In contemporary global environmental governance stakeholding, as a means for defining legitimate participants in democratic decision-making, has become of great importance. In this essay I deploy the concept of ?the stakeholder perspective? to denote arguments that all stakeholders ? defined as carriers of particular interests ? should be able to participate in political decision-making affecting

Abstract This essay examines the idea of unity in the early church, based on Psalm 133:1. My interest in this was awakened during a seminar with the scholar Sr. Dr. Michaela Puzicha OSB, who proposed that St. Benedict of Nursia in his Rule, RB 42, alludes to Ps. 133:1 and does this because he wants to stress how much he values the unity of the community. The main question of my essay is whether i

Syftet med arbetet har varit att undersöka varför en så udda teknik som skånsk knyppling fortfarande utövas. Efter en historisk tillbakablick har en rad intervjuer gett svar på vilka som idag knypplar, vilken åldersgrupp det är, varför man börjar knyppla, varför man fortsätter och vilken tillfredsställelse knypplingen ger. Förutsättningar som behandlas är knypplingens status, dess nätverk samt Hem

In Sweden we are spared from large natural disasters. However, in January 2005 part of Sweden was struck by a hurricane. It did not only leave a decimated landscape in its wake. It also left its mark on many people who lived in the south of Sweden. In this paper the reader will be presented six qualitative interviews that build on forestowners' experiences during and in the aftermath of the St

To avoid eutrofication and excessive algal bloms it is necessary to reduce the phosphorus contents in wastewater. Previous wastewater treatment systems often have a good process for phosphorus reduction but in general not the ability to recycle the material and phosphorus for further utilisation after its use in wastewater treatment. Polonite® is a material with large content of calciumoxide wh

Bakgrund/Problem: I samband med generationsskiftet på arbetsmarknaden uppstår frågan hur arbetsgivarna ur ett rent strategiskt perspektiv kan ta ställning till Generation Y (födda under andra halvan av sjuttiotalet fram till ca år 2000) i arbetslivet. Generation Y verkar nämligen ha en förändrad syn jämfört med äldre generationer när det gäller hur man ser på arbetets roll i livet. Företagen måste

Bullying is a significant workplace problem, a fact highlighted both by companies, government and social science. The purpose of this master thesis was to examine if workplace bullying is a result of group processes. This is a theory-based master thesis. A search of literature on bullying, mobbing and harassment was done in a database called ELIN, Electronic Library Information Navigator, connecte

Uppsatsen är en diskursanalys och retorisk analys av genren veckotidningsledare. Den undersöker hur veckotidningsledarna svarar mot de kontextuella kraven att marknadsföra tidningen, att underhålla läsaren och att liera sig med läsaren. Det undersökta materialet utgörs av ledarsidor från tidningarna Veckorevyn, Amelia, M-magasin och Slitz. Uppsatsen visar hur ledarsidorna präglas närhetsskapande s

Genom djupintervjuer med aktiva webbpoeter och analys av hemsidan för webbpoesiforumet Sockerdricka belyser uppsatsen hur publiceringsmediet formar författarrollen.

Air sampling and biological sampling have been performed to examine the exposure to nicotine in the Nicorette patch and Nicorette gum production at Pfizer Health AB in Helsingborg, Sweden. For this purpose stationary and personal sampling equipment have been used. At the Nicorette patch production, XAD-2 tubes were used to sample nicotine vapor and at the Nicorette gum production Teflon filters we

This report is a part of the process of enhanced cooperation between fire rescue services in the region of North West Scania. The aim of the report is to study and analyze how the fire rescue service should be structured, in terms of rescue units and personnel, if no account is to be taking to the current organization. Two types of accident are considered in the report, traffic accidents and build

The purpose of this essay was to investigate how some street musicians view themselves and what they do on the street. The study was primarily based on interviews, but also observations of street musicians. The main outcome of this study was that it shed light on street musicians and their situation on the street. It also address relationship and norms between street musicians and also norms regul

Bardawil Lagoon, a natural lagoon located on the northern coast of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, there are three inlets of which two are man-made connecting the lagoon with the Mediterranean Sea. The inlets are subjected to changes in morphology, due to sediment transport, over time and this may lead to degrees of closure of either inlet. The sediment transport is governed by longshore currents and

Major businesses today involves complex supply chains with world-wide sourcing and marketing which create new risks for both the individual enterprise and the society at large. Supply chain disruptions are seen as the primary threat to a company's revenue driver. To be able to cope with undesired events, companies need to review their business continuity management (BCM). To increase the know

This master thesis is developed based on the desire of the water and sewage department in the municipality of Karlskrona. The department, which vouches for the quality of produced drinking water and sewage cleaning, was in need of help dealing with risk analysis. The water and sewage department is obliged to identify and assess risks according to Swedish legislation. However, no guides for this p

Företagspolicy påverkar rekryterarens val av nya medarbetare. Detta undersöktes i en experimentell studie där 120 studenter vid Lunds universitet deltog. Hälften fick ta del av en platsannons som var antingen rättviseinriktad eller lojalitetsinriktad. Därefter fick de skatta värme- respektive kompetensfrågors lämplighet för en intervjusituation i förhållande till tjänsten. Sista steget i enkäten i

This essay examines how Frank McCourt pictures a catholic upbringing in Ireland during the 1930's and 1940's in his novel Angela's Ashes. It also discusses if this picture is realistic or not. In order to do this, McCourt's description of Ireland will be put in a historical and cultural context and be compared with actual facts. Special attention will be paid to Catholicism and its

The Sub-Saharan African countries of South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda have recently gone through post-conflict political transitions where one of the main dilemmas is how to deal with the past. The three countries have all opted for a transitional justice mechanism that involves truth-telling in order to address past abuses, and with the prospect of reconciliation. The objective of this stud

The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical framework that can be applied to both religious and secular terrorism. It is suggested that terrorism can be divided into two categories; practical and ideological. The first category, terrorists with practical objectives like sovereignty or end to repression, are generated by local conflicts. These local conflicts can also have a global impact