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In crisis-hit Greece, there have been an unprecedented rise of grassroots self-help initiatives for the last three to four years, and the whole phenomenon has come to be known as the quest for social and solidarity economy. With the consolidation of political and economic power in today’s capitalist market economy, the social and solidarity movement in Greece has been seeking for a way forward to
This thesis provides an account of the storage strategies for mitigation of excess electricity production (EEP) from wind energy in the Öresund region of Denmark and southern Sweden, characterized by an increasing share of wind power. Hydrogen is a versatile storage technology with potential in both large and small scale options, and for utilization in several application areas. TIS framework and
Denna uppsats fokuserar på offentliga upphandlingar och behandlar begreppet onormalt låga anbud. Dessa anbudens låga nivå kan vara grundade i dolda motiv eller missförstånd från anbudsgivaren. Detta medför att den upphandlande myndigheten kan vilja förkasta det aktuella anbudet. Den låga nivån kan däremot lika gärna vara helt legitimt och bör därmed inte förkastas. Regelverket samt praxis på områdThis thesis focuses on public procurements and deals with the concept of abnormally low tenders. The low levels in a tender can be founded in a hidden agenda or in a misunderstanding by the tenderer. This means that the contracting authority may wish to reject the current offer. The low level, on the other hand, can just as easily be completely legitimate and should therefore not be discouraged. T
Denna uppsats är en beskrivande idéanalys av UNICEF:s rättighetsperspektiv så som det uttrycks i deras strategiska plan för åren 2014-2017. Syftet är att undersöka hur en rättighetsförståelse visas hos UNICEF i jämförelse med det rättighetsbaserade tillvägagångssätt organisationen har åtagit sig att följa. Detta rättighetsbaserade tillvägagångssätt utgör min teori i den första delen av min analys.This essay is a descriptive idea analysis of the rights perspective shown by UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, in their Strategic Plan for the time period of 2014-2017. The purpose is to examine how an understanding of rights is shown by UNICEF, in accordance with the principles set forth in the human rights-based approach to development that the organization is committed to follow. This
The aim of this paper was to understand how teachers work with children with special needs and how their work can affect the child. More specifically the focus was to look at how teachers work in a class where there are children with special needs, how teachers ' practices relate to a categorical or a relational perspective and how the teachers' working effect the student. Five teachers we
Popular summary The environmental and social consequences of predicted climate change are expected to be amplified in urban environments due to their elevated temperatures, which are attributable to a phenomenon known as the Urban Heat Island. As most types of vegetation can provide for cooler air temperatures due to their natural cooling effect, increasing amounts of vegetation in urban areas mig
Slope failure has resulted in significant disruption to the Scottish road network in recent years and failure processes are widely considered to pose a very real risk to both infrastructure and road users. The manifestation of proposed regional climate variations could increase the hazard posed by landslide and debris flow activity within upland environments. It is therefore in the interests of de
Jag har i denna uppsats studerat hur stereotyper för manligt och kvinnligt kommuniceras i tre av de podcastprogram som under hösten 2012 tillhörde Sveriges mest nedladdade. De tre program som jag studerat är Filip och Fredriks podcast, C/O Hannah & Amanda och Alex & Sigges podcast till följd av att alla dessa program utgörs av två medverkare av samma kön. Med utgångspunkt i att medietexte
Uppsatsen undersöker vilket skydd en konsument har som anser sig blivit utsatt för vårdslös finansiell rådgivning. Genom att undersöka vilka rekvisit som skall vara uppfyllda för att lagen skall vara tillämplig och vilka aktsamhetskrav en rådgivare skall iaktta återges en bild av gällande rätt avseende finansiell rådgivning. Vidare redogörs för de påföljder som kan inträffa ifall en rådgivare inte
Large quantities and numbers of organic compounds (OCs) from industries and domestic sources enter the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) everyday, which is an ever-increasing issue in modern society. In WWTPs, the pollutants are either degraded or emitted to the air, the effluent (water) or the sludge (biosolids). Even though the sludge may contain toxic contaminants and heavy metals, there is a
With a legal dogmatic method, the purpose of this thesis was to examine how Vietnam is fulfilling its legal obligations to support returning human trafficking victims. The Vietnamese human trafficking law was the main research object and was considered in relation to the international standards in support to returnees set in the Trafficking Protocol. It also aimed to identify shortcomings, and ass
Restored salt marsh; topography, hydrology and vegetation Coastal salt marshes are shaped through a combination of physical (i.e., sediment accumulation/erosion) and biological (i.e., vegetation) processes. They are characterized by fine sediments and halophytic vegetation. The accretion rate and elevation change has been indicated as one of the most important factors in ecology of the marshes. T
In 2009 the project Reva was initiated with the purpose of ameliorate legal certainty and to reduce the trial period, increasing the efficiency and procedures for enforcing the administration of asylum seekers in Sweden. The project was first launched as a pilot project in Malmö in 2011. The project is now operative in the Swedish society at large. The news and social media began reporting how the
Reklam har olika budskap för att påverka och influera oss. Denna uppsats syftar till kvalitativt undersöka hur samhällsideal och normer konstrueras i sex specifika Calvin Klein parfym reklamfilmer. Vidare syftar studien till att studera hur reklamfilmerna använder sig av genusrelaterade konstruktioner och stereotypa bilder. Den här uppsatsen har schematiskt tittat på ett bestämt antal aspekter i a
The Swedish Migration Board is the authority who has the main responsibility to provide housing for asylum seekers. Housing which the migration board provides is called ABO. The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the people working with ABO perceive their different areas of responsibility and implementation of the Swedish laws and goals set up for one specific ABO. This will be done with a q
The question of the Palestine refugees has been an issue to the United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) ever since its creation in 1948, and it has played an immense role in the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Everyone involved wants to find a solution to the problem, but 65 years on, the issue is as complex as it has ever been. The question of which actor have the main human rights responsibility for
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to explore possible cost effective strategies for increasing brand awareness amongst certain stakeholder groups of an acquired, previously well known brand operating in a high tech B2B industry. Methodology: A qualitative, exploratory case study of RUAG Space AB, an acquired company previously holding high brand awareness in Sweden, was conducted. This was
The aim of our study was to examine how school counselors, through their retelling, understands and work with cases that involves students, either exposed or that are subjecting others, to cyberbullying. The study is based on a phenomenological theory and a phenomenological analysis. We have come to the conclusion that the meaning and the space that the internet has in the everyday life of the sch
Since January 2013 a new archival description system applies to all government agencies in Sweden. The system, developed by the Swedish National Archives, is based on the actual records and the organizational processes from which they originate and has been implemented since the guidelines RA-FS 2008:4 came into effect in 2009. In order to better understand the process oriented archival descripti
