Syftet med uppsatsen är att ta reda på vad de föremål från bronsåldern som har klassats som bronssylar har använts till. Genom studier av de bronssylar bronssylar i magasinet på Gastelyckan och med hjälp av Andreas Oldebergs katalog Die ältere Metallzeit in Schweden I har jag kommit fram till att bronssylarnas huvudanvändningsområde är till läderarbeten.

This is a comparative case study over time, where I investigate the rise of the party Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) in Bolivia. Through a historical institutionalism perspective I look at the electoral system reform that was undertaken in Bolivia in 1994. I investigate if and how the reform contributed to the possibility of MAS to emerge at the national political arena. Through the reform, Bolivi

Based on hermeneutic tradition, the goal of this thesis is to further my understanding of what the concept of resistance means in a psychoanalytical context today, primarily within clinical practice. My methodology has been to seek an understanding of the concept of resistance by reading excerpts from the original texts of Sigmund Freud, as well as conducting interviews with practicing psychoanaly

Title: "Everybody is talking about reception but what do they really mean?" - Teacher trainers' experience of work with aesthetic communication in perspective of a receiver with a special attention to the reception of music. The purpose of this thesis is to study the notion of reception among a group of teachers at the department of education at Malmö University. Our principal aim is

Relationships between defence mechanisms and body movements were investigated in regard to three hypothesis; I. that a difference in frequency of body movements correlates to different signs of defence mechanisms, II. that themes of body movements can be identified in regard to signs of defence mechanisms, III. that no significant differences will be found between the different groups of gender. T

Title: The role and status of music theory ? an inquiry into the Arts Programme of the Swedish upper secondary school. The purpose of this inquiry is to find out what teachers of the Arts Programme say about the role and status of music theory within the different music subjects. Four teachers were interviewed, two teachers of music theory and two instrumental teachers. The interviews were formula

En undersökning, med utgångspunkt i talspråksgrammatiken, av den grammatiska konstruktionen x-som-x syntaktiska, pragmatiska och semantiska aspekter.

With the end of the Cold War the number of conflicts where the United Nations have intervened has increased dramatically. This has entailed a need for a burden-sharing between the UN and regional organizations regarding management of conflicts. The aim of this study is to make a comparative analysis of the effectiveness and the efficiency in the efforts undertaken by ECOWAS and the UN during the c

The EU has claimed a leadership role in the climate change negotiations ever since their creation under the United Nations Framework on the Climate Change Convention. By going ahead in the formulation of its own emission targets and acting as a pusher in urging others to realise the urgency of adopting ambitious targets and timetables, the EU has taken the lead. Responsible for EU's performanc

How does the European Union ensure member state compliance? And why doesn?t it seem to function on the area of the Common European Asylum Politics? Several reports have the past few years alerted the European Union of possible violations of the rights of refugees in Greece, violations that are in direct conflict with several key regulations and directives, such as the Dublin Regulation. The Europe

As is common in African states, the former liberation movement, ZANU (PF) still retains power in Zimbabwe. This essay analyses how Robert Mugabe and his party has managed to remain in power despite an economic and political crisis. Central to the study is the concept of neopatrimonialism which is argued to have been institutionalised in Zimbabwe much due to the nature of the liberation struggle, h

This essay is the result of fieldwork conducted in the Buduburam refugee settlement outside of Accra, Ghana, in the spring of 2008. The aim of the study has been to examine whether local integration could be a viable solution to the plight of the Liberian refugees in Ghana in the aftermath of the repatriation programme terminated at the end of June 2007. The concepts of local integration and self-

On the 17th of January 2002 the Swedish government presented a bill to the Swedish parliament, proposing ways of strengthening the Swedish democracy through reforms for increased elements of participatory democracy. A public report on the state of the Swedish democracy had been released two years earlier with similar enthusiasm for participatory democracy. However, the participatory ideals of

Is accountability possible in global environmental governance? The purpose of this thesis is to examine if accountability is possible in global environmental governance. From an accountability perspective the thesis tries to illuminate global environmental governance. An investigation about the concept accountability is made and the thesis also illuminates the possible problems that exist in glo

This thesis uses the ?What's the problem?-approach developed by Carol Lee Bacchi. This approach studies how the problem that a certain policy is supposed to take care of is represented. Each representation will rest upon certain assumptions and will accordingly support certain solutions while other solutions will be considered less suitable to the problem as it is represented. The thesis

This essay in historical archaeology deals with cultural-historical values of buildings and in this case the old train- and ferrystation in Helsingborg. The building has from the day of its opening in 1898 been exposed to threats of demolition since its original purpose was as a temporary building with intension of being replaced within a couple of years. After having seen two World Wars, even

This essay contains an analysis of the motives behind the French no to Turkish membership in the EU. By examining different analytical approaches to European integration and by establishing motives, the study seeks to explain why France is against the membership. Two categories of motives are explored, the first relating to domestic constraints, and the second dealing with structural ideational co

This essay tries, in different levels, to explain and create a deeper understanding for the phenomena ?private security companies?. By using Mary Kaldors theory about new wars, I will come to the conclusion that the insecurity that these wars create is an important part in understanding the emergence of a security need that these private security companies can provide. Later I investigate and expl

This study investigates the Colombian transitional justice process from an intersectional perspective in order to uncover potentials and problems of the reparation process to meet the needs of female victims. A theoretical framework on reparation that highlights the importance of the dimensions of recognition and redistribution, as well as the collective and individual dimensions, is used in order

The topic of this thesis interest is the relation between branding as a place making/marketing technology and the process of regionalization. The main proposition advocated is that the officially communicated image of the Øresund Region, as a cohesive place and community, is a space that has been configured with branding and can be described as a territorial simulation. The concept of territorial