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Title: Training Organisational Soldiers: Leadership and Control in Trainee Programs Authors: Anna Piela and Annika Theiss Supervisor: Jens Rennstam Submission Date: May 22, 2015 Purpose: The purpose of our research is to provide a more critical perspective on leadership and leadership development within the context of trainee programs. Therefore we aim to understand how leadership is constructed i
The low levels of workforce participation achieved by Sweden’s immigrants is an issue that has challenged policymakers for over 35 years. Recently, the significance of this issue in the minds of Swedish voters has been made clear, as Sweden elected the first far-right anti-immigration party into parliament in almost 20 years. In late 2010, in an effort to combat the ongoing issue, the government i
Rätten till familjeåterförening stadgas i såväl EU:s Familjeåterföreningsdirektiv som i den svenska utlänningslagen. Principen om familjens enhet, allas likhet inför lagen och barnets bästa är principer av stor vikt inom både internationell, europeisk och svensk rätt. Trots principer som att familjen ska hållas samman och att det ska göras vad som är möjligt för att återförena splittrade familjer,The right to family reunification is regulated in both the Family Reunification Directive of the European Union and in the Swedish Aliens Act. The principles of the family as a unit, all individuals equality towards the law and the child’s best interests, are principles of high importance in International, European and Swedish law. There are obstacles in the Swedish law preventing many families fr
Stadsutvecklingen i Storstockholm är avgörande för att staden ska kunna tillgodose alla människors behov såväl nu som på lång sikt. En viktig hållpunkt för att klara av en snabb och fungerande stadsutveckling är begreppet hållbar utveckling, som omfattas av ekologisk, social samt ekonomisk hållbarhet. Inom Svensk stadsbyggnad har hållbarhetsdebatten på senare tid gjort utrymme för ökat fokus på soSustainable development, based on the three dimensions; ecological, economic and social development, is an important concept towards a dedicated and effective development of urban areas. The urban sustainability debate within Sweden have given social problems a wider focus in recent times. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate how the ideas of social sustainability in a newly completed urban area
Context/Purpose/Material: Sweden, portrayed as a humanitarian superpower, has been widely criticised for the export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia, a state on the other side of the spectrum, as a human rights-violating authoritarian regime. Sweden is still continuing the export to Saudi Arabia, despite Saudi Arabia’s human rights violations both within and outside the country. The purpose o
The purpose of this thesis was to explore how a newly founded Youth Platform in Colombia, called La Mesa de Juventud, could affect the youth community in promoting and capacitating organizational skills, youth citizenship rights and youth influence in public policy making. The study emanates from the region of northern Cauca situated in the South Western part of Colombia which is an area where you
The aim of this thesis is to map and explore how Swedish film archives work with archival intermediation and archival access activities, wherein the contemporary and transitional nature of film and film archives – from analogue to digital milieus – is considered. The intention is to deepen the knowledge concerning how these processes affect film archives as institutions of memory and film heritage
Aim: The aim of this thesis is to get a deeper understanding of cultural integration in the pre-stage of a merger process and by doing so also contribute to an understanding of merger outcomes. Research Question: How is cultural integration managed in the pre-merger stage and how is this perceived by employees? Methodology: Through an interpretative epistemological approach we developed a quali
This thesis discusses "social work" as part of missionary work during Hans Egede´s mission in Greenland (1721-1736) and the starting period of the Norwegian Saami mission (1888-1900). The discussion is focused by connecting it to Habermas´s discussion of "The structural transformation of the public" (1989). The discussion includes an analysis of the complexity of contemporary ideas. Missionary wor
Den skotska regeringen har åtagit sig att genomföra en rättvis omställning till en klimatneutral ekonomi till år 2045. En viktig del av klimatarbetet inkluderar restaurering av natur, för att minska utsläpp av växthusgaser och öka upptag i koldioxidsänkor. Regeringen driver för ökade privata investeringar i restaurering av natur, genom bland annat generering av kolkrediter. Denna studie syftar tilThe Scottish Government has committed to achieving a just transition to a net-zero economy by 2045. As part of its decarbonisation strategy, it has promoted private investment in nature-based solutions through the development of carbon credit schemes. This thesis examines the extent to which carbon credit schemes in Scotland – specifically the Peatland Code and the Woodland Carbon Code – support a
Many of the border regions along the Norway-Sweden border are thinly populated, rural areas, which means that the societal response to accidents, emergencies, and disasters in these regions will often have to rely on external assistance. And often the closest assistance can often be found in the municipality across the border. However, aligning the emergency management of two different countries w
Resilience has become a recent buzzword among urban planners who intent to increase a city’s capaci- ty to function despite disasters. Yet, scholars have raised concerns about the impact of resilience strat- egies on marginalized groups which are unproportionally exposed to and affected by environmental harm. Power relations inherently influence environmental governance and its outcomes for equity
As climate change continues to threaten us more and more, different ways of governing climate change are considered. Multi-level governance approach is widely used in the literature to examine how global, national, and local actor interacts and influence each other. In this thesis I analyse how multi-level governance of climate change work in the case of Istanbul by adopting a powerbased approach.
In 2017, an inclusive outdoor area was initiated in Nordvest, Copenhagen, in order to break down the barriers between homeless migrants and residents of the local neighborhood. The presence of homeless migrants on the streets of Copenhagen has spurred much debate and resulted in increasing uneasiness among the domiciled population. This has led to an increase in the criminalization of the behavior
Over the course of the last few years climate change has been increasingly framed in terms of security, frequently featuring in discussions and publications of various security actors and institutions. This development generated a vigorous debate within academia as to whether a securitization of climate change in global politics has occurred. By drawing upon Copenhagen School’s Securitization Theo
Denna uppsats undersöker hur mödrar som arbetstagare, omsorg och jämställdhet konstrueras i EU:s politik för balans mellan arbete och privatliv. Syftet är att bidra till en djupare förståelse för hur institutionella visioner om jämställdhet formas och vad de inkluderar respektive utesluter. Analysen fokuserar på två centrala policydokument: Arbetslivsbalansdirektiv från 2019 och Kommissionens init
Denna studie undersöker skador vid farthinder med syfte att identifiera de bakomliggande orsakerna samt föreslå lämpliga åtgärder för att minska skador. Studien fokuserar på farthinder i Lund och Malmö. Genom att kombinera okulär inventering av skador med bakgrundsdata från kommunerna och multipel regressionsanalys har en mängd data samlats in och analyserats för att hitta samband mellan skador, tThis thesis investigates damage to speed humps with the aim of identifying the underlying causes and proposing appropriate measures to reduce the occurrence of damage. The study focuses on speed humps in Lund and Malmö. By combining visual inspection of damage with background data from municipalities and multiple regression analysis, a large amount of data was collected and analyzed to find correl
