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In this chapter, we discuss threats and emotions as drivers of affective polarization. We base our discussion on Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Threat Theory, with the basic idea that threats posed by other social groups strengthen intergroup differentiation. Drawing on intergroup threat theory, we argue that when individuals perceive an outgroup threatens the ingroup, they will react with
In this paper I evaluate the feasibility of reconstructing Viking Age sailing routes through experimental and ethnographic fieldwork onboard traditional Norwegian boats, focusing on aspects of Viking Age route choice, risk judgement, and the location of possible anchorages and harbours. The goal with this approach is to reconstruct the ‘scapes’ of Viking Age seafaring: the seafaring routes and env
En litteraturvetenskaplig essä om den långa bokens egenskaper och epistemologiska särart.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is frequently overlooked and untreated due to insufficient awareness and expertise in mental health settings. We developed a supervisor-supported online education programme to train clinicians in the assessment and treatment of young people with BDD and evaluated its feasibility and preliminary effects. Thirty clinicians working within child and adolescent mental hea
This article analyses the role of material culture in the enforcing of a colonial order in early modern Sápmi (Land of the Sámi, the indigenous people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia). In addition, the article focuses on the unequal power relations created through the collecting and cultural appropriation of Sámi objects. The 17th century saw a rapid growth of
Background and objective: The impact of a smoking and alcohol cessation intervention on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) following radical cystectomy (RC) is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a 6-wk perioperative smoking and/or alcohol cessation intervention on HRQoL. A secondary objective was to assess the difference in HRQoL between patients with more than two and those w
A piece that deals with: A. Where does the real Ecumenical debate stand today - between the confessions or rather between conservative and liberal streams of the church? B: What is the relationship between Ecumenical conversation and inter-religious conversation?
In the late medieval period the religious guilds along with trade guilds grew in importance, as did the role of material culture related to the guilds. This history has seen little examination from a Fenno-Scandinavian and particularly a Swedish vantage point. In order to analyse the role of material culture in the formation of this way of organizing people, the article investigates the existence
The New World was present in material representations in the 17th-century castle of Skokloster, Sweden, in contrast to the concepts of history and centrality that were used in the construction of a locality of power in a European colonial society. Material displays, architecture and art visually constructed the New World as an integral, yet inferior, part of the Old World. The commodification of t
The IPUMS Multigenerational Longitudinal Panel (MLP) is a longitudinal population panel that links American censuses, surveys, administrative sources, and vital records spanning the period from 1850 to the present. This article explains the rationale for IPUMS MLP, outlines the design of the infrastructure, and describes the linking methods used to construct the panel. We then detail our plans for
This essay centres three research questions related to the Swedish Social Democrats’ positioning towards neoliberal principles in the labor market and how it’s expressed with regard to political role. This is done for the purpose of creating a nuanced understanding of the effect that neoliberal ideas have had on the formation and expression of the party narrative. For theory, critical realism and
Public procurement is growing consistently in the public sector, both in spending and in organization. Interconnected to this expansion exists an optimism that public procurement can steer the market and societal development as a policy instrument. An attempt to develop public procurement in Sweden has been the policy public business (offentliga affärer) in which the focus shifts from legality and
Previous research suggests that political efficacy can explain the relationship between political homophobia and political participation, since it captures the behavioural implications of misaligned demands in relation to state outcome. This thesis investigates whether political efficacy can explain LGBTQ patterns of political participation in a politically homophobic context, which remains unexam
This thesis examines how key political concepts within Islamic political thought—legitimacy, consultation (shura), and community (ummah)—have been formulated and reinterpreted across classical and modern contexts. Rather than evaluating Islamic political ideas through external normative frameworks such as liberal democracy, the study aims to analyze how political authority and governance have been
Migration has been a contested issue in Swedish politics over the past decade, and media coverage has repeatedly sparked debate about the impartiality of Sveriges Television (SVT). Using large language models (LLMs) as coding instruments, this study examines how migration has been framed in SVT Nyheter, a major Swedish public service news outlet, between 2014 and 2024. Rather than explaining causa
This study examines how energy policy is framed in official documents adopted by the Baltic Assembly between 2013 and 2023. Using qualitative content analysis and securitisation theory, the study analyses 22 documents, resolutions and joint statements adopted by the Baltic Assembly, to trace how energy framing evolved in response to geopolitical developments, particularly Russia’s annexation of C
Den här kvalitativa komparativa studien ämnar att utforska och jämföra de facto-staterna Taiwans och Kosovos relation till EU utifrån ett neorealistiskt perspektiv. Både Taiwan och Kosovo saknar fullt erkännande som suveräna stater. Tidigare har forskning gjorts om respektive fall, men inte i en komparativ kontext. Resultatet pekar på fyra oberoende variabler som skiljer fallen åt: internationella
