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This thesis proves that the political culture of Iraq has possessed a major obstacle for the country to consolidate the new democratic regime, established after the overthrowing of the authoritarian Baath-regime in 2003. More specifically, it tries the theories of recognized scholar Larry Diamond, strengthening his interpretation that the presence of liberal norms and values among the people is ce
Deliberate and systematic destruction of cultural, historical and religious sites was an integral part of the ethnic cleansing policy used by the Serbian separatist forces in Bosnia and Hercegovina during the war between 1992 and 1995. In this essay I discuss deliberate and systematic destruction as a way of “killing memory” in a process of creating new Serbian national identity. In a society such
En kortlek med 67 situationskort för universell utformning för lärande (UDL) utvecklades vid fyra internationella lärarworkshops för att hjälpa lärare att förstå och förbättra inkluderande undervisning, dvs. att vara proaktiva och förberedda på en mångfald av studenter. De utskrivna korten har hämtats eller beställts av cirka 150 personer. Denna artikel presenterar resultaten av en enkät som skick
This report is an external evaluation of the scientific basis of the Norwegian assessment system for ecological condition (Fagsystem for økologisk tilstand), commissioned by the Ministry of Climate and Environment (KLD). Two assessment methods are currently used for various terrestrial and marine ecosystems: the Panel-Based Assessment of Ecological Condition (PAEC) and the Index-Based Ecological CThis reportis an external evaluation of the scientific basis of the Norwegian assessment system for ecological condition, commissioned by the Ministry of Climate and Environment. Two assessment methods are currently used for various terrestsrial and marine ecosystem: the Panel-Based Assessment of Ecological Condition (PAEC) and the Index-Based Ecological Condition Assessment (IBECA). The purpose o
While foreign direct investments (FDI) are promoted as a vehicle for economic development their environmental consequences are less established. This study tests the hypotheses that 1) FDI led to environmental degradation in form of increased greenhouse gas emissions during Sub-Saharan Africa´s recent growth spurt but that 2) this impact was felt to a lesser extent in countries with a higher quali
This study discusses the image of Sweden and Swedish society in Swedish-language instructional material used in the Swedish-language course for immigrants (S.F.I.). As such, the main source material for this study has been different textbooks used as instructional material in the S.F.I. course from 1967-2005. Theoretically, this study takes its inspiration from the branch of discourse analysis kno
This paper presents a selection of epigraphic documents dispersed over three quarry faces (C11–C13) in the Main Quarry (Q34) at Gebel el-Silsila’s east bank, dating from the reign of the Emperor Augustus. The aim is to describe and decipher the various marks and depictions, and to translate the Demotic and Greek texts, in order to determine for what structure the stone from the quarry was intendedThis paper presents a selection of epigraphic documents dispersed over three quarry faces (C11–C13) in the Main Quarry (Q34) at Gebel el-Silsila’s east bank, dating from the reign of the Emperor Augustus. The aim is to describe and decipher the various marks and depictions, and to translate the Demotic and Greek texts, in order to determine for what structure the stone from the quarry was intended
African cooperatives are in the process to adapt to a liberalised economy where they are expected to function as independent business entities. So is also the case in Uganda where the competition on the free market puts pressure on cooperative performance. This thesis asks the question why some cooperatives fail in this context while others succeed and tries to find the answer in the organisationa
Master project made at Lund Institute of Technology Department of Design Sciences, division of Industrial Design in cooperation with Basecamp Explorer. Basecamp Explorer wanted me to be involved in the development of the interior of the guest tents in their camp in Masai Mara, Kenya and the Pyrenees, France. Basecamp Explorer runs ecological tourism destinations on a handful of places in the world
