This paper aims at investigating the polynomial relationship between income and income inequality as described by Kuznets (1955, 1963). In order to investigate this relationship, data for 35 European countries are used for the period 1980-2017 and a long-run relationship between these two variables is found, as the initial Kuznets curve hypothesis is. The results indicate, the existence of the Kuz

As terrorism after the 9/11 attacks has emerged as one of the most important threats to international security, the political discourse used by world leaders regarding the topic is becoming more and more essential to study. One way to do this is by using securitization theory, which helps us understand how something becomes a security issue, and how security threats are socially constructed throug

Behavior and social interactions are key features to determine the phenotype of an organism. Observing behavioral manifestations give insides on a fundamental level of how inner mechanisms work. But how is it possible to predict behavior in a way, such that it can be quantify and analyzed? One traditional strategy is to annotate the behavior by hand. Observing the animals and making notes about th

As climate change is a global threat it is of essence to understand how we can work against it. Research within the sphere of Peace and Conflict Studies lacks the perspective of the psychology behind world leaders as an explanation for how environmental policy is conducted. This thesis investigates what type of leader Obama and Trump are, what implications that has on environmental policy and how

How does domestic politics affect foreign aid? A great deal of literature that seeks to answer this question has sought to test the partisan theory. This theory suggests that ideological governmental changes will affect a donor country’s foreign aid – in terms of total aid, aid allocation and/or aid strategies. At the same time, there has been a scholarly tendency to understand aid from welfare st

Covid-19 har med den snabba spridningstakten och höga dödstalen fått stor medial uppmärksamhet i hela världen. Runt omkring i världen har åtgärd efter åtgärd vidtagits i ett försök att minska smittspridningen. Den här uppsatsen syftar till att redogöra för och jämföra hur de skandinaviska länderna har begränsat mötesfriheten med anledning av Covid-19. De skandinaviska länderna har mycket gemensaCovid-19 has, with its rapid spread and high mortality rate, received great media attention throughout the world. Across the world, measure after measure has been brought in effect in an effort to reduce the spread of the virus. The purpose of this thesis is to describe and compare how the Scandinavian countries have restricted freedom of assembly due to Covid-19. The Scandinavian countries have

In February 2020, two groups met in Kartapur, near the border of India and Pakistan, for the first time. The groups, Yes Fam India and Yes Fam Pakistan, are created in connection to the YouTube channel Yes Theory, and they share an active online community. The conflict between India and Pakistan has been active for over 70 years. Previous research suggests that there is a need to explore the possi

China’s approach and response to democratization in Hong Kong have since the city’s handover back in 1997 been somewhat of a rollercoaster-esque experience. The path towards democracy has for the people of Hong Kong remained an ongoing struggle for nearly 30 years, with recent developments arguably putting an end towards any hope of future realization. This study seeks to investigate and assess Be

Findings about the relationship between climate change and conflict has, since research on the topic started in the late 1990s, been inconclusive. A more recent statistical study has however concluded that drought might prolong conflict under certain conditions. To further our understanding of this relationship, this single-N case study has investigated these recent findings on an extreme case, wh

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att reda ut ifall barnen som levde i Knutby Filadelfia hade samma förutsättningar och tillgänglighet till sina rättigheter som barn har i det svenska samhället idag. Frågeställningen är: På vilket sätt begränsade Knutby Filadelfias lära och levnadsstil barnen i församlingens rättigheter? Frågeställningen besvaras med hjälp av en kvalitativ metod, idéanalys och teori

The purpose of this bachelor was to investigate how law enforcement militarization affects positive peace in Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica and why law enforcement militarization affects positive peace in a certain manner. Positive peace was defined as the absence of structural violence and constituting democracy, social justice, justice, human rights and development. This bachelor was a small N

The thesis focuses on the issue of sexual harassment against female workers in the readymade garment sectors of Bangladesh (RMGs). The study looks at this issue from the employers' perspective and it aims to shed light on: i) their acknowledgement of this problem, ii) their approach towards it. The thesis is a qualitative conducted study where interviews were used as a data collection tool. Fe

Since 2016, seven countries have withdrawn its recognition of Taiwan which have left the contested state with only fifteen diplomatic allies. Consequently, this affects the democracy of 23 million people, and minimizes Taiwan’s ability and cooperation in the global world. The problem derives from when Tsai Ing-wen, the current president of Taiwan and the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Par

Att använda JavaScript är nästintill ett krav vid utveckling av tjänster som ska ha någon kon- takt med internet. Eftersom Javascript saknar många grundläggande funktionaliteter behövs ett beroendehanteringssystem som NPM för att inkludera och hantera tredjepartskomponenter med behövd funktionalitet. Arbete med NPM innebär dock ny problematik och medför många risker som är svåra att freda sig från

Development and international relations discourses have for a long-time represented women through dichotomous portrayals, either as liberated Western women or as oppressed Eastern women. The former being the heroic saviour of the latter. The subject of Western women joining the Islamic State, has not only received extensive media attention but proved the dichotomous portrayals of women to be insuf

Den här studien uppstod ur behovet av studier om kompositionsundervisning på högre nivå. Syftet var att undersöka hur lärarens och elevernas roller gestaltar sig i en kompositionsutbildning på en folkhögskola. Frågeställningarna berörde aspekter som roller och funktioner hos lärare och praxisgemenskap samt återkoppling och gestaltning av kompositionsprocesser. För att studera dessa perspektiv har This study arose from the need for more studies on the teaching of musical composition at higher levels. The purpose was to examine how the roles of the teacher and the students take shape in a course of musical composition at a Swedish folk high school. Aspects studied include the roles and functions of the teacher and the community of practice, as well as the shaping of compositional processes a

User-generated social media content has been increasingly used in mainstream news. This essay aims to examine how Bana Alabed's narrative has been framed in mainstream news and if the framing reflects power relations in mainstream news. The case used in this essay is Bana Alabed's narrative of living in Aleppo during the Syrian civil war. It will be examined how the narrative appears in th

The field of Ecologically Unequal Exchange (EUE) demonstrates how contemporary trade is based on time-space appropriation, from which the North owe the South an ecological debt. EUE researchers argue that free trade under the capitalist world-system reinforces the extractions and hinders ‘development’ of the south. To investigate the discrepancy between EUE findings and the European Unions notion

Västbanken i Israel-Palestina regionen har varit en konfliktzon i flera decennier där människor idag befinner sig under administrering och ockupation. Spänningar finns fortfarande i området när bosättningar ökar. Uppsatsen tittar på hur olika aktörer argumenterar kring och huruvida ockupationen bör uppfattas som rättfärdig eller orättfärdig i relation till internationella traktat som Universal Dec

The purpose of conducting this study was to analyze how forced expropriations and the demolitions of informal settlements could fall under the umbrella of “climate change adaptation” measures. Using an actor-network lens and translation theory, these translations are systematically broken down between three distinct levels: global discourse, national discourse, and implementation. As the idea of a