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Modern laws have established many protections for human rights; the difficulty now lies with enforcing them, and nowhere is this clearer than at sea. This thesis seeks to contribute to scholarship on this challenge by providing a case-study on the role of the European Union, as an innovative actor in global governance with unique capabilities, in protecting human rights in European and global fish

This thesis aimed to examine how the government accomplishes governance of collaborative constellations of municipalities and the Public Employment Services in Swedish labor market policy following the reformation in 2022, coinciding with new guidelines for collaboration between the parties. This objective was approached with a theoretical framework based on Foucault’s theorization of governance.

The research for this study, concerning trade unions within the maquila industry, has been carried out during a three months period in the Central American country of El Salvador. Fieldwork and research has been financed by the MFS (Minor Field Study) scholarship of SIDA. Research questions used throughout the field study have focused on the possibility of unionization and the role and position of

Kvinnor utgör en relativt ny komponent inom FN:s fredsbevarande operationer och ökar stadigt i antal. Därför är det viktigt att utvärdera hur kvinnor porträtteras i mediediskursen, eftersom media kan bidra till att reproducera könsstereotyper eller sträva mot social förändring. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vilken bild som förmedlas genom FN:s nyhetscenter av kvinnor som tjänstgör i FNWomen are a relatively new component in the UN peacekeeping operations and are steadily increasing in number. Hence it is essential to evaluate how women are being portrayed in media discourse, since media has a vital role in the reproduction of gender stereotypes, or has the possibility to strive towards social change. The purpose of this paper is to examine how women, serving in UN peacekeeping

The history of the population control movement is one replete with controversies and where narratives about coercive population control policies and programs abound. Questionable practices such as the wide sterilization campaigns as took place in India during its state of emergency period in the 1970s or the use of contraceptives in developing world already banned from Western markets contributed

The Black Forest National Park (NP), Germany, opened in 2014 after intense societal disputes, complicated by changing political factors, scientific conservation debates, and multi-level decision-making structures. I argue that value conflicts over fundamentally opposed views on nature underlie these disputes, and that integrating these views in future NP planning may improve the sustainability of

Abstract Author: Elisabet Loverde och Arbresha Rushiti Title: Participation – on who’s terms? A study of personnel participation and how it is affected by leadership. [translated title] Supervisor: Mikael Sandgren Assessor: Weddig Runquist The aim of our study was to clarifying the possibilities for personnel participation through the experiences of the staff itself. Our study took place in Miner

I flera sociologiska teorier möter man en människa fångad av förtryckande strukturer utan vidare utrymme för motmakt, i ett Europa präglat av framväxande fascism och nationalism. I den här studien för jag in ett posthumanistiskt perspektiv, hämtat från Gilles Deleuze filosofi och Rosi Braidottis sociala teorier, för att undersöka människans möjligheter att göra politiskt motstånd genom utomparlameIn several sociological theories you are confronted with an individual trapped in oppressive structures without much space for counter-power, in a european context with emerging fascism and nationalism. With this study I introduce a post-humanistic perspective, inspired of Gilles Deleuze's philosophy and Rosi Braidottis social theories, to explore the possibilities for people to do political r

In a globalised world dominated by market-led growth, a rolled back state and a powerful business sector, production networks have become increasingly complex. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) evolved as a mainly business-driven response to civil society actors’ call for more ethical business practices that care for people and environment. As such, the business sector has successfully come be

Rapid urbanization has dramatically increased housing demand in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. To alleviate housing shortage, the city of Hanoi has developed a housing program of which the major part is housing development through new urban area projects. New urban area, or new town, projects are large-scale developments designed mainly for residential purposes, with integrated infrastructure

In order to reach the climate targets for the society, with significant lower proportions of CO2 emissions than today, certain actions are required. To be able to decrease the emissions, one alternative is to increase the amount of people who uses public transportation as opposed to using cars. The municipality of Åstorp is one of the districts that emits most CO2 per person and day in Scania, and

In this investigation, based on fieldwork during a five-month period, the impacts on school gardens on students’ relationships with food and the environment on the Big Island in Hawai‘i are explored. The focus is on the effects of garden based learning on student’s understanding and attitudes towards food and their local environments as well as how it encourages the Hawaiian concept of living pono

Content marketing är ett relativt nytt begrepp inom marknadsföring. Den kan beskrivas som redaktionell marknadskommunikation, och bygger på tanken att producera värdefullt information som konsumenterna finner intressant och roligt. Denna typ av värdeskapande marknadskommunikation sker genom bloggar, nyhetsbrev, kampanjer på sociala medier, events med mera. Innehållet består ofta av generell inform

This thesis examines the ejido system in Mexico in order to understand the dynamics of land tenure, governance and transaction costs through the lens of Elinor Ostrom’s theory of good governance. This case of the ejido system was chosen as their constitution that enabled a communal access land tenure regime in the agricultural sector, was amended to allow for privatization. The ejido serves as a p

Because societies, companies and people are different, there are different views on corporations' roles and responsibilities. The purpose of this study is to understand what, why and how some business organizations benefit and create business cases from corporate responsibilities and sustainability. It investigates which aspects motivates three companies, IKEA, Skanska and Trelleborg AB, using

The aim of this study was to reiterate and analyze children’s stories about what it was like to grow up with a parent in prison. We intended to interpret the individuals’ childhood experiences and memories. We have limited the respondents to people who grew up with a parent in prison. These individuals were during the essay adults, recounting stories from their childhood. An incarceration does not

Abstract Authors: Sandra Dahl & Charlotte Sparrenius Engström Title: Why people help people – A study of motivation in elder care [translated title] Supervisor: Roberto Scaramuzzino Assessor: Torbjörn Hjort The aim with this case study is to explain the motivation that eldercare staff experience towards their workplace. To undertake this case study, a quantity method involving questionnaires

This master thesis is concerned with the site of Refshaleøen in Copenhagen and how a proposal of buildings would enhance the identity of the place, attract more people while maintaining the qualities of the old industrial area. A contradiction in itself and thus not an easy task. As method, the first steps were to document the site, attain background material and history of the site to better unde

Projections estimate that by 2050 hundreds of millions to a billion people will migrate elsewhere due to environmental reasons. The increasing frequency and intensity of natural hazards posed by climate change, as well as the slow-onset degradation of habitats all over the planet, will drive more and more species to migrate towards more habitable and safe environments. While much of the literature

Dikade skogsmarker skapar stora växthusgasutsläpp - är återvätning en lösning? Skogen tar upp väsentliga mängder koldioxid vilket spelar en betydande roll för att mildra den pågående globala uppvärmningen. Dock har det visat sig att vissa skogsmarker kan ge upphov till stora växthusgasutsläpp - det finns ungefär 1 miljon hektar skogsmark på dikade torvmarker i Sverige som släpper ut 7-10 miljonePeatlands store substantial amounts of carbon. When drainage of these areas occurs in order to use for practices such as forestry, greenhouse gases (GHG) will be emitted which will enhance climate change. The aim of this study was to explore whether rewetting of drained forest covered peatlands can reduce its impact on climate and which conflicts with forestry this can lead to. As a case study, th