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This thesis investigates the imbalances in the polycentric Region of Scania posed by the priorities made by infrastructural planning. Comparing the demographically and economically weaker southeastern municipalities of Scania with the much stronger growth poles located in southwest of the region. Further it looks at how the existing railway system contributes to cement a hegemonic structure within
Market indices based on market capitalization have been argued to be the most mean-variance efficient for a long time. In recent years, this argument has been questioned and other methods of weighting portfolios have been suggested. One of these is the weighting by fundamental indexation. This thesis investigates whether fundamentally-weighted portfolios outperform portfolios weighted by market ca
Since the end of the 1999 war, Kosovo has received high flows of development assistance, thus becoming among the top beneficiaries per capita worldwide. The EU is the largest donor to Kosovo that aims to support the country’s development as well as the EU accession process. Despite the fact that development must be, primarily, autonomous, i.e. which cannot be imposed, but rather must come from wit
Samlag med syskon är en gärning som sedan hundratals år tillbaka varit kriminaliserat i Sverige. Det är brottsbalkens sjätte kapitel om sexualbrott som reglerar förbudet. Bestämmelsen, som till en början grundades på religiösa skäl, motiveras idag på grundval av socialetiska och arvsgenetiska skäl. Kriminaliseringen och dess motiv har dock under modern tid kommit att ifrågasättas i ljuset av motstSexual intercourse between siblings is something that has been criminalized in Sweden for hundreds of years. It is The Swedish Penal Code’s sixth chapter on sexual offenses that regulate the prohibition. The regulation, which was initially vindicated with religious motives, is today justified based on motives of social-ethical and hereditary character. However, in modern times the criminalization
Våld i nära relationer är ett problem som drabbar människor oberoende av kön, ålder och härkomst. Totalt utsätts ca 5% av befolkningen årligen. Det är ett problem som orsakar stort lidande och har ekonomiska konsekvenser för samhället i stort. Historiskt sett har våldet inte ansetts utgöra något problem i de fall då det utövas av en man i sitt eget hem. Utvecklingen har gått mot att se det som ettDomestic violence is a problem that affects people regardless of gender, age and descent. In total, about 5% of the population is affected annually. It is a problem that causes great suffering and has economic consequences for society as a whole. Historically, domestic violence has not been considered a problem in cases where it is exercised by a man in his own home. Over time it has come to be re
I svenska och norska tvistemål hanteras bevissituationen på väldigt skilda sätt. Svensk rätt använder bevisbörda medan norsk rätt använder överviktsprincipen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att urskilja och, utifrån ett rättssäkerhetsperspektiv, kommentera skillnaderna metoderna emellan. Bevisbördan aktualiseras då parterna i en tvist kommer med var sitt konkurrerande påstående. Det blir då upp till domIn Swedish and Norwegian litigation cases, the evidence situation is handled in very different ways. Swedish law uses burden of proof while Norwegian law uses the overweight principle. The purpose of the thesis is to distinguish and, based on a perspective of legal certainty, comment on the differences between the methods. The burden of proof is brought to light when the parties in a dispute come
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between alexithymia, exhaustion syndrome and well-being. The examination was designed as a crosssectional study in which the measures TAS-20, KEDS and BBQ was administered by a survey online. A total of 557 participants were recruited. The results showed that higher degree of alexithymia was connected to more severe symptoms of exhaustion s
Older people: Disgusting or in love? - Young adults’ descriptions of older people and their sexuality. The purpose of this study was to investigate young adults’ descriptions of elder and older peoples’ sexuality. A qualitative approach was chosen for this study, in which eight semi- structured interviews were conducted. The respondents, who were all young adults between the ages of 20-30 years o
This thesis focuses on #Karlmennskan activism and experiences of participants in the activism. #Karlmennskan is a hashtag activism that started on Twitter in Iceland in March 2018. The main focus was to bring awareness to toxic masculinity and to show how it can be harmful to both men and women. Toxic masculinity is something that has been discussed a lot in Iceland over the past year, the concept
With the progress seen in recent years, and especially since the beginning of the decade towards a more globalized world, airlines have gained special relevance as key players in this new game field. Then role they play is fundamental to guarantee that industries and individuals can move freely around the world, enabling many economic processes to succeed. Academics have studied, among other thing
This essay sought to investigate the extent to which two Nordic Prime Ministers performed their leadership on Instagram in accordance with a feminist leadership theory during the Covid-19 crisis. It then inquired into those performances’ potential consequences. In the initial section of the analysis, the essay identifies the narrative that the self-reported images as a stand-alone product produced
While the climate crisis is gaining more attention, market mechanisms and individual behaviour changes seem to remain the dominant political answer to mitigate climate change. This thesis aims to examine how blue-collar labour unions in Sweden position themselves in the climate transition. Additionally, it explores ideological frontlines and identifies interest conflicts and power relations in the
Enligt WHO är mäns våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer ett av de allvarligaste hoten mot kvinnors hälsa. Medan det finns många aspekter att ha i åtanke i analysen av detta, kvarstår faktumet att det är i hemmet som våldet sker. Varför är det så? Många arkitekter och teoretiker har länge konstaterat hur våra städer är byggda olika väl för olika typer av kroppar, där möjligtvis vissa kroppar stöttas According to the WHO, domestic violence is one of the most dangerous threats to women’s health. Whilst there are more things to consider, truth is that the home is where all of this violent behaviour takes the stage. Why is that? Many architects and theorists have long made out that our cities are differently well-built for different kinds of bodies, where some are possibly better supported than o
Arabinoxylan (AX) is a beneficial dietary fibre found in cereals such as oats. This crop also possesses high quality proteins and other fibres like b-glucan that help reduce LDL and postprandial blood glucose levels. Lines with a higher content of AX have been recently identified, and the current study aimed to investigate the structure of the AX fibre in these lines in comparison to the commercia
This thesis explores how we can understand mediation success in conflicts involving at least one islamist conflict party. Building on previous research about Islamism in conflicts and peace process contexts, and using broader theory regarding international mediation success, a theoretical framework describing mediation success with jihadists is developed. This framework is applied on two case stud
Principen om allmänna handlingars offentlighet har varit en del av Sverige sedan 1766. Syftet är att ge människor insyn i den offentliga förvaltningen. I praktiken betyder det att var och en kan begära ut allmänna handlingar från myndigheter. En allmän handling i sin tur är ett dokument som antingen är inkommit till, eller upprättat hos, en myndighet. Då den offentliga förvaltningen blir mer digitThe principle of public access to public documents has been part of Sweden since 1766. The purpose is to give access to the public administration. In practice, this means that anyone can request public documents from authorities. A public document in turn is a document that has either been received by, or drawn up by, an authority. As public administration becomes more digital, documents begin to
