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There is an ongoing debate within Swedish public administration regarding whether municipalities can handle contemporary issues that require some amount of coordination as well as whether they are straying from democratic principles. It is argued that the origin of this debate lies in the sectorisation of the Swedish welfare system, where the traditional model has been deemed unfit. There is conce

This essay is a hypothesis-generating study that theorizes on secession-inducing features of symbolic recognition in places divided by national, ethnic, linguistic or cultural diversity, something that has generally been overlooked in the research field of constitutional design, secessionism and power sharing systems. The hypothesis is partially tested using a most-similar research design for two

Despite numerous reforms the gender inequalities associated with parental leave persists in Sweden. In 2005 the investigation of parental insurance recommended extending the quota for each parent. The government at the time however chose not to support the proposal, illuminating a potential tension between class and sex. The opponents within the government articulated affirmative action as competi

Given Sweden’s reputation as a frontrunner in sustainable development, its problems of implementing its own environmental strategy is somewhat surprising. In any attempt to mitigate climate change, involving the local level will be absolutely crucial – both in Swedish efforts to achieve its climate policy, and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. Swedish municipalities are central im

Uppsatsen undersöker ur ett aktiemarknadsrättsligt och ett aktiebolagsrättsligt perspektiv hur styrelsen i Haldex Aktiebolag, Haldex, agerade i samband med ett uppköpserbjudande. I samband med uppköpserbjudandet bestämde sig styrelsen efter viss tid att inte längre samarbeta med budgivaren eftersom bolaget led skada i och med uppköpserbjudandet. Det fick budgivaren att kalla till bolagsstämma där This essay explores, from a securities law and company law perspective, how the board of Haldex Aktiebolag, Haldex, acted in connection with a public offer. In connection with the public offer, after a certain time, the board of directors decided not to cooperate with the bidder because the company suffered damage due to the public offer. The board’s new attitude towards the public offer made the

Can the European Union shape global regulatory policy? If it can, what conditions exist? This is the essential question at the centre of this thesis. This thesis will employ the case of global data protection regulation and put the two opposing theories of realist Daniel Drezner and institutionalist Anu Bradford against each other. To answer the first questions data protection authorities around t

Democracies around the world is once again on decline. In this thesis I examine why some democracies face a recession, while other democracies do not. I chose four countries, that I have examined in pairs. Hungary in comparison to Czech Republic and Venezuela compared to Chile, where Hungary and Venezuela are the two countries that have faced a democratic recession. I chose three factors from the

Being stateless, roughly means being without a citizenship of any nation. This is the definition of being stateless in legal terms, called de jure statelessness. There is also statelessness that entails being without the efficient protection of one’s nation, called de facto statelessness. Two groups of stateless migrants that correspond to these definitions are Bidoons from Kuwait and Palestinians

The higher education system of countries is an important area that determines the countries drive for development. This thesis aims to scrutinize the higher education system in Georgia and how the system translates and resonates with Georgia’s development. Several questions have been raised in light of the several reforms that have greeted the higher education system in Georgia and these questions

Within integration policies in Denmark, something new has happened. Private enterprises have been included in the delivery of a public policy in a Public-Private Partnership that aims at integrating refugees into society. The current issue of the welfare state is to provide public services without increasing the cost for the taxpayers. Public-Private Partnerships can be seen as a solution to this

In an effort to promote sustainable development work in Region Skåne, the regional government seeks to integrate Agenda 2030 into their Regional Development Strategy (RUS). This paper compares the two policies, using qualitative content analysis to problematize the prospects of policy integration. Applying theories from policy integration, policy transfer and policy diffusion, the analysis covers

Polygama äktenskap i Sverige uppmärksammades under hösten år 2017. Anledningen var att Nacka kommun ordnade bostäder till en man med hans tre hustrur och 16 barn. Skatteverket publicerade i januari 2018 en rapport om hur många personer som enligt folkbokföringsregistret lever i polygama äktenskap. Rapporten visade att det totalt finns 679 personer som är regi-strerade som gifta med mer än en make During the autumn of 2017, increased attention was paid to polygamous marriages in Sweden. It all started after a situation in Nacka municipality. A housing was arranged for a man with his three wives and 16 children. In January 2018, the Swedish Tax Agency published a report regarding the amount of people, according to the Population Register, registered in polyg-amous marriages. The report prese

Since 2014 the Swedish government has had a feminist foreign policy. This thesis aims to examine which kind of feminism the policy is built upon. To investigate this a content analysis with a focus on ideas was used. Three different ideal types of feminism were set up from liberal, radical and socialist feminism. The material examined was made up of different official documents from the government

This case study examines Poland's unwillingness to participate in the European Union’s decision in September 2015 regarding the relocation of refugees from Greece and Italy, to other member states. The question explores how liberal intergovernmentalism and post-functionalism explains Poland's position in the decision. The study uses the process tracing method. Both theories highlight vot

The Roma population of Sweden has been oppressed by the government for hundreds of years, which has been manifested through lack of civil rights, forced sterilisations and expulsion from society. Today, however, the government aims to include the Roma through various strategies for Roma integration. Although explicit discrimination is not the case anymore, prejudice is often persistent in society.

This study aims at highlighting and explaining the factors that underpin Sweden's and Finland's various abilities to provide food for their citizens in crisis and war. The study has a security policy perspective but also affects the agricultural policies of the different countries. The study is a comparative, theory-consuming study that examines how the abilities are today and why. Finally

Estonia is facing a challenging security situation, given the broad spectrum of threats and its historical and geopolitical ties to Russia. With that in mind, this qualitative case study aims at providing an overview of Estonia’s security by establishing the similarities and differences between internal and external perceptions and applying role theory to the findings. The empirical data, gathered

Uppsatsens syfte är att med utgångspunkt i NJA 2017 s. 1195 undersöka vilken verkan köparens passivitet får beträffande rätten att åberopa fel, när säljaren har handlat grovt vårdslöst eller i strid mot tro och heder. I NJA 2017 s. 1195 formulerade Högsta domstolen en på allmänna principer, och då främst på principer om lojalitetsöverväganden, grundad passivitetsregel. Den föreskriver att om säljaThe purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effect of the buyer’s non-performance, in terms of the right to claim defects, when the seller has acted with gross negligence or in violation of faith and honour. In NJA 2017 s. 1195 the Supreme Court formulated a non-performance-rule based on general principles, especially on principles of loyalty. It prescribes that if the seller has acted with g

Labour and environmental provisions became a prominent feature in trade agreements nowadays. Since 2011, the European Union devotes a whole chapter in its trade agreements to these issues - the trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapter. This paper argues that an important aspect of the EU’s approach are the institutional mechanisms which monitor the implementation of the TSD chapter. Applyin

This thesis asks why the EU has expanded its military interventions in Somalia to a broad, multifaceted engagement. The thesis is a theoretically-informed, empirically-driven case study. The analysis rest on three theoretical concepts of global justice. I have formulated assumptions from these conceptions of global justice, which direct the analysis in answering the research question. The primary