This bachelor thesis in political science focuses on the precautionary principle in genetically modified organism (GMO) regulations. This principle has been incorporated into the European Union (EU) law system, which the legislation advocates that the GMO assessment process should be undertaken in a precautionary fashion. This principle is today considered being the most radical of all environmen

This Master’s thesis examines the outcomes of the new Free Choice policy with particular emphasis on whether giving residents the right to choose their providers of primary health care leads to a more equal distribution of primary health care accessibility. This study is based on the Secondary Analysis of assessment for vårdval (choice of health system) in Stockholm by Karolinska Institute (2010),

Sustainable development as a policy concept has during the last twenty years developed into a huge field where the environmental, economic and social areas of society are being intertwined. And the aim of these policies is to reach the goal of a global sustainable future for all. Even though, the social aspects of sustainable development has been shown to often be neglected in the analysis, and no

The Swedish Law requires every school to construct and annually revise an equality plan that is intended to facilitate the work for equality and the prevention of discrimination and how to deal with discriminating practices. Through a poststructuralist queer and norm critical theory I have analyzed four interviews, observation material and the schools equality plan to answer the question of how mi

The perceptions of what caused the disappearance of the Neanderthals have been argued a great deal among researchers. In this paper I will present five hypotheses that different researchers have presented. Each one of these hypotheses departs from the others and stands behind either a cultural, biological or an environmental model of explanation. The aim of this thesis has been to view what the ar

The present thesis deals with the unsatisfactory access of the blind and visually impaired persons to accessible copyrighted materials as part of the clash of human rights and intellectual property rights. Therefore, numerous human rights of these groups of people affected by the lack of access to copyrighted works are studied. Finally, the World intellectual Property Organisation Draft Treaty for

The goal of this single-case study is to contribute to understanding of the Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash crisis from the institutional perspective. The Eyjafjallajökull eruption in April 2010 and the subsequent volcanic ash crisis grounding the flights across Europe demonstrated certain procedural inadequacies in the international aviation regime. This prompted the two institutions responsible in

The European Union’s external democracy promotion has increasingly and widely been characterized by most of the field’s scholars, with its overwhelming focus on supporting the overall socio-economic developments rather than nurturing the political underpinnings of democracy. The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has undertaken certain efforts to promote the shared values in the neighbourhood cou

The reader of this thesis will gain an enhanced understanding of the complexity of the EU-Turkey relations on asylum. Turkey has ratified the Geneva Convention relating to the status of refugees with a geographical limitation. This limits the country to only grant refugee status to European asylum seekers and non-European asylum seekers are resettled in third countries. According to the European C

Utifrån en mediedebatt om Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)ii år 2009-2010, har syftet varit att undersöka hur MMA representerats i svensk media, vilka vetenskapliga antaganden som haft företräde i texterna samt hur de har bidragit till betraktelsesätt av MMA i det svenska samhället. Resultatet visar att MMA-debatten är knuten till de teoretiska utgångspunkterna i processen för moralpanik (Cohen 2002). De

This study contributes to the current literature on migration and asylum as an empirical study that evaluates the increasing claims about their securitisation, in the context of membership negotiations between the EU and Turkey. Departing from the theoretical frameworks of the Copenhagen and the Paris Schools of critical security studies, the study moves onwards to propose an analytical framework

The aim of this study is to examine how Swedish regions and cities are making use of Europe by various forms of lobbying efforts, and describe what role they are playing in EU’s multi-level system. The study initially concentrates on the development of the regional offices in general, and the Swedish offices in particular. Additionally, the study intends to discuss the possibilities and impli

I den här uppsatsen undersöker vi hur EU:s underlåtenhet att kraftfullt agera i Västsaharafrågan kan förklaras utifrån olika teorier (intergovernmentalism och normativ institutionalism). Fokus ligger på de förhandlingar som sker mellan medlemsländerna och som formar gemensamma policies mot tredje land. De slutsatser vi når är att EU:s stormakter har värdefulla ekonomiska och politiska intressen i

Portugal och Sverige har en diametralt motsatt syn på hur narkotikapolitik bör utformas. Portugal är det första landet i EU som avkriminaliserat droger för personligt bruk. Sverige å andra sidan har en restriktiv och prohibitionistisk strategi. Uppsatsen ger en djupare beskrivning rörande de bägge ländernas narkotikapolitik, med tyngdpunkt på de nu aktiva handlingsprogrammen och reformerna. Uppsat

Denna uppsats har granskat Dagens Nyheter och Svenska Dagbladets rapportering av demonstrationerna som drabbade Nordafrika kring årsskiftet 2010/2011. Uppsatsen har ett diskursanalytiskt förhållningssätt och tar upp problematiken när språket bidrar till att forma verkligheten. Dem tre metodologiska instrumenten som resultatet är baserat på är en kvalitativ textanalys, en kvantitativ textanalys och

Denna uppsats tar upp demokratiseringsprocessen i de båda länderna Mali och Indonesien. Detta för att finna vad eller vilka som har och är viktiga för den lyckade demokratiseringen i två länder där inget talade för att de skulle lyckas. Uppsatsen har en utgångspunkt hos de muslimska ledarna och organisationerna samt politiska ledare, men går också noga igenom andra aktörer och särdrag som kan ha h

Detta är en kvalitativ fallstudie som handlar om uppbyggnaden av ett humant, effektivt och okorrumperat säkerhets- och rättsystem i Afghanistan. Uppsatsen inkluderar en historisk sammanfattning över de närmsta decennierna som är ämnad att ge en ökad förståelse för den situationen som uppstått i Afghanistan. Sammanfattningen börjar vid Sovjets ockupation. Detta följs upp med den kvalitativa fallstu

In today's conflicts women are especially exposed. The UNSC-resolution 1325 recognises this and also that women’s participation in the process of establishing a stable peace, is crucial. Despite an increasing awareness of the resolution and its importance, the implementation is lagging behind and women are continually under-represented. Thus this thesis aims at analysing the implementation of

Efter den framgångsrika östutvidgningen 2004 har EU:s prodemokratiska roll uppmärksammats. Unionens politiska krav har baserats på Köpenhamnskriterierna. Genom politisk konditionalitet har EU påverkat institutionella förändringar och demokratiska reformer. Konditionalitet är beroende av förutsättningar inrikes som: kulturell identifiering, politikers intressen, samarbetskostnader etc. De två falls

WikiLeaks‘disclosure of US diplomatic correspondence is an active enforcement of transparency, and is at the same time challenging the fundamental norm of diplomatic secrecy. Since WikiLeaks has disclosed unsorted material, the purpose of this research is to classify the material. A classification is thus proposed, but I do not have the ambition to sort material into the respective classes. Actcon