Virtual currencies have recently emerged at the intersection of Internet and finance, bringing unprecedented innovations in payment systems, money and finance. In particular, Bitcoin is examined as the first example of virtual currency, dating back to 2009. Ever since virtual currencies emerged, they received increased attention from public, private and societal regulators, especially in the field

The national Swedish election in 2014 resulted in The Sweden Democrats holding ultimate balance of power between the two major party-blocs. The party used its newfound power to strike the government’s budget proposition which caused the prime minister to call for an extra election. In order to restrain this political authority the red-green government and the Alliance established The December Agre

This study adds to the research within the theories of Securitization and the Communicational Revolution, while focusing on a combination of the two for establishing and examine a securitization process of the Communicational Revolution within the Swedish Armed Forces. The studied case consists of four security reports written by the Swedish Defense Preparation, which are gathered from the Swedish

During the last decades, research on motivation in creativity has mainly focused on examining how intrinsic and extrinsic motivators influence creative behavior, whereas little is known about effects of prosocial motivational processes on creative idea generation. The current study investigated how prosocial motivation affects creativity, ideational fluency and persistence. A sample of 40 Swedish

Although the Cold War was thought to be a part of history, Russia has in recent years increased their military capacity and activity which is interpreted by the West as a threat which needs to be addressed. This study aims to present how Sweden has changed its view regarding Russia with time and also to explain why this change has occurred. Although Russia may be constituting a larger threat now t

The purpose of this thesis is to study in what way Christiania has changed as an effect of the agreement signed with the Danish state in 2011. The thesis is written from a right to the city perspective, trying to find out in what ways the christianites possibilities to change themselves through changing their local area has been effected. Beyond that my purpose has also been to find out if the cha

The aim of this study was to investigate how the democratization of Kosovo has developed and to inquire the influence from the United Nations on Kosovo’s democracy. To achieve my purpose with the study I investigated the standards that the UN had set for Kosovo and the results from Freedom House and Human Rights Watch. I used the theoretical framework that affect peacebuilding and democratization.

Principen om barnets bästa är en grundläggande princip inom den svenska och internationella barnrätten. Barnets bästa ska vara i främsta rummet vid alla åtgärder som rör barn och är en av barnkonventionens viktigaste grundpelare. Denna uppsats är avsedd att granska vilken innebörd begreppet barnets bästa är avsett att ha enligt barnkonventionen och utlänningslagen. Avsikten är även att granska hurThe principle of the best interests of the child is a fundamental part of both Swedish and international children´s rights: in all actions concerning children, the best interest of the child should at least be a primary consideration. This is a foundation principle of the 1990 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The aim of this thesis is to examine what meaning the principle of the best inte

This study seeks an understanding of how Facebook users cope with the impact of anti-tobacco shock advertising by posting comments on Facebook. It also clarifies how healthcare organisations help these people re-construct themselves online after they have been shocked. The effectiveness of shock advertising at changing harmful behaviours has been extensively studied in the field of strategic commu

The European labour market is increasingly characterized by uncertain working conditions and precarious employment conditions. The Swedish Social Democrats (S) and the Swedish trade union Landsorganisationen (LO) have, due to these circumstances, developed a report which aims to address the development of the European labour market. The problem is that their definition of security is not consisten

The current debate on different models of global democracy has at times pitted proponents of ’statist’, ’cosmopolitan’, and ’pluralistic’ perspectives against each other, each claiming to represent perspectives fulfilling normative criteria for maintaining democratic legitimacy in a wider global and transnational sphere. This paper sets out to act in defence of one of these models in particular, n

This thesis deals with the development of socioeconomic position and outcomes on health in Ireland and Greece after the hit of the financial crisis. This is done with the application of Weber’s theoretical approach on class, status, and power and the theoretical underlying of the concept of socioeconomic position. Additionally, this research is conducted through a quantitative case study, analyzin

In order to realize the purpose of the UN Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, the international community needs to incorporate gender awareness in their security context. The aim of this study has been to analyze the security strategies of EU and NATO from a realistic, liberal and feminist point of view in order to see whether they have fulfilled this mission. The analysis is constructed

This essay examines the political discussion surrounding the proposal to relinquish the Swedish central bank and monetary policy from democratic control from the vantage point of democratic theory. The reform was proposed in late 1997 and debated twice in 1998. Through the lens of ideal types pertaining to different schools of democratic thought, the discussion is combed for different democratic i

Since the emergence of new public management in the public sector there has been a questioning of which values has come to characterize the political decision-making. In 2009 the Swedish Parliament approved a policy reform which created conditions for competition in health care. The policy reform aimed to increase patients' ability to freedom of choice, and the quality of the health care. The

No state can do very well without perceived as legitimate. While the state’s efforts to legitimate its power is well covered in the literature, the ordinary people’s role in legitimacy is less investigated. This study is informed by the notion that legitimacy is a relational concept. Legitimacy is created in the interaction between ruler and ruled. The power structure is dependent on the people’s

This thesis aims to investigate how the parties represented in the Swedish parliament justify the ban for Swedish citizens to wage war for any army except the Swedish. The analyzed material has been collected through personal interviews with each party’s legislative spokesmen. The method used to analyze the material is an analysis of ideas inspired by Torbjörn Aronson’s morphological content analy

This study’s main purpose is to, through discourse analysis, reveal how and to what extent New Public Management is reflected within the Swedish international development assistance and related politics during the period 2005-2015. The study also aims to explore whether there are other visible steering concepts, in order to discuss ”what comes after New Public Management”. With the help of a the

This study aims to determine the current discourses related to the portrayal of the female gender and femininity in the yearly activity reports of Swedish organizations providing humanitarian aid to developing countries. The study identifies and outlines the current discourses related to femininity and determines which discourses are more prevalent in the material than others. The study also utili

I Europa har en debatt uppstått kring huruvida antidemokratiska partiers rätt till politiskt utrymme ska rättfärdigas eller inte. Argumenten från förespråkare på båda sidor hämtar sitt stöd från rådande mänskliga rättigheter, friheter och demokratiska värden. Problemet som uppstår i debatten är att parterna grundar sina argument i olika definitioner av demokratiska- och frihetliga värden, utan att