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WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH INTEGRATION? - A policy analysis of Swedish policy proposals
The aim of this thesis is to study how the idea of integration has been formulated in Swedish policy proposals over time and what similarities and differences can be found in policy proposals spanning over more than a ... -
GEMENSAM SYN PÅ JÄMSTÄLLD IDROTT? - En kvalitativ fallstudie om EU:s och Sveriges jämställdhetsmål i relation till idrotten
Sport is a large and significant sector in society, both in Sweden and at EU level. This study is an in-depth analysis of how sport organized within the Swedish Sports Confederation (Riksidrottsförbundet; RF) develops its ... -
VIKTEN AV ATT IDENTIFIERAS SOM OFFER - Sveriges och Litauens hantering av offer för sexuell exploatering och människohandel
Trafficking of humans has become one of the greatest challenges of our modern age, with crossborder organized crime being one of the five most serious threats to EU Member States. Despite the development of common goals ... -
JÄMSTÄLLDHET I EUROPEISKA UNIONEN - En studie om EU:s jämställdhetspolitik med direktivet ”balans mellan arbete och privatliv” som belysande exempel
The labor market is the central legislative area for European Union (EU) gender equality policy but is a policy area where economic priorities dominate. It is considered an area where gender equality goals may conflict ... -
KOMMUNIKATION, PANDEMI OCH FÖRTROENDE En studie av äldres myndighetsförtroende under covid-19
En grundläggande förutsättning för den svenska coronastrategin har varit medborgarnas höga institutionella förtroende. Högt förtroende har inneburit att svenska medborgare sluppit tvingande åtgärder, och att myndigheterna ... -
Vad beror gapet mellan laddinfrastruktur och laddbilar i Sverige på? En kvantitativ studie om utbredningen av laddinfrastruktur i svenska kommuner
För att kunna nå klimatmålen i parisavtalet behöver transportsektorn elektrifieras och laddinfrastruktur byggas ut. EU rekommenderar att det ska finnas mellan 10 till 16 laddbilar per laddstolpe för optimal laddningskapacitet ... -
DET SAMISKA EU-FÖRTROENDET - EN ANOMALI - En jämförande studie av individuella förklaringsfaktorer till samiskt EU-förtroende
The need for political trust is well established within the scientific community; it is a prerequisite for a well-functioning democratic society. The same applies to the European Union – for the union to continue its work ... -
NORTH TO SOUTH DIVISION IN NATIONAL STRATEGIES TO COMBAT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN EUROPE - A comparative study between Sweden and Spain
As the emerging trend of antimicrobial resistance, such as from an overuse of antibiotics, increases around the world, more research is needed to combat the issue. International and European actions are present, such as a ... -
NORTH TO SOUTH DIVISION IN NATIONAL STRATEGIES TO COMBAT ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN EUROPE - A comparative study between Sweden and Spain
As the emerging trend of antimicrobial resistance, such as from an overuse of antibiotics, increases around the world, more research is needed to combat the issue. International and European actions are present, such as a ... -
Name changers’ experience in the Swedish labor market
Ethnicity, race, name, and several other factors can determine whether an individual enter the labor market or not. Ethnic minorities and immigrants are discriminated in employment process and therefore immigrants in some ... -
Närvaron av kvinnor – En förutsättning för hållbar utveckling?
Since 2018, women representation on Swedish corporate boards has been stagnant at 34 percent and it can be noted that many countries in Europe including the other Nordic countries have surpassed Sweden, who was once in the ... -
HOW DOES DEMOCRACY REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION? An empirical assessment of the information mechanism
Several studies have found that countries with higher levels of democracy have better outcomes in reducing environmental degradation, at least under some circumstances. However, there is little empirical research on the ... -
THE EFFECT OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ON POVERTY: The role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
This study investigates how access and usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) could affect the relationship between the size of the informal economy and poverty in developing countries. This topic has ... -
Presidentialism och demokrati: Valsystemets effekt. En statistisk analys av valsystemets påverkan på sambandet mellan presidentialism och demokrati
Several studies suggest a negative correlation between presidentialism and democracy, that is, presidentialism generates lesser democratic states than parliamentarism does. According to this theory, presidentialism has ... -
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION - A qualitative study with focus on juvenile delinquency in the European city Malmö
The aim of this qualitative research is to investigate the shifts in juvenile delinquency in the southern Swedish city called Malmö. My two research questions are; 1) From the perspective of serving employees at the Police ... -
INGET GRÖNT FOLKHEM UTAN EU - En kvalitativ textanalys av Socialdemokraternas miljöpolitik
The purpose of this study is to contribute with a deeper understanding of the connection between European integration and the environmental policy of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, through a qualitative text analysis. ... -
DEN SJUKE OCH EUROPA - En analys av metaforen Europas sjuke man
The sick man of Europe is a metaphor describing a European country experiencing a time of economic difficulty or impoverishment. This interpretation is not in accordance with how the metaphor is used today which the aim ... -
The Good Enough Teacher - Lärares tolkningar av det kompensatoriska uppdraget i relation till likvärdighetsuppdraget
(2022-02-15)“Good enough teacher” is a comment made by a respondent in one of the interviews for this study. The teacher refers to the strategic workflow he or she developed regarding compensation and equality. The comment captured ... -
GENDERS IN EUROPE: A qualitative study on the construction of gender-neutral language - Sweden as an example
(2022-02-15)The visibility of individuals who advocate for and identify with genders outside the genderbinary has risen during recent years, but these individuals still face discrimination in many ways. With regard to this the ... -
THE GOVERNMENTAL DISCOURSE TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS IN SWEDEN. A critical discourse analysis of the changing discourse between the years 1935 and 2007
(2022-02-11)This Master’s Thesis aims to examine how the governmental discourse of the attitudes toward homosexuals has changed in Sweden since 1935 up until modern day. To do this, selected quotes for deeper analysis based on a ...