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Recognizing the normative power that the European Union projects outside its borders within the environmental field, this thesis seeks to shed light on the norm-importer’s agency in the norm diffusion process. Serbia as a candidate country and its political elite are chosen as the main focus of the empirical analysis. Since Serbia wants to become a member of the EU, it is in its interest to adopt

Gender constitutes an important determinant of mental health. Previous research has pointed out the need to investigate and operationalize the concept of gender beyond two distinct categories to account for the social and relational aspects of gender that may influence mental health outcomes. In this thesis I investigate the influence of gender-related norms on mental health outcomes among wome

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a global debate on intellectual property rights involving various actors including nation states, civil society, and business. In October 2020, South Africa and India proposed that certain intellectual property rights on COVID-19 health products should be temporarily waivered for the remainder of the pandemic invoking strong opposition from the pharmaceutical industry

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore political leaders as archetypal brands. Moreover, this study aims to add knowledge to the concept of archetypes in political brand communication. Methodology: This study combines qualitative and quantitative research. Therefore, three cases of different political leaders (Donald Trump, Angela Merkel & Volodymyr Zelensky) are being examined. Seco

There is now a body of literature that addresses whether female parliamentarians differ from male parliamentarians in their politics. However, to my knowledge there has not yet been a study that measures if female parliamentarians are more likely to be generous when it comes to immigration policies. In this study I set out to fill this gap by testing if female parliamentarians in the Swedish parli

Den moderna tidens tekniska utveckling har lett till att allt större och mer omfattande skadeståndsmål anhängiggörs i domstolarna. Fler sakägare är berörda, de tvistiga frågorna i målet är allt mer tekniskt komplicerade och bevismaterialet är omfattande. Domstolarna har stundom hanterat en sådan situation genom att använda sig av pilotmålsmodellen. Modellen har ingen klar definition och användningTechnological development in modern times has led to increasingly larger and more extensive tort cases being brought before courts. The processes are difficult to handle, time-consuming and costly. The courts have occasionally handled the situation by using a model called “pilotmålsmodellen” (or “test case model”). The model has no clear definition and the field of usage is indistinct. The model i

I Sverige är anonyma vittnesmål inte tillåtna. Det har debatterats om möjligheten att tillåta anonyma vittnen i svensk rätt. Det framhålls att den grova brottsligheten ökar och att vittnen inte vågar vittna på grund av rädsla. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om anonyma vittnesmål bör tillåtas i Sverige. Flera utredningar har gjorts där det kommits fram till att anonyma vittnesmål strider mAnonymous testimonies are not allowed in Sweden. It has been debated about the opportunity to allow anonymous witnesses in Swedish law. The focus in the debates is that the serious crime is growing and that the witnesses are afraid to testify. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if anonymous testimonies should be allowed in Sweden. Several investigations have been done where they have sta

Denna uppsats för en diskussion om politiken för global utveckling genom att analysera bakomliggande idéer och antaganden om utveckling och fattigdomsbekämpning. Fokus för studien är Sveriges politik för global utveckling, mer specifikt regeringens skrivelse ”Globala utmaningar – vårt ansvar” (Skrivelse 2007/08:89). Som analysverktyg väljs tre dimensioner (begrepp): ansvar, rättigheter och rättviThis essay aims to discuss the politic on global development by analyzing underlying ideas and assumptions about development and poverty reduction. The focus in this study is the Swedish politic on global development, and more specific the document written by the Swedish government on this politic (”Globala utmaningar – vårt ansvar. Skrivelse 2007/08:89). The main tool for the analysis are the thr

Abstract Title: The Social Construction of Crisis: constructed realities of employees at Scandinavian Airlines as they face organizational change Seminar Date: 3 June 2008 Course: (BUSM18) Thesis Degree Project, Managing People, Knowledge and Change Authors: Andrew Donham and Abdul Al Mukit Advisor: Tony Huzzard Company: SAS Ground Service of SAS Group AB Five key words: Social Construction, Scand

The aim of this study is to examine adolescents' nutrition and exercise habits in comparisons to gender and economical status. The study is based on a questionnaire study with 193 adolescents in three different high schools in Malmoe, Sweden. Based on our study we divided the adolescents by gender, and by income groups, low, middle and high. To analyze our study we used theories from Abraham M

The microeconomic literature has for a long time asserted that homos economicus act ration-ally i.e. the choices she makes in life are based upon the fact that she always seeks to maxim-ize her own welfare. By the available information she is capable of calculating which alterna-tive of consumption possibilities that gives her the highest utility subject to its costs and hence, she always makes op

Terrorism is being seen as one of the most important threats against society. However, the response of states and organisations to this threat varies. One of the ways to counter terrorism is through legislation that limits the freedom of speech. This thesis explores the reasons for why some political actors have come to illegalize controversial or polemical statements about terrorism. The terroris

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) describes an inverted U-shaped relationship between per capita income and environmental degradation. In this paper this relationship will be analysed by using per capita GDP as proxy for per capita income, and per capita carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide as representatives for environmental degradation. Using cross-country time series data for ten global coun