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The aim of the study is to examine how young women conceive their empowerment processes through access to ICTs, provided by the non-governmental organization IT for Children. The thesis is a qualitative case study of young women’s empowerment. Accordingly, a minor field study was conducted in the village Dixcove in the south of the western region of Ghana. Material was gathered through semi-struct

This qualitative study aims to explain the electoral success of the Christian Democrats in Sweden. The electoral success of the Christian Democrats raises a question about what the possible, underlying causes of the electoral results could be. The question that this study aims to answer is therefore “How can the electoral success of the Christian Democrats in the election of 2018 be explained?” To

Contrary to popular belief, countries rich in natural resources are often poorer than their resource-poor neighbors. The phenomenon «the resource curse” is defined as “the perverse effects of a country’s natural resource wealth on its economic, social, or political wellbeing”. Resource cursed countries experience poor living conditions, poor economic development and poor levels of democracy with e

Why have the Sweden Democrats been so electorally successful in Scania? In order to answer this broad question, will this paper explore the potential effects of demand- and supply-oriented explanations on the Sweden Democrats’ electoral success by comparing two Swedish counties in the 2010 municipal elections. The counties selected for the comparative analysis are Scania and Västra Götaland. The r

As the Sweden Democrats established its position in the Swedish party system by gaining 5,7 percent of the public vote in 2010, the other parties in the system were required to react. Along with the fact that the public interest in migration grew immensely during the refugee wave in 2015, this study’s aim is to investigate how the Social Democrats as the largest party in Sweden reacted to this cha

The European Union’s development policy has the primary goal to eradicate poverty at the global level and to promote sustainable development. But is the EU doing enough effort to engage the voices and the needs of the poor in order to deliver locally informed aid projects? Emerging from these complex questions, the following research explores the importance and resourcefulness of an institutionali

The purpose of the study is to examine how the European Green Deal shapes and constrains what is considered possible and desirable in order to tackle the climate crisis. More specifically, the objective is to expose its underlying assumptions, interrogate what is taken for granted and left unproblematic. In order to examine how established knowledge shapes and constrains political action the study

Sustainable development is a prominent perspective within local planning and policy and the three pillars of sustainability (ecological, economic and social) can both synergize and conflict. In this essay social sustainability is analyzed in relation to ecological sustainability to explore their interplay and relationship. The study is conducted using a content analysis and a theoretical policy fr

Lay judges are used in the Swedish courts to attain a democratic representation of judges, but the system has received criticism for giving weight to political affiliation in a role that ought to be unpolitical. The aim of this study is to investigate politicization of the laymen system through lay judges’ own perspectives of their roles, and their views of the structure of the lay judge system. H

Lay judges within court systems are often proclaimed to be ‘representatives of the people’. Using Hanna Pitkins theoretical discussion of the concept of representation the present thesis examines what is and was meant by this proclamation in the case of Swedish lay judges (nämndemän). For this purpose, the thesis analyses the representative functions of lay judges as they are presented in governme

Since 1992 the European Union has been granting certificates attesting the veracity and legitimacy of products in all of the EU. Such certificates are a symbol of the importance given by the European Union to the protection of regional products against falsifications of unique foodstuff products and the maintenance of good reputation of rural producers and rural areas. There is, however, a great

This essay studies the relationship between democracy and journalism in Sweden during the corona crisis. The research question is “How have swedish newspapers met democracy’s demands during the corona crisis?” and is answered through a qualitative text analysis of six articles from the swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska dagbladet, with ideal type as an analysis tool. The normative theor

This bachelor’s thesis studies modern civilization movement and ‘Western’ values through the case of U.S. foreign policy intervention in Venezuela after its 2013 election. The purpose is to shed a more nuanced light on the interpretation of Western countries’ foreign policy intervention in non-Western countries, and to describe the factors of considerable relevance when determining its outcome as

Bakgrund: Inom ambulanssjukvården är extremitetsskada ett återkommande uppdrag. I Sverige inträffar mellan 16 - 17 000 höftfrakturer årligen. Höftfrakturer är medicinskt komplexa, förknippade med stark smärta och hög mortalitet. Smärtan inom akutsjukvården är oftast underbehandlad. I ett senare skede kan detta få konsekvenser så som till exempel kroniska smärttillstånd. Syfte: Syftet var att under

This essay discusses and analyses the events that took place around the planned extension of Preemraff in Lysekil, the so-called ROCC-project. It does so using a critical political economy perspective focused on the concept of incumbency, the future of fossil fuels and the relationship between Preem AB and the Swedish state and government. This essay finds that there has been a change in the polit

South Korea has gone from a military dictatorship to being the highest-ranking Asian country in terms of democracy over the last 35 years. In 2016, massive social movement protests broke out after media uncovered accounts of widespread corruption by then President Park Geun-Hye. These public demonstrations become known as the Candlelight movement of 2016-2017, lasting for six months to culminate i

In the context of former American colonies, statehood can for some be seen as either the end of colonization or the culmination of it. This paper will conduct an argumentation analysis to determine how the public debate surrounding the statehood question has been constructed and legitimized in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The argumentation analysis is constructed by using the model and theories by Ever

The thesis aims to analyze the development of the Moderate Coalition Party’s view on immigration and criminal justice policy, based on their party manifestos from 2010 and 2020. To see how their policies have developed the essay will focus on the manifesto parts regarding the two subjects previously mentioned and compare them. The goal is to see if the development can be explained with help from M

This essay aims to examine the main factors behind why the transition to democracy during the Arab Spring succeeded in Tunisia whilst it failed in Libya. Tunisia is often referred to as the birthplace of the Arab Spring and later inspired regional neighbours to demand democratic reforms. Through a comparative approach this essay aims to provide a broader understanding as to how and why the outcome

This study explores two forms of oppressions facing Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: the Israeli Occupation and the Patriarchal Structure in their society. The purpose of the study is to examine how these oppressions intersect and impact Palestinian women’s daily life and their struggle for gender equality. Two question, in accordance with the study’s purpose were of part