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This thesis is structured around one central question: This study will determine the extent to which political change in the discourse topics of European Political Groups (EPGs) can be traced in European election manifestos through the use of Structural Topic Modeling (STM). This thesis asserts that there is a significant gap in our understanding of how to assess Euromanifestos and of the macrostr

Denna uppsats granskar kritiskt det svenska straffsystemet utifrån teorin responsibility without blame (RWB). Syftet är att bidra till ett humant och försoningsinriktat straffsystem. Utgångspunkten i teorin RWB är att hålla människor ansvariga för brott utan klander som är fördömande och stigmatiserande, så kallat affektivt klander, vilket ofta motverkar rehabilitering, återanpassning och minskad This paper critically examines the Swedish criminal justice system based on the theory responsibility without blame (RWB). The aim is to contribute to a humane and reconciliation-oriented criminal justice system. RWB holds that individuals should be held responsible for criminal wrongdoing without blame that is condemning and stigmatising, so-called affective blame, which often undermines rehabili

The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore how the Swedish community support organizations BUFFF and Solrosen support children and youths with incarcerated parents with a focus on how they address stigma, provide safe spaces, and help prevent intergenerational criminality. Through semi-structured interviews with professionals from both organizations, this thesis examines how these childre

While international research is increasingly concerned about the role of socio-economic status in special education, Greek scholars have focused on the psychological and behavioural aspects and their connection to academic attainment, overlooking the impact of socio-economic status. Even though the Greek legal framework advocates for inclusive education, there is a significant gap between policies

Since the rise of radical geography in the early 1970s, political economy has been crucial in examining the spatial dynamics of capital in economic geography. Marxist and non-Marxist (particularly institutionalist) economic geographers use political economy to challenge non-political economy approaches that ignore the relationship between microeconomic processes and their spatial manifestations an

Abstract in French:À travers une approche philologique, cet article tire de l’oubli un duc français qui s’est réfugié en Suède après la Révolution française et qui contribue de manière inattendue et méconnue à l’histoire transnationale entre la France et la Suède. Proche d’Axel de Fersen et introduit dans le cercle amical de la reine Charlotte, le duc de Pienne était en Suède lors du meurtre de FeThrough the use of philology, this article recovers the figure of a French duke who took refuge in Sweden after the French Revolution and who contributes in an unexpected and little-known way to the transnational history between France and Sweden. Close to Axel von Fersen and introduced into Queen Charlotte’s circle of friends, the duc de Pienne was in Sweden at the time of Fersen’s murder, and su

The Swedish book business began as a poorly developed market with serious economic, social, and infrastructural issues, but transformed over the course of two centuries into a well-functioning, albeit small, market with strong international ties. The 19th-century book market was hampered by poor infrastructure and underdeveloped publishing and book sales. Technological innovations in printing tech

This paper examines the role of the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Uganda in the process of developing a Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) within the health sector. Power dynamics are integral to any understanding of development assistance, and SWAps bring with them new opportunities for the deployment of influence. The SWAp process has changed the interaction between the donors and the Government, and the

Background. Describing the illness-story from a patient perspective could increase understanding of living with a chronic disease for health professionals and others, facilitate decision-making about treatment and enhance information about the outcome from a patient perspective. Aim. To illuminate patients' illness experiences of having a gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), going through sur

In education programs with an artistic ground, i.e. where the student is supposed to develop an artistic skill, the overall objective is to provide the fundament for a practitioner to become a well functioning individual in a specific artistic community. This artistic community of practice plays – directly through professionally active teachers, and indirectly through teachers with a good understa

There was a widespread euphoria in the 1990s in Uzbekistan and other post-Soviet societies at the prospect that introducing Western-style public administration (PA) institutions and traditions would play a pivotal role in promoting the rule of law and democratisation. Like other newly independent post-Soviet states, Uzbekistan has become a “laboratory” for testing various global (Western) PA model

The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the heritagisation of Swedish sports, which is examined through studies of five Swedish sports museums of today. Additionally, the disseration explores the heritagisation of Swedish sports in a wider historical perspective, mainly focusing on the years between 1900 and 2000.There are plenty of sports museums in Sweden today, most of them run by amateu

Entrepreneurial initiatives aiming to transform organizations from the bottom up are often complicit with the power structures they seek to change, reproducing the old while trying to cultivate the new. To unleash the transformative potential of these initiatives, it is crucial to better understand how workers can productively reckon with complicity and how this reckoning drives the entrepreneuria

With the rapid process of urbanization, water conflicts between different water use industries and areas are increasing. Therefore, China has implemented the three-cordons system of water resources management since 2012, when how to make more reasonable regulation of water resources became an urgent problem in most areas of China. In this study, taking the Yuanhe River Basin as an example, an inte

This case explores the interplay between commerce and colonial expansion through the lens of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the 17th century. Tasked with securing profit while navigating geopolitical rivalries, the VOC’s decision-makers faced dilemmas that blurred the lines between trade and conquest. This case places students in the role of the Heeren XVII, the governing board of the VOC,

Syftet med denna uppsats är belysa hur utrikesfödda kvinnors etableringsprocess ser ut på den svenska arbetsmarknaden, med särskilt fokus på hur integration, inkludering och hur stereotypa föreställningar påverkar deras möjligheter att etablera sig på den svenska arbetsmarknaden. Studien avgränsas till kvinnor födda utanför Europa. Genom ett intersektionellt teoretiskt ramverk, med fokus på kön, eA qualitative study on foreign-born women's experiences on the establishment process in the Swedish labor market The purpose of this essay is to shed light on the establishment process of foreign-born women in the Swedish labor market, with a particular focus on how integration, inclusion and how stereotypical beliefs affect their opportunities to establish themselves in the Swedish labor mark

Abstract in Chinese:摘要在中国食品生产与消费趋势呈现多重矛盾的背景下, 考察推广特定饮食方式 (如植物性饮食) 的个体与群体, 有助于深化对民间社会在可持续转型中所扮演角色的理解。本文采用结合数字食物研究与实地民族志的研究方法, 聚焦当代中国的“饮食公众” (dietary publics) 及其话语实践与动员机制的交织互动, 并从教育, 文化, 探索与创新四个倡议维度展开分析。研究发现, 不同类型的行动者正在以“植物领先运动” (Plant-forward Movement) 的框架下形成多元联盟。该运动虽以全植物性饮食为核心, 同时也涵盖蛋奶素与弹性素食等实践形态。这些行动者在中国的“绿色公共领域” (Green Public Sphere) 中占据独特位置, 展现出推动社会向更绿色饮食与生活方式转型的潜在动能与意义。A growing body of research has examined the rise of civil society efforts to green China’s food system, and this article contributes to such discussions by examining the case of plant-based food and lifestyle advocacy. Amid emerging paradoxes in China’s food production and consumption trends, examining individuals and groups who promote distinct diets such as veganism offers new insights into civi