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The primary inquiry in the thesis is whether the seller's disclosure obligation towards the buyer for property defects can be defined; For what types of defects does the seller have a duty to provide information and do situations exist in which an obligation to provide information always apply? The duty to provide disclosure is not expressly stated by law. Indirectly, on the other hand, it is
Chaff are thin strips of either metal or metal coated fibres used as countermeasures against radar. When deployed from an airplane, the turbulence and wing-tip vortices from the airplane disperse the chaff into a chaff cloud, which may appear as a false target and jam the radar. A Doppler radar is able to discriminate between chaff and targets by using the Doppler spectra. Such signal processing method
Although feminism is an ideologically-charged concept that allows for various interpretations, Sweden employs a feminist foreign policy with the aim of gender equality. Sweden also seizes the value of feminism in its nation branding efforts. This study problematizes Sweden’s use of feminism as nation branding concept. It aims for understanding how feminism is enacted in Sweden’s nation branding an
In this paper I examine what I call the ‘gnomic expression’, i.e. a statement of a general truth with regards to the human condition, as it is manifested in the Iliad, the Odyssey and Beowulf. A general introduction is first given to gnomic poetry in the Greek and Anglosaxon traditions in order to put the main analysis into its historical and literary context. The analysis is then presented in fiv
Som sångerska har jag sjungt en hel del i kör, och på grund av det har jag fått möte flertalet körledare. Dessa körledare har olika kunskaper om rösten, och har lärt mig om rösten på olika sätt. Ibland var det felaktig information som delgavs, ibland var det ordvalen som kunde varit bättre, och ibland hade körledaren full koll. Den kunskap som körledarna förmedlar formar sedan koristerna, och då s
The study explores how USA, as a liberal democracy, justifies actions that can be described as extra-judicial targeted killings. The study is based on a three-case study of the Clinton, W. Bush and Obama administrations. The frame theory is used to categories and analyze the official statements, to get an understanding of how the different presidential administrations with the use of words are try
We develop methods for estimation, inference and optimization of causal effects from observational data with continuous treatments. We present a counterfactual prediction method based on the potential outcomes framework that estimates the expected value of a potential outcome given a treatment level and confounders. We show that the method identifies the average generalized treatment effect (AGTE)
När jag under min utbildning varit ute på praktik och vikarierat har jag flera gånger stött på begreppet konstnärligt uttryck. Jag har alltid tyckt det var svårt att förstå exakt vad ett konstnärligt uttryck innebär. Därför föddes idén till denna studie om att prata med verksamma sånglärare inom gymnasieskolan och ta reda på mer om hur de jobbar med det konstnärliga uttrycket. Syftet med denna stu
The riparian countries of Lake Chad River Basin – Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad – suffer from environmental degradation as the lakes surface water has decreased with 90 percent since the 1960’s. This has put pressure on the population around the lake as the livelihood for many of them is dependent of the lake’s water. The area has during the last decade also been characterized by increased vio
A decade has almost passed since former dictator Muammar al-Gaddafi was toppled after an 8-month long civil war in Libya and the outlook of democratization looked bright for the Northern African state. This process turned out to be more than complicated and eventually led the country back to violent hostilities. In this study the parliamentary election of 2012 is studied to see if the sequencing o
This study is an evaluation of the peacebuilding missions in Afghanistan, made by the United Nations, in relation to policies of sustainable development. The theoretical framework is borrowed from Peace Ecology, suggesting a foundation for peacebuilding where mankind is reintegrated into nature. It further stresses a need for the return of the commons and a development of local and community-based
In this thesis, the power dynamics underpinning the relationship between USAIDfunded humanitarian organizations and U.S governmental agencies – in relation to the Global War on Terror (GWoT) - are critically investigated. To this end, a Foucauldian lens of ’disciplinary power’ is utilized to uncover U.S governmental agencies’ employment of disciplinary practices categorized as surveillance, correc
This study aims to understand president Duterte’s ’war on drugs’ through human security theory. In order to achieve an analytical framework for human security, two of its subcategories have been used as a theoretical entrance: personal and political security. The study consists of a single case study with an understanding approach to the phenomenon of the Philippine drug war through human security
Youth present either a risk or a great opportunity for change. Traditionally youth have been perceived in binary terms of either as victim of wars or as threats to peace and security. The UNSCR 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security presents a shift in the perception of young people, now regarding them as agents of peace and security. This thesis will shed light on young Palestinians through a case stu
This study investigates the morality of securitization. More specifically, it examines the possibility of a just securitization. Using Just Securitization Theory, developed by Rita Floyd, it analyzes the morality of a case of securitization. The selected case for testing Just Securitization Theory is the U.S securitization of bioterrorism after the incidents of 9/11 and the anthrax attacks in the
Terrorism seems to have changed character in the wake of globalization and the modern world. The unclear magnitude of these changes has given rise to a debate on whether terrorism today can be labeled as ‘new’. This thesis examines how the terrorist organization Hamas should be defined in this debate on the character of contemporary terrorism. The study is carried out as a theory-testing case stud
Att skriva musik är något som har varit närvarande under hela mitt liv. Jag skrev min första låt när jag var åtta år och efter det har musikskapande varit en stor del av mitt musicerande. Att jobba med barn i de lägre åldrarna har också varit ett arbete som lockat mig. Jag har dock känt att jag saknar kunskap om hur barn i den åldern tar till sig musik och funderat över om sättet vi musicerar med Writing music has always been an important part of my life. I wrote my first song when I was eight years old and since then, making music has been a huge part of me as a musician. Working with children has also been something that I have found interesting but I have always felt like I did not have sufficient knowledge to do so. I have also wondered if the current way to make music for young childr
This article is the product of a close chronological reading of the debate surrounding the so called ‘’ISIS-returnees’’ in Sweden during the spring of 2019. The debate itself, as well as the situation it concerned, has been treated as a discursive field where a securitization has been attempted and resisted by several actors. The study has found that an intersubjective struggle between these actor
Measures against nuclear weapons are prioritized on the international disarmament agenda although Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) continue to kill more people. This is the starting-point of this thesis with the purpose to problematize hegemonic ideas about security. The research questions of this study are: What threat levels linked to nuclear weapons and SALW can be identified in UN disarmame
