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This thesis examines how China has been portrayed in the Annual Threat Assessment reports of the U.S. intelligence community between 2013-2023. A qualitative document analysis is conducted on 9 publicly available threat assessment reports issued during this period. The theoretical framework applied is threat perception theory, which posits that a state’s perception of threats guides strategic poli
Female dominated work remains significantly disadvantaged in comparison to male dominated ocucpations statistically. What remains unclear is what this looks like in practice, how this is felt by the individuals conducting the work and what this reflects about female-dominated work. In this light this thesis explores the nature of female-dominated occuaptions through nursing to understand where thi
This study investigates the consequences that female descriptive representation, at the highest executive political position, had on violence against women in politics. More specifically it looks at Jeanine Áñez ́s presidency and its impact on violence against women in Bolivia. The research question guiding the research is What were the consequences of Jeanine Áñez ́s presidency for violence again
This paper examines the policy standpoints of the Social Democratic party during the period from 2013 to 2023 pertaining to the issues of funding, regulation and principalship of the Swedish school system. The principal question asks whether the party has changed its position on the aforementioned issues to a more centralistic stance from the decentralistic standpoint motivated the communalisation
Bakgrund: Psykisk ohälsa som leder till självskadebeteende är ett komplext område som ökar i samhället. Det blir allt mer vanligt i unga åldrar. Vårdens bemötande är av betydelse för dessa patienter. Patienter med självskadebeteende är en stor samt ökande patientgrupp även inom ambulanssjukvården. Syfte: Arbetets syfte var att beskriva sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att vårda patienter med självs
On February 24th 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then Ukraine has reported damage to more than 1000 sites of cultural importance. There are plenty of studies which map out the destruction of culture in war, however there is still no clear understanding of exactly why cultural heritage is under attack - what the motives are for targeting cultural heritage in conflicts. I therefore deemed it int
The dominance of men in politics has been a long standing trend, with women historically underrepresented in this sphere. Efforts toward women's inclusion in politics seek to address and rectify this gender imbalance, advocating for greater representation, equal opportunities, and the dismantling of barriers that have hindered women's active participation in political decision-making proce
Every election, millions of Swedes go to vote to determine which party will govern for the coming four year period. For those not particularly interested in politics, televised debates help to gather information before the election. Some of the debates can be watched by up to almost a million people according to Swedish Public Service, which gives the debates power to shape the election result. Be
This essay discusses and analyses the complexity regarding student representation within higher education in Sweden. A survey is conducted on sixteen universities as well as an in-depth, semi-structural interviews with six representatives from different student unions. The creation and use of a theoretical framework which is based on representation theory and previous international studies on how
This study aims to analyze the ongoing discourse on the migration-development nexus in Sweden since the transition of government in 2022. Through a critical discourse analysis and from a securitization theory, the study seeks to examine the language and rhetoric utilized in political debates and policy decisions.The study adopts a qualitative approach, enabling an in-depth analysis with emphasis o
Bakgrund: Ambulanspersonalen behöver kunskap och kompetens att bemöta och bedöma alla patienter oavsett ålder, symtom, tillstånd och sjukdom. Barn är en liten patientgrupp inom ambulanssjukvården vilket leder till att ambulanspersonalen kan uppleva begränsningar och brist på viktig erfarenhet vid vårdande av barn. Barn är mer komplexa och skiljer sig mot vuxna vilket kan medföra stress och osäkerh
Introduction: PARP14 is overexpressed and plays an essential role in the survival of many kinds of cancer cells and in inflammatory diseases, and its inhibition could prove to be a future medical treatment. Background: It is still unknown which structures contribute more to PARP14 binding, and because of how conserved the catalytic domain is in the PARP family, the inhibitors need to be selective
In many of Sweden’s major cities, the majority of apartments in the suburbs are managed and owned by municipality-owned public housing companies. A number of these suburbs are defined by the National Operations Branch (NOA) of the Swedish Police as vulnerable or particularly vulnerable. These definitions are based on the level of influence of criminal behavior within the areas. This study aims to
This thesis examined the motivation for Chinese youth to immigrate in the post-pandemic era. The Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on Chinese economics, society, and political environment. This paper aimed to understand how these factors had influenced the immigration decisions of Chinese youth. The research adopted qualitative methods and gathered data from interviews with nine young mai
This thesis investigates how the framing of AUKUS, a trilateral security and defense collaboration consisting of Australia, United Kingdom, and the United States, is portrayed by Chinese state media. AUKUS, established on September 15, 2021, is mainly focusing on providing Australia with nuclear-powered submarine technology. This turn of event has attracted a lot of attention and enquiry from Chin
From the perspective of discourse analysis, this paper analyzes how homosexuals are portrayed in the Swedish daily press during the year of 1944 when homosexuality became legal. This is done by qualitatively analyzing 12 news articles from three major national Swedish newspapers; Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet. The analysis revealed three recurring themes in the portrayal of hom
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of reader analytics on the individual journalist as well as the journalistic profession. For this goal the research question: How does access to reader analytics affect Swedish journalism? is asked, which will be answered through the following sub-questions: (F1) How does reader analytics affect journalistic norms?, and (F2) Does reader analytic
In the context of the Swedish Nato entrance process this study aims to research how the reporting about Nato has changed over time. The Swedish Nato application can be seen in the light of an increased Russian threat since the invasion of Ukraine. There has been previous research on how Nato has been portrayed during earlier international conflicts and security threats, mainly in the combined fiel
Abstrakt Bakgrund: Kvinnors upplevelse av förlossning har betydelse både för framtida familjeplanering och anknytningen till barnet samt relationen till partnern. Tidigare forskning visar att det kan vara för tidigt att mäta kvinnors upplevelse direkt efter förlossningen. Därför var syftet med studien att jämföra kvinnors VAS-skattning av förlossningsupplevelsen vid hemgång från BB och 6–8 veckor
