During the last few years the countries in the African continent have experienced an enormous increase in female politicians on a national level. Rwanda is even the country with the highest number of female politicians in its parliament in the world. Despite this development in Africa, the quantitative research on women's political representation in the world has not yet paid attention to the

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate and develop a useful theory of human behavior that recognizes the importance of our emotions. The new framework, called the theory of emotional choice, is developed by a holistic method in which results from the fields of psychology, sociology and (neuro-) biology are used to mutually support the conclusions. The theory is distilled into six preliminary po

The Swedish society and welfare model are under constant changes and development. One of the core areas in this welfare model is the social policy. By analysing the changing role of the organizations in the civil society on a local level with a theoretical typology changes in the roles can be noted. These changes can with a model for ideal types raice questions about bigger changes concerning iss

The purpose of the paper is to look at what role businesses play in the next stage of the Kyoto Protocol. More specifically I look at the role of the oil and gas industry in the politics of climate change. I present a counter-intuitive argument. Conventional wisdom says that one would assume that the largest polluters are actually the ones who are resisting climate change regulations but I want to

This essay captures the process toward a democratic transition in South Africa and tempts on analyzing the efforts made by civil society before the negotiation with the government in the beginning of the 90´s. The method used is a case study. By applying the theory of Elisabeth Jean Wood about the importance of continued mobilization, I try to answer the question: to what extend did civil society

Uppsatsens syfte är att besvara vad som föranleder våldsamma yttringar, likt upploppen i Paris 2005 och Rosengård 2005. Jämförelsen mellan Paris och Rosengård medför en följdfråga om det finns liknande tendenser i Rosengård att fullskaliga upplopp likt de i Paris kan äga rum. Vi använder oss av en teori som bygger på att det saknas tillit mellan etniska grupper och majoritetsbefolkningen som komb

Title: Silence please: Silent students' thoughts on shyness and nervousness in the classroom. This thesis deals with silent students' thoughts on shyness and nervousness in the classroom. During this study I have been talking to silent students about their experiences of being silent. After a look at the literature on the subject of shyness I have found that there the perspective of the st

During the past decades, an increasing amount of support and attention has been paid to the status of local civil society in developing countries. At the same time, a transnational civil society has emerged, a complex web of organizations within which professional and institutional INGOs take centre stage. This thesis investigates the role of INGOs in the evolvement of local civil society in auth

Denna studie behandlar den mediala debatt som följde dåvarande vice statsministern Margareta Winbergs uttalande i SvD i november 2002 om att könskvotering skulle kunna komma att bli aktuell såvida det inte skedde en naturlig ökning av andelen kvinnor i publika och privata börsnoterade bolagsstyrelser. I studien analyseras hur hotet om könskvotering möttes och en jämförelse görs mellan de idéer som

In this thesis a study of modernization theory and China is conducted. Why has China, despite socioeconomic modernization, not started to democratize? China has opened up during the three most recent decades and modernized rapidly. Poverty has decreased, urbanization has occurred, the agricultural literacy has increased and income has raised. Still, China is a country where political freedom is ve

Deliberative democratic theory has become prominent in international relations. This thesis applies Dryzek's theory of transnational discursive democracy in order to examine the role of global civil society in the promotion of discursive global governance in the context of the making of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (Doha Declaration) at the World Trade Organization&

Uppsatsen utgår från ett historiematerialistiskt perspektiv för att studera Tågerup. Tågerup är en stenåldersboplats i Skåne, öster om Landskrona. På platsen har det funnits Kongemose- och Ertebøllekultur. Uppsatsens frågeställningar är: Hur såg arbetsuppdelningen mellan kvinnor och män ut? Hur var familjerna sammansatta? Finns det några skillnader mellan hur historiematerialister tolkar arbetsup

The promotion of renewable energy sources (RES) has become a key measure within the EU to improve energy security and to mitigate climate change while offering opportunities for industrial development, job creation and regional cohesion. Over time this has put pressure for EU-level coordination and harmonization of national RES policy measures in order to improve effectiveness and market efficienc

The development aid from Sweden to developing countries is a activity that involves a great deal of monetary founds as well as an opportunity to influence the environmental situation in a partner country. It´s also an opportunity to promote Sweden's values in a field like the environment, setting a good example is important. This thesis aims to evaluate Sida´s environmental policy and find ou

This thesis focuses on the process of constitution-making in Kosovo. It aims at giving an insight into the process and the negotiations leading up to the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, and the impact the international community has had on this. The purpose is to use the existing consociational theory of Arend Lijphart, as a template when analyzing this specific case. I therefore focus on

This is study of Multi level governance and its implications on democratic rule. Cosmopolitan democracy theory has been used to illuminate and highlight the institutional and political conditions that are necessary for an effective democratic rule. This study is a qualitative case study, evaluating the case if the EU as a scene for implementation of the multi level governance system. The European

This essay contains a comparative analysis of Erik Olin Wrights Marxist class analysis and Michael Hardt and Antonio Negris post-Marxist class analysis as presented in their books ?Empire? and ?Multitude: War and democracy in the age of Empire?. I discuss the shift in analytical focus from state level to global level that Hardt and Negri's analysis represent and the ensuing relevance of this f

Uppsatsen utreder vilka faktorer som påverkade konstituerandet av en palestinsk identitet mellan 1870-1920. Med bakgrund av ett teoretiskt ramverk om nationell identitet undersöks fyra teman i uppsatsen som behandlar: i vilken kontext en palestinsk identitet utvecklades under Osmanska riket, hur den arabiska pressens påverkade etablerandet av en nationell identitet och vilken inverkan politiska fa

A methodology is produced for environmental and health risk assessment for road transports of hazardous material. The general risk management process with focus on health and environment is described briefly. Management systems, risk communication and uncertainty in the risk management process are also discussed in this context. The produced methodology is implemented in a case study in Iceland. T

In 2002 George W. Bush held a speech where he classified six nations as being the main threats to American security, one of them being Syria, a state with a secular constitution, no resent offence towards the US, and with an improved diplomatic relationship to the US during the Clinton years. Being an ally to the Soviet Union during the Cold War Syria was forced to redefine its role in the region