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This thesis deals with the vital issue of empowerment in development work and development projects, a multimillion dollar enterprise which engages donors,governmental agencies and governments. More specifically the thesis deals with a development intervention in education as social policy in Uruguay, investigated as a case study. The methodological intention is to present the voices of the subject
This thesis aims to explore the impact of population policy on women’s reproductive rights. I use one child policy, which has far-reaching repercussions on all Chinese women at childbearing age, as the case for this research. The following questions are asked: What is one child policy? What kinds of measures are used to lower fertility rate? What is the impact on women’s reproductive rights? I emp
With around 3 million affected people, Colombia has the second highest number of internal displaced persons (IDPs) in the world after Sudan (ACNUR 2007). They are basically refugees inside their own country. One of the main problems of IDPs living in the cities is the difficulty to generate income that allows them to satisfy their basic needs. Looking to solve this problem, the government of Colom
Huruvida det existerar en prisbubbla eller inte på den svenska bostadsmarknaden är ett flitigt diskuterat ämne, inte minst i medierna. Syftet med vår uppsats är att besvara frågan med hjälp av en metod som är kallad imputed rent eller imputerad hyra. I den imputerade hyran vägs årskostnaden av att äga ett hus mot årskostnaden av att hyra en likvärdig bostad och om det finns en prisbubbla på markna
This paper examines the impacts of short-term changes in individual socioeconomic status on marital formation and dissolution by using data from Current Population Survey (CPS). Empirical results suggest that employment stability plays the most important role in conditioning the marriage entry and dramatic increase in relative earning power within family may impose greatest threat to marital stabi
The aim of the current study was to examine the relation between self-efficacy, sense of coherence and general mental health in unemployed individuals. The study was based on Antonovsky’s concept sense of coherence and Bandura’s concept of self-efficacy. A questionnaire was constructed based on the SOC scale, the general self-efficacy scale and the general health questionnaire. The sample consiste
I dagens samhälle som präglas av ständig förändring och utveckling i arbetslivet har mycket kommit att handla om konkurrens, personlig utveckling och hållbarhet. För att företag ska kunna konkurrera på en alltmer dynamisk marknad har organisationer fått en större insikt om medarbetarnas betydelse och insats för verksamhetens utveckling. Performance Management är ett system organisationer använder
For well over two decades, the European Union (EU) has been an important actor in climate change policy. It has developed a wide range of tools for its external and internal climate policy. This thesis examines the EU’s view on international climate agreements. The EU promotes a relatively stable approach to deal with the problem of climate change which is characterised by efforts to conclude lega
This thesis examines the external energy policy of the European Union in a two-step approach. First, an analysis of the degree of actorness that the EU has achieved in this new policy field is carried out on the basis of the theoretical concept introduced by Bretherton and Vogler. It is argued that the EU only possesses fragmented actorness in all three dimensions examined. Second, this is followe
The aim of this study was to reach a better understanding on how quality education can be applied so that the needs, views and values of local actors are fulfilled at the same time as national principles and perspectives on education are considered. Three research questions guided our study: What patterns can be discerned among local stakeholders in three community schools in Lusaka, Zambia in the
The European Union (EU) has been engaged in Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the early 1970’s. The Union has since then tried to gain a role in the diplomatic process by different means, but without any particularly success to be able to influence the bilateral talks. One has in recent years tried to develop the union towards a more coherent collective foreign policy in order to adopt a stronge
Kenya had a disputed presidential election in late 2007 which erupted into ethnic clashes between supporters of the two candidates. Western media was quick to report back that the sudden violence was due to tribal differences. The goal of my essay was such to explore whether or not a post-colonial discourse could be found in western media. By choosing three international magazines with more analyt
Den svenska integrationspolitiken står inför en strukturomvandling då de delar av flyktingmottagandet som handlar om arbetsmarknadsetablering flyttar från flyktingmottagande kommuners ansvar till den statliga myndigheten Arbetsförmedlingen. Genom en intervjuundersökning med tjänstemän inom integrationsområdet i fyra olika skånska kommuner tittar denna uppsats närmre på hur implementeringsberedskap
Land grabbing är inget nytt fenomen, utan har existerat i flera sekel, men företeelsens form och karaktär har skiftat genom historien. Till följd av den globala matkrisen och den ekonomiska krisen hösten 2008 har antalet fall av land grabbing ökat markant. Orsakerna bakom land grabbing är flera, men det handlar framförallt om att länder vill skydda sig mot matprisfluktuationer och skapa livsmedels
Bristen på kvinnor i näringslivets bolagsstyrelser har länge varit en omdebatterad fråga, men hur ser det ut när politikerna själva utser styrelserna? Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka könsfördelningen i Malmös kommunala bolagsstyrelser, hur könsfördelningen ser ut, hur den kan förklaras genom teori samt genom politikernas egna upplevelser. För att ge svar på frågeställningarna har vi intervjua
The aim of this thesis is to study allocation of EU funding to the municipalities of Skåne between 2007 and 2009 in order to determine if there are internal factors which are of importance to the allocation of EU funding for the municipalities in Skåne. The objective is to study if a relation between internal factors of the municipalities and the amount of EU funding allocated can be observed and
Denna uppsats är en normativ och idékritisk undersökning där Migrationsverkets policydokument har analyserats utifrån en egen utformad demokratisk norm; ”Migrationsverkets etos”. Normen är utformad med inspiration från Robert A. Dahls och Lennart Lundquists demokratiteorier, samt utifrån hur Migrationsverket fungerar och svensk lag. Syftet är att se vad som bör förmedlas som etiska riktlinjer till
Farmer associations are suggested a good tool to increase rural income and strengthen social ties among small-scale farmers. Strong social bonds can in turn generate social capital which is identified to matter significantly for development outcomes and poverty alleviation. Not much research has been devoted to how the formation of a farmer association affects group dynamics and social capital be
Målet med offentlig upphandling är att ge medborgarna den bästa produkten till det bästa priset. För att upphandlingen ska vara legitim så får det inte finnas utrymme för godtyckliga beslut från tjänstemännen. Vid Försvarets Materielverks (FMV) upphandling 2008 om pansarfordon lämnades ett sådant utrymme vilket gjorde att upphandlingen ogiltigförklarades och var tvungen att göras om. Under upphand
