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This study investigates the implementation of the EU cohesion policy in a Swedish context. The EU cohesion policy aims to, through the Structural funds, diminish the economic and social differences between less-favoured and affluent regions in the EU. However, there has been a paradigm shift in Swedish politics; from income equalization and redistribution to the poorest regions, towards a greater
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
Redan så tidigt som 1957 diskuterades frågan om fri rörlighet och hur man inom dåvarande EG kunde underlätta rörligheten för de fyra friheterna: personer, varor, kapital och tjänster. Till dags dato har EU rönt framgångar för tre av dessa fyra friheter, för tjänster är det dock fortsatt besvärligt. En process att undanröja de hinder som stod i vägen för tjänsters fria rörlighet inleddes av stats- As early as 1957 the issue of freedom of movement was discussed and how the EU could facilitate the movement of the four freedoms: people, good, capital and services. To date the EU has been successful for three of the four freedoms, however for services the situation remains difficult. A process to eliminate the obstacles that stood in the way of free movement of services was launched by heads of
During the second half of the 20th century, more possibilities of singing Psalms in the common Sunday service arose in Church of Sweden. The aim of this study is to see in what different ways the Psalms are usually sung and where they appear in the different worship books. I am interested in how this has changed over time, from the 1940s until today. A special focus is also on church musicians and
With over 60 years passed since Hannah Arendt wrote her influential The Origins of Totalitarianism, scholars and commentators on statelessness still refer to its chapter The Perplexities of the Rights of Man as a cornerstone in the relation between statelessness and human rights. After assessing the primary views presented by Arendt and contemporary writers on statelessness, this study uses a meth
Roma people have since their first stay in Sweden endured discrimination and violations due other people’s intolerance of their values, way of living and culture. Some of the most common concepts used to describe the Roma people are as a threat or a problem, as incompetent or incapable and as un-Swedish. These concepts were found in both studies of the Roma people and official governmental investi
Background: The current mass proliferation of information and communication technology (“ICT”) has created the ability to communicate with customers and manage energy production in unprecedented ways. With the arrival of “smart” energy meters and wireless communication, a new level of customer interaction is possible. In this scenario, a “smart grid” is created in which multiple energy meters are
This paper focuses on the distinction between the private and the public in relation to violence and sexual crimes against women in relationships and intimate relationships. Historically, violence and sexual abuse in intimate relationships has been placed in the private sphere away from the law. Concepts such as "family matter" and "family violence" has expressed that a certain
In the writings of Swedish theologians during the Reformation era, there are many references to the Church Fathers, such as Augustine, Tertullian, Ambrose and others. This essay examines, through a descriptive method, the use of the Church Fathers in polemic writing against Roman Catholicism and Calvinism during significant theological conflicts in Swedish Reformation history (1528-1604). To some
Hur många gånger har du tagit på dig en svart tröja och sedan upptäckt hur varmt det blir när solen tittar fram? Med hjälp av den erfarenheten är det säkert tydligt att mörka material värms upp mer av solens strålar än ljusa material. Man säger att mörka material ”tar till sig”, eller absorberar, en större andel av den strålning som solen sänder ut i form av ljus. Det som inte absorberas kan istälHuman population on Earth is increasing and is projected to continue increasing for many years to come. Most of the increase will probably occur in cities and the extent of urban areas will increase with it. As cities grow larger and new cities are built, the many and diverse climatic effects of urbanization will become more evident. A specific climatic effect of urbanization which has not receive
Besökarna kring Ivösjön har på senare år märkt av en förändring av vegetationen kring och i Ivösjön och därigenom en förändring av strandlinjens utformning. Sjön tycks allt mer växa igen av vass och flytbladsväxter, vilket tyder på en eutrofieringsprocess. I den här rapporten jämförs flygbilder från olika tidpunkter under en 70-års period fram till och med idag för att se om sjön verkligen har vuxThe visitors around Ivösjön have recently discovered observed a change in the vegetation around and into the lake and consequently a change in the formation of the shoreline. The lake appears to have been increasingly filled up by reed and floating leaf plants which points to an eutrophication process. In this report aerial photographs are compared from a period of 70 years up until today to disco
This bachelor thesis deals with regionalization in southern Africa and how these processes have been affected by the ongoing negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). The starting point of the thesis is the Cotonou Agreement and the subsequent negotiations that took place between the EU and its former colonies. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of EPAs on regionaliza
The aim of this study was to present and examine the views of counselors in primary care and division mangers of home help services on two issues: depression treatment to elderly people and the need of counselors in eldercare. A qualitative method was utilized to interview three counselors and two division managers in various locations around Skane, South of Sweden. The methodology was supported b
In the ideal-type of bureaucracy, Max Weber outlined the creation of the modern state as an iron-cage of disenchantment and quantification. This thesis updates Weber’s ideal-type on the notion that the modern nation state is declining, and the large institutions with it. Based in an ideal-type of Michel Foucault’s Biopolitics, as Economization (a rational focus on quantitative measures), Individua
There are several academical explanations of the phenomenon panic, mainly defined by behaviorists. However, these definitions tend not to be widely used or accepted by the public. While most of the behaviorists suggest that panic rarely occurs during fire and evacuation, the general view mostly differs and is essentially made up by media. This study reviews the different opinions of panic among pr
Den svenska asylprocessen förändrades i grunden när överprövningen förflyttades från en domstolsliknande nämnd (utlänningsnämnden) till en renodlad domstolsprocess (migrationsdomstolen). Ett övergripande syfte för reformen var att stärka rättssäkerheten. I den nya migrationsdomstolen ingår nämndemän i den ordinarie sammansättningen. Nämndemannainstitutet har en lång förankring i svensk rättstraditThe Swedish asylum process changed fundamentally in 2005 when trials were transferred from an administrative process (utlänningsnämnden) to a court process (migrationsdomstolen). The general aim of the reform was to strengthen the rule of law in the asylum process. The new immigration courts are composed of lay judges. Lay judges are rooted in the Swedish tradition but they are common in other cou
This bachelor thesis examines the correlation between GDP growth forecasts and the actual GDP outcome the projected year, hence examines if forecasters realy can project the future or not. It concludes that the methods and models by which forecasts are produced are very similar, and hence the results are similar as well. They usually have ha mismatch around 0,9 percentage points over time for thei
This paper builds upon previous research on the relationship between IPR, trade and FDI based on data worldwide. As the result varies cross countries, this paper will focus on China to analyze the improvement of China’s IPR protection and analyze the potential impact of strengthening IPR protection on the development of trade and FDI using data from WTO, WIPO, MOFCOM and so on. Unlike developed co
The cocoa is undoubtedly crucial to the economy of Ghana. But a total dependency on a single-crop export is foolhardiness. The evidences as to the paramount need for diversification of the Ghanaian agricultural sector are supported by scholars such as Barghouti, Garbus, Umali, Timmer and Valdes. Political instability, primitive land tenure system and blatant corruption in the society, hindered a b
