In 2014, a man was accused of raping a woman but was acquitted despite the fact that the woman said “no” and “stop”. He claimed to have thought that it was part of dominant sex games and by that, assumed she liked it. That the man was acquitted, even though the court ruling concluded that the woman had been forced to sexual intercourse, can be a result of a process of victim blaming; a process whe

Den europeiska unionen tampas med låg folklig legitimitet, och hävdar många politiska bedömare, ett demokratiskt underskott. I det förhandenvarande arbetet, som är av normativ karaktär, tar sig författaren an detta ämne utifrån ett deltagardemokratiskt perspektiv, vilket han polemiserar mot ett elitdemokratiskt. Dessa demokratimodellers relationer till republikanismen och liberalismen redogörs där

The purpose of this thesis is to question the cause of the lack of consensus surrounding Europe 2020s poverty and social exclusion target – to lift 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion. The target was a major development for the European Union’s social dimension. Even so, it did not come easily, with divides over the existence and measurement of such a target. The Commission propo

In scholarly literature, it is widely acknowledged that ‘the shadow of hierarchy’, hence the threat of disadvantageous Community legislation, is an important con-cept in European social dialogue (ESD), where European social partners – that is organised labour and management – are given the chance to negotiate binding agreements on some aspects of European labour and social policy. While the shadow

This study looks at how perceptions of European integration are constituted; more specifically, how leading academic ideas and theories regard European integration and the elements which contribute to that view. The work is driven by a thesis that materialism forms the main component of this view of integration. The study analyses five key theories of European integration, and the ambition has bee

The European Union is expected to respond to world events every day and terrorist acts are predominate and often conducted by terrorist organizations or non-state actors. One of the most delicate cases is the Lebanese Hezbollah frequently resorting to violence and has over the last 20 years grown evermore important in the Middle East and Lebanon, thereby increasingly elevating the need for the EU

The following essay discusses the policy changes the Ghent countries Sweden and Denmark have had in the last fifteen years that possibly affected the union density. Furthermore the essay has a statistical approach and aim to investigate and discuss the factors that affects union density as well as being a contribution to the field of political science. By applying power resource theory the ambitio

Through using what Lennart Lundquist terms as "our public ethos" I have come to the conclusion that the Swedish Migration Office's desire to be exempted from the law of public procurement (LOU) can be understood in terms of reference to both economic and democratic values. This thesis also explains the fundamentals of the Weberian rational-legal authority and how it together with New

Samlevnadsformen har stor betydelse för vilket skydd ett par åtnjuter. Sambor saknar till skillnad från makar arvsrätt efter varandra och även vid fastställande av faderskap föreligger betydande skillnader. I denna framställning har utretts varför så är fallet, hur dessa skillnader motiveras och om lagstiftningen utifrån sambors perspektiv är i förändringsbehov. Kyrkan har haft betydande inflytaCohabitation forms have great significance concerning the type of protection provided for couples. Cohabitees lack, unlike spouses, the right to inherit each other by law. Furthermore, the determination of paternity differs substantially. This paper investigates why this is the case, how the differences are justified and whether the legislation, from cohabitees’ perspective, requires modification.

Denna uppsats sorterar under konsumenträttens område. Den behandlar övergången mellan distans- och hemförsäljningslagen och lagen om distansavtal och avtal utanför affärslokaler. Det är bestämmelserna om tillämpningsområde, informationskrav och ångerrätt som är i fokus. Regleringens såväl nationella som EU-rättsliga syfte belyses inledningsvis och utgör utgångspunkt för uppsatsen. Bestämmelserna iIn Swedish and European law, the consumer have the right to withdraw during certain conditions and the business have the responsibility to give correct and detailed information. Due to the EU Consumer Rights Directive from 2011 changes are to come for the Swedish market and for the European market as a whole. The changes that will effect the Swedish consumer and business are studied in this thesis

With the intention to provide new evidence valid for the Scandinavian market the thesis aims to; (I) examine the announcement effect for acquiring companies, where the emphasis lies on the difference between acquiring Public targets compared to Private targets, and (II) investigate the relation between abnormal returns and variables found significant in previous research. The concept of mergers a

Konventionell kolon och datortomografisk kolografi är några av de vanligaste röntgenundersökningar för utredning av sjukdomar i kolon bland annat koloncancer. Studiens syfte är att öka förståelsen av patienters upplevelser vilket kan ge vägledning i det praktiska vårdarbetet. Detta är en litterarurstudie där vetenskapliga artiklar, både kvalitativa och kvantitativa, som beskrev patienters upplevel

Abstract Title: Ungdomars upplevelser av ungdomstjänst och dess meningsfullhet Author: Maddis Hashemzadeh Supervisor: Roberto Scaramuzzino The purpose with this essay has been to describe and understand what experiences young people have of community service and if they feel that the community service has been meaningful for their future mindset of commit a crime. Community service for youth pe

The purpose of this report is to examine if social risks are an urban phenomenon or if it also occurs in smaller Swedish communities. Therefore, events in two small municipals were analyzed. The report also aims to examine if risk and vulnerability analysis is an appropriate tool for smaller municipals to work with social risks. The analysis shows that social risks are present also in smaller muni

Bakgrund: Mötet på en akutmottagning präglas av högt tempo och kort vårdtid. Som sjuksköterska är det av vikt att arbeta med god kompetens för att ge bästa möjliga vård. Syftet: Beskriva relationen mellan patientens utbildningsnivå och bedömning av sjuksköterskans kompetenser samt att lyfta fram de kompetenser, som enligt patienten, brister eller utmärker sig hos sjuksköterskan. Metod: En kvantita

High-Order Harmonic generation (HHG) is an alternative and much more compact way of generating x-ray radiation compared to producing it in a synchrotron. In this report a two color inline interferometer is designed to superimpose electrical fields generated by a frequency doubling crystal, for the purpose of reshaping the pulse train generated in the HHG process. The challenges of this design is t

Malmö är en stad som har gjort en beundransvärd resa från en industristad till en kunskapsstad under en relativt kort tidsperiod. Samtidigt visar rapporter på hur Malmö är mer segregerat än någonsin. Genomsnittsåldern kan variera med upp till fem och ett halvt år mellan människor boende i olika stadsdelar. Uppsatsens syfte är undersöka huruvida utvecklingen från en industristad till en kunskapssta

När miljöpartier bildades under 1980-talets Norden slog de igenom med mycket starkare kraft i Sverige och Finland än i Norge och Danmark. En förklaring går att finna i de etablerade partiernas beteende. Vi har gjort en studie av vänsterpartiers påverkan på gröna partiers framgång i Norden under 1980-talet. Vi använder teorier om vikten av sakfrågeröstning, förändrade röstmönster och ideologiska po

In contemporary China, it is quite common for parents to offer financial as well as time transfers to their adult children. This research aims to dig out what factors can explain these tangible downward transfers. Three perspectives are generated based on previous research to provide potential explanations. The first two perspectives regard downward transfers as reflection of classical feedback mo

Abstract The purpose whit my thesis is to explain the Russian intervention and annexation of Crimea. My analyses will be in three parts: The international system, the state and the individual. My research question is: How can Russia’s action in Crimea be explained set to the three levels of analyses: The international system the state and the individual? My theories in the analyzes concluding th