, Terence, Horace, Persius, Martial and Juvenal. With these authors’ work as a basis this essay explains what the public might have considered as funny in each genre, and who this public might have been. It presents the themes, situations and eventual pers

This paper deals with the secret of the bog and its bogbodies. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the motive behind their deaths, whether they were sacrificed, executed as a result of crime or died because of other reasons. To do this I have examined the archaeological facts around some bogbodies foremost from late Bronze Age and early Iron Age (exept for Bockstensmannen) and their interp

Orienten och dess historia är en ytterst intressant del av vår gemensamma europeiska historia, dock en som allt som oftast har fått stå i skymundan. Säkerligen är detta inte en avsiktlig handling utan fokus har kanske gradvis flyttats åt ett annat håll. I den här texten så ska det Osmanska riket och dess inflytande i södra och östra Europa diskuteras, mellan åren 1400 och 1700, från Konstantinopel

In the middle of the second century AD, the Augustales at Misenum decided to honor two women by co-opting one of them, Nymphidia Monime, into their collegium, and bestowing the title of sacerdos Augustalium, priestess of the Augustales, on the other, Cassia Victoria. The aim of this paper is to discuss on what grounds these two women were given access to what was normally an exclusively male conte

This thesis deals with the death of the thralls at their owners’ burial in the Nordic countries during the late Iron Age. In literary sources such as the Icelandic Sagas and Ibn Fadlan, it is told that thralls were killed at the funeral of their owner, and buried with them. It is inferred that the thrall may have had a choice, and that they chose death. However, certain graves from c:a 700-900 A.D

In 1997 Indonesia was hit by the Asian economic crisis and started a huge downfall in the Indonesian economy. With raising unemployment in the country the authoritarian president Suharto soon became the symbol of the crisis. This situation generated riots and protests and Suharto was eventually forced to step down. He left for his vice president B.J. Habibie to take over. During Habibie’s presiden

Is it possible that a theoretical field that is critical to Eurocentrim itself is the bearer of Eurocentric ideas? The main purpose for this thesis is to a answer this question through an analysis of Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Homi K Bhabha, all associated to the core of the post-colonial theoretical field. I create a theoretical approach to the term Eurocentrism fro

I denna studie knyter vi den samtida interventionsteorin till den Afrikanska unionens intervention år 2004-2007 i den sudanesiska darfurregionen. Sedan kalla kriget har den allmänna interventionsteorin förändrats till förmån för en positivare inställning till militära interventioner i inomstatliga konflikter. I Afrika har detta visat sig genom transformation av Afrikanska enhetsorganisationen till

Uppsatsen behandlar de konflikter om skogen i Böda kronopark på norra Öland som utspelade sig mellan staten och den lokala allmogen under perioden ca 1835-1850. Bakgrunden är den nya skogspolitik som statsmakterna börjar praktisera under första halvan av 1800-talet, där skogen ses som ett kapital som ska förmeras genom långsiktiga och på skogsvetenskaplig grund upplagda planer. I samband härmed om

The thesis examines selected “cultural conflicts” that can be said to exist in majority/minority relations within the context of Western liberal democratic societies. A normative analysis regarding when it is justified for a minority to claim certain rights with reference to culture is conducted. Four controversial examples are included: The ban of religious symbols in public schools in France (th

Användandet av soft power i utrikespolitiken är en mycket diskuterad fråga, och i och med presidentskiftet 2009 kom dessa diskussioner att öka. Vi har här undersökt och jämfört George W. Bush och Barack Obamas användande av soft power i respektive utrikespolitik. Vårt fokus ligger på USA:s relationer med Latinamerika och mellanöstern och hur dessa har kommit att förändras. Resultatet visar en stor

The purpose of this essay is to discuss the status of exclusive Mycenaean woolen textiles. The focus will be on the international, long-distance trade sphere in the eastern Mediterranean during the Late Helladic III-period. The essay aspires to reach conclusions regarding the Mycenaean palaces' attitude to textile production as a socio-economic institution in the Mycenaean society based on evi