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Turkey Full Member of the EU, Fact or Fiction? A study of possible mechanisms that prevent Turkey from becoming a member of the EU.

This essay is about Turkey's accession to the EU and what the main obstacles are for a membership. In order to become a member in the EU there are certain political conditions that needs to be fulfilled. Within the EU there is a disagreement about whether or not Turkey should join because of its failure in implementing these conditions. With the help of a conceptual framework dealing with thre

Att skydda sig mot onda ögat -fallossymbolen och andra beskyddande symboler under antiken.

As long as envy and the will of harming others for what they possess have existed, the evil eye has been a present belief system in many cultures around the world. This study, based on archaeological evidence and texts by ancient writers that reflect this ancient superstition, explores how the evil eye was being averted and practiced by ancient cultures. What measures were taken to ward off th

Vattnets väg genom ett romerskt bad. - tekniken bakom marmorn.

This essay focuses on the technical systems and functions behind how a Roman bath operated. I will present a general view by going through each part of the waters path through the bath one by one. Since there is no such thing as a standardised Roman bath I will, under each headline, present the sub subject with a presentation of the workings and then exemplifying through archaeological findings an

Kvinnligt eller manligt - En studie av könsbedömningsmetodernas utveckling för humant material

This study focuses on the development of methods for sexual determination of human skeletal remains, mainly between the years 1981 to 2007. By comparing an older analysis from 1983 (Persson and Persson) with my own on the same material, a difference of 40% was shown, which indicates that the methods has changed through time, and that these should not be used for newer conclusions about a populatio

När blir attraktion verklighet? En explorativ undersökning av Internetdejtare i Norge och Sverige på dejtingsajten Q500

Syftet med denna uppsats var att undersöka dels vad det är som får människor att vilja träffas "face-to-face" från en kontakt via Internet, dels vad som väcker attraktion för en annan människa på Internetdejtingsajten Q500. Totala antalet deltagare var 732 stycken, varav 395 kvinnor och 337 män. En explorativ undersökning har gjorts med hjälp av två riktade enkäter; en för de som hade de

Exploring Human Experience

This essay argues that since human experience consists inseparably of mind, body and the material world, and that if were are to better understand the lives of people in the past we need to recognize that we cannot separate material culture, social process and life-tasks from the experiences of the people who carried them out. Personal experience of a thing can never produce an understanding of th

Whistleblowing: Ingvar Bratt, hjälte eller förrädare?

An employee that informs on illegal or unethical behavior in the workplace is what has been called a whistleblower. Employees that have become whistleblowers have often faced tragic consequences, like threats from the organization, unemployment, bankruptcy and divorce. The purpose of this paper is, on the basis of different ethical perspectives to describe the justification of the whistleblowing p

Taiwan och Kinas relation över sundet - självständighetsledaren Chen Shui-bian

Uppsatsen redogör för förhållandet mellan Taiwan och Kina, den så kallade "relationen över sundet", och koncentrerar sig på åren 2000-2008 då Chen Shui-bian varit öns president. Chen anser Taiwan som ett suveränt, självständigt land, medan Kina anser att Taiwan borde acceptera "ett-Kina" principen, som innebär att Taiwan är en del av Kina. Uppsatsen undersöker om, och i så fall

Turkiet, ett gränsfall för EU Ur ett identitetsperspektiv; hur ser EU på Turkiet som potentiell ny medlem, samt vilka hinder föreligger för ett medlemskap?

The European Union is originally an economic organization that has developed into including more social and cultural questions. These questions are especially important when the Union expands with so many different cultures and traditions to take into concideration. I have from an identity perspective studied the relation between the European Union and the candidate country of Turkey. Using theor

Betydelsen av öppenhet, deltagande och ansvar i utformningen av megaprojekt En analys av policyprocessen kring ESS-projektet mellan 1990-2008

This thesis consists of three parts: one normative, one empirical and one constructive, with the intention to explore the enforcement of accountability in megaprojects. The thesis aims to evaluate the level of accountability in the policy process of the European Spallation Source, ESS between 1990 and 2008. In order to make a comparison possible, a norm is created concerning how a policy process

Smutsiga händer? USA:s samarbete med Iran 1953-1979

The hypocrisy of democracy is to help autocratic rulers to stay in power because it benefits their own country. This thesis examines how the United States of America justified their cooperation with the Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi during the period of 1953-1979, until he was overthrown by his own people. This case-study doesn´t make general conclusions about the US foreign policy towards ot

Failure versus Success - An Analysis of Angola's and Mozambique's Peace Outcomes

Resolving an intrastate war can be a difficult task. Angola and Mozambique, both former Portuguese colonies which both gained independency in 1975, has suffered longstanding intrastate war. Within a year and a half they both signed their first peace agreements, with different outcomes to follow. This thesis has two purposes. The main one is to use Kumar Rupesinghe's model of conflict transform

DRAWING BOUNDARY AND REALIGNING IDENTITY : The Karen in Northern Thailand in the Context of Tourism

With the purpose to scrutinise ethnic identity as it negotiates through times of change, this thesis focuses on how the identity of the Karen in northern Thailand has been defined in the context tourism. The meeting of the Karen with foreign tourists and Thai tour guides is studied through the notion that inter-ethnic relations are necessary for ethnic identity to exist. Interviews and participant

WOMEN'S FASHION MAGAZINES IN JAPAN : Women vs. Women's Fashion Magazines in Relation to Self-image Creation and Consumption

This study examines how Japanese women have been portrayed in women's fashion magazines and tests how women's fashion magazines have affected female readers? self-image creations and consumption behaviour. To this end, five copies magazines were selected for visual analysis to analyze the portrayals of Japanese women in the magazines from a gender perspective. In addition, interviews were

LEARNING FOR LIFE : A STUDY OF PARENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION

The purpose of this thesis was to understand the ways parents with different educational backgrounds perceive education as enabling their children 'capabilities'. Situating myself in a rural area of Uttarakhand, I interviewed parents from diverse educational backgrounds about their children's education. Some parents were illiterate while others held university degrees. Their perceptio

Framing Processes in Transnational Activist Networks : The Case of Anti-Free Trade Movements in Southeast Asia

In Southeast Asia, transnational activist networks on WTO protests are relatively new networks linking domestic and global activism. This research explores collective identity formation in transnational activist networks, which constitutes the building blocks of social mobilisation. Using the case study of the anti-WTO coalition, networks and social movements particularly in the Philippines and ge

Non-Traditional Security Issue and International Conflict : A case study of Indonesian Migrant Labor in Malaysia

The relation between Indonesia and Malaysia has seen several tensions since 1960s onwards. Since 2002 it self, there were several issues related to Indonesian migrant labor in Malaysia that has strained bilateral relations. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the extent to which the Indonesian migrant labor issue has affected relation with Malaysia as the receiving country. The findings of t

WHERE INDIVIDUALISM GROWS AND HIERARCHIES CRUMBLE - A case study on the One-Child Policy's influence on the workplace

In contemporary urban China the younger generations in the white-collar sector are constantly striving to obtain a better employment in order to attain animproved career. The purpose of this case study was to show how the One-Child Policy has influenced the Chinese society, by indicating that there is an undergoing change within the workplace, as the Chinese singletons are starting to enter the la

Fältbiologerna i Lunds Miljöpolitik

Fältbiologer in Lund : A study on how the NGO Fältbiologerna has affected environmental politics in the municipality of Lund This paper examines, through interview and literary studies, if the environmental NGO Fältbiologerna has had any impact on the environmental politics of the municipality of Lund. The study is based on a case where Fältbiologerna were protesting against the establishment of

Islands of Globesity : A Study on Human Health, Unequal Exchange, and Human-Environmental Relations in Samoa. Report from a Minor Field Study in Samoa, May-June 2007

In this field study, based on fieldwork during a period of two months, the impact of imported food and goods on human health and the environment in the Pacific island state of Samoa is investigated. The focus is on the direct impact of imported food on human health, as well as the role of imported food and goods in changing human-environmental relations. It is argued that modern problems of healt