Municipal economic policy has a significant role for the municipality in a time of globalisation to boost growth and thereby welfare. The study aims to understand the ideas reflected in a municipality's economic policy and how they take their expression. The study aims to construct a model to understand these ideas and expressions, an analytic tool which will help to analyze a municipality'

This paper studies the effect of New Public Management on the voluntary organizations within Swedish foreign aid. The Swedish voluntary organizations have played a central role in the history of the Swedish foreign aid but are now faced with a new situation. The implementations of New Public Management and the Aid Effectiveness Agenda have a negative effect on the social capital of a society by af

Under senare delen av 1900-talet har Sverige fått en större grupp invånare med annan trosbekännelse än den traditionellt kristna. I takt med att denna grupp vill utöva sin religion med tillhörande uttryck har frågan om omskärelse av pojkar fått större betydelse än tidigare. Omskärelsen sker dock av olika skäl, såväl av religiösa som av traditionella och anses inte sällan som en del i uppfostran.

Abstract This paper is about how to define and improve implementation. It is based on a study of how a Swedish local authority has been working with seven labour-market projects and whether or not it has been successful in implementing the results. The methods we have used are interviews and examined project documents. The applied implementation theory consists of three central concepts; understan

Kenya is a country with great differences between rich and poor. While almost half of the population in Kenya is living below the poverty line, the country in the early 1990’s began to democratize, with support by the people. This thesis’ aim is to examine income inequality and democratic legitimacy in Kenya. I will carry out a case study in which two theories about consequences of income inequali

European identity based on the common religious and cultural history is very hard to argue for. Still, the guiding treaties in the European Union are mentioning the necessity to protect and preserve Europe’s religious, cultural and historical inheritance. This essay explains how this identification of Europe’s common inheritance is no more than a political construct, based on the same theories of

Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the relation between the European Union and the Russian federation has been stressed. The Russian leadership has been severely criticised by the EU for intentionally hampering Russia’s democratic development, an issue that affects the relationship between the two parties. At the same time, the EU imports approximately 36 % of its natural gas from Russia,

Cities have become more and more involved with the process of European integration. In spite of this, there is no separate policy area for cities within the EU today and the field of urban politics is instead regulated through various networks and programmes specialized in funding EU-projects This essay is a case-study aiming to adopt the perspectives of ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ steering in orde

The migration of people worldwide has an impact on many nations. Denmark, not being the exclusion of this phenomenon has struggled to distance itself from recognizing the need of many persons who seek asylum and a better life quality which they will not achieve in their home land. On the right wing there is the Danish People’s Party which has a strong standing point away from immigration as they

Decreasing fish stocks and other threats to marine environments is nowadays a major concern for fishing industries. The question is what it takes to maintain a sustainable fishery for future generations. The purpose of this case study of Norwegian fish management was to identify and analyze elements that contribute to the management of a sustainable fishing industry. Material for the study was col

A supply chain is often complex in nature. Goods, information, and money shall flow in and between companies in a simple and cost effective manner. There are a number of tools that companies can use to control and manage the supply chain in an efficient manner. In this work, two types of IT-based tools are compared i.e integrated and best-of-breed solutions. The questions this work will try to ans

The aim of this composition is to explore if there exists any cosmopolitan values which are compatible with xenophobic ones, to answer if there are any valid arguments to vindicate xenophobic expressions. It is a fact that xenophobia is a growing phenomenon in our political world and it grows without proper dispute from the opinion or democracy supporting organizations. The used methodology in the

Kenya is one of the most corrupt countries in the world due to a long legacy of corrupt leaders. It is so visible that it is impossible for a citizen or even a visitor to deny its presence. By travelling to Nakuru, Kenya, my aim was to explore individual attitudes and actions towards corruption and to see if these attitudes and actions affected the survival of the patron-client theory. Another aim

Denna uppsats undersöker problematiken kring svensk civil-militär samverkan på central nivå. Fokus ligger på departement och myndigheters interaktion med bäring på insatsen i Afghanistan. Nya typer av krig och konflikter har skapat en miljö i vilken militären har öppnat upp för nya aktörer, däribland civila organisationer. Samverkan mellan dessa aktörer har sina egna förutsättningar och begränsnin

Denna uppsats diskuterar historiska statsbildningsprocesser utifrån Charles Tillys teori om statsutveckling och från Barry Buzans teori om behovet av statens idé och hur den konstrueras. Uppsatsen är utformad utifrån en matris som är skapad utifrån Gustav Vasas vinst över Västgötaherrarna under 1500 – talet. Genom att använda ett uppror från 1500 – talet vill jag använda nya grepp inom statsbildni

All people, regardless of gender, are entitled to participate in cultural life. 41% of the permanent actors and actresses at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm are women. Only 34% of the Malmö Theater roles in 2009 went to actresses. There is a male norm, not only in Swedish society, but also in the Swedish theater. How does this norm look like and what methods are required to change it? Eve

Among ten percent of today's independent schools in Sweden have a denominational emphasis. This approach has caused great debate in media. To get an understanding of the media debate the ambition of this essay is to find out what rules denominational schools are governed by, and also which discretion this schools have. To find answers to these questions I will use a kind of idea centered analy

Globalisation has left, and continues to leave, its mark on the contemporary world. The aspiration of creating a desirable development globally is often lead by global actors such as economic institutions. In working for a sustainable global sphere, it is paramount that the global actors such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) both consist of, and spread democratic as well as economic values

An analytical reading of the Nigerian and South African online debate regarding China’s engagement in Africa is here presented, with the purpose to contribute with knowledge from an African perspective. This thesis is a qualitative textual analysis of ideas where I have classified arguments from blogs and articles into different categories, compiled by Chris Alden, to view China in Africa as a dev

UN resolution 1325 on empowering women has its tenth anniversary 2010. The Swedish government subsidiary the Folke Bernadotte Academy and Swedish military evaluated the practical implementation of the resolution in Afghanistan. This thesis investigates if women’s emancipation in accordance with resolution 1325 may spoil the peace process. The thesis main focus is on the Swedish action plan and its