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The social sciences have many different understandings of ‘normative power’, but in European Union (EU) studies normative power has three particular meanings. The first meaning of normative power is its emphasis on normative theory, that is, how we judge and justify truth claims in social science. The second meaning of normative power is as a form of power that is ideational rather than material o

With the onset of climate change, adaptive action must occur at all scales, including locally, placing increasing responsibility on the public. Effective communication strategies are essential, and adaptation games have shown potential in fostering social learning and bridging the knowledge-action gap. However, few research efforts so far give voice to participants that engage with collaborative g

Background: The demographic change affects the retirement age, which has been postponed in many countries. Therefore, the number of senior employees is increasing in the world. However, managers’ attitudes towards their employees’ employability affect the employees’ possibilities regarding whether they can and want to work. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate managers’ attitudes towar

Studies showing that large-scale public health interventions in early life have lasting economic consequences are still scarce and rarely disclose the mechanisms. Being born in a hospital versus having a traditional birth attendant at home represents the most common early life policy change worldwide. Knowing the consequences of this policy is also important given the ongoing enlargement of matern

Keynote at the 6th Foundational Economy Conference

Rent control measures are typically in place to assist low-income households and decrease segregation. Yet, there is little empirical research on the social impact of such policies and specifically the role of how rent-controlled apartments are allocated. This study analyzes the income-distributional effects of rent control with a novel dataset that includes characteristics of those who received r

Travel and tourism have become an increasingly important sociocultural and economic phenomena in the contemporary globalized world. As an arena in which people and businesses from different countries come into contact, tourism operates within the framework of particular spatial patterns and is closely bound up with issues of foreign policy, international relations, public policy and the exercise o

In their own view, public transportation companies make a very hospitable offer to commuters: if you are ready to travel with us, we will take you for a reasonable price nearly anywhere, every day and almost at any time of the day, under good conditions of comfort and safety. Please, step onboard. But commuters resist being reduced to the thankful guests of their commuting service providers. Commu

The research area of this field study is external perceptions of the EU. Morocco is the specific target field and the material is gathered from semi-structured interviews with Moroccan university students. The aim has been to identify prevailing perceptions of the EU in accordance with role theory and in comparison with previous research. There are important political and economic ties between Mo

CITIES SHOULD BE OPEN AND INCLUSIVE, say municipality officials in Sweden. So why are they not? One answer is norms. Invisible norms are constantly present in our daily lives and affect us by limiting possibilities and narrowing our perspectives and views of each other in ways that can lead to exclusion and discrimination. The norm-critical approach has become a commonly used method to make norms

Aktiebolaget som associationsform är en av det svenska affärslivets grundkomponenter och har kontinuerligt utvecklats i takt med samhället i stort. Idag tycks vi stå inför en ny syn på aktiebolaget som samhällsaktör, där uppmärksamheten riktas mot dess förhållande till sin omvärld, istället för på interna bolagsstyrningsaspekter där fokus legat under en längre tid. Denna uppsats granskar förhållanThe limited liability company (Sw. “aktiebolag”) as a legal figure constitutes one of the basic components in Swedish business life and has continuously evolved with society at large. Today we seem to be facing a new notion regarding the limited company’s role in society, where attention is drawn to its relation to the surrounding world, instead of focusing on internal corporate governance aspects

Denna studie ämnar att öka förståelsen för hur marknadskommunikation kan utgöra ett medel i diskursiva maktkamper på en konkurrenskraftig marknad samt hur denna kommunikation kan tänkas tolkas och förstås av mottagaren. Studien utgår från fallet LRF och Oatly där vi undersöker den diskursiva maktkamp som uppstått mellan deras skilda sanningar om mjölk och hur de förhåller sig till varandras sanninThis study aims to increase the understanding of marketing communication as a tool in a discoursive power struggle on a highly competitive market and how communication might be interpreted and understood by the reciever of the message. The study is based on the case of LRF and Oatly where we examine the discoursive power struggle, which arose from their different truths about milk, and how the ope

Denna uppsats behandlar ett väldigt aktuellt ämne, hur svenska myndigheter hanterar utländska barnäktenskap med fokus på flickan. Argumentationerna är hämtade hur fyra olika texttyper utfärdade av myndigheterna. En metodologisk argumentationsanalys behandlar först texterna för att ta fram olika typer av argument, dess hållbarhet och relevans. Resultatet av den metodologiska analysen kommer sedan y