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Cross-border regionalism has changed the preconditions for power. The traditional nation-state term of power has changed, and as new cross-border regions are created, so are new interests and actors. This essay is a comparative analysis of the organization and the actors in Haparanda-Tornio and Öresund, with the aim to answer the question: Who “owns” a cross-border region? To understand the how th
The principle aim of the Law on Support and Service for people with Certain Functional Impairments (LSS) is to guarantee full participation in society and freedom to choose one’s own path in life. These are ambitious goals; however, they lack both precision and reference to daily care work. Through 17 qualitative interviews with caregivers working in group homes for disabled, this thesis examines
The following essay studies how the migration politic, as a national area of politic, constructs and re-constructs the European and Swedish identity to legitimate the supranational politic within the EU. My study is accomplished through a discourse analysis combined by a social constructivism theory, specialized in identity construction and examines the identity construction in articles written by
In this thesis, a theory testing research of two comparative cases has been conducted. By applying the Rational Choice inspired theory by Adam Przeworski, upon the two cases of the negotiations revolving around the civil war in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the war between Serbia and Kosovo, it has been examined whether the theory can be used to explain the difference in outcome. The essence of the theor
The European Security Strategy (ESS) developed in 2003 and the National Security Strategy of the United States of America (NSS) was issued in 2002. In this thesis these two documents are compared and analyzed with reference to the securitization theory. The comparison focus on identified threats and how they aim to refute them. The choice of documents is partly based on, them being the first secu
The following thesis studies the underlying assumptions and interpretations of policy objectives – assumptions and approaches that characterize the policy process. The aim is to determine which expressions and concepts that are being used in order to make the political work understandable. By specifically studying how politicians from the city council and officials from the city office describe th
The Swedish armed forces have undergone a fundamental change during the last 10-15 years. During the late 80´s and early 90´s the Swedish territorial defense was the major priority for the armed forces. A new focus of the armed forces was needed after the Cold War when the threat changed. The reorganization of the Swedish armed forces from an invasion-defense to a focus of peacekeeping is describe
Studien tar sin början i hur e-demokratin – en demokrati byggd på informationstekniska verktyg – sägs vara död och försvunnen i Sveriges kommuner. Ända sedan denna digitala demokrati i mitten av nittiotalet anammades som den kommande räddningen för en förmodat krisande demokrati, har dess förespråkare kommit att eftersöka den med ljus och lykta. Studien frågar sig om e-demokratin verkligen försva
This is an investigation of the FIFA World Cup 2010 and effects on housing rights in Cape Town. South Africa has a harsh history of displacement of people and the government has, because of that, promised that no one will be displaced because of the sport event. The government is also promising a lot of opportunities for the population in the entire Africa. To investigate how mega-events affect ho
The Lisbon treaty entered into force on the 1st of December 2009 and this alters the way the European Union is governed. This thesis examines if some of the most important constitutional changes will enhance the democratic legitimacy of the European Union. The focus of my analysis is on the following aspects: that the use of qualified majority voting has expanded in the Council of Ministers; that
Syftet är att analysera och undersöka verkan hos tre faktorer inom demokratiseringsprocessen i Vitryssland. Uppsatsens tre förklaringsfaktorer är stat, civilsamhälle och president. Analysen av dessa förklaringsfaktorer behandlar tiden från självständighet 1991 fram till idag. Materialet i uppsatsen består av böcker främst hämtade från kursen democratization vid lunds universitet och vetenskapliga
The urban politics in Malmoe have shifted its focus from welfare to economic growth. New investments in the physical environment have been made to create a new image of the city and increase the economic growth. In this paper I will investigate the urban politics of city planning by making a case study of the former industrial area Norra Sorgenfri, which is now to be made into an integrated part o
In Sweden opinions are strongly divided on the issue of integration. In a study from 2007 four parallel discourses on integration in the Swedish debate were identified. They are labeled the liberal-, the social democratic-, the structural discrimination discourse and finally a discourse of assimilation. A fifth is discussed briefly – the critical humanist position. In this report I take a closer l
In this essay three factors, with importance for how proportionally centre and periphery in Swedish municipalities are represented in the local government, are studied. The factors are constituencies in the elections to the local government, the geographical extent of the municipalities and the relative importance of the main town or city in the municipality. By comparing how proportionally centre
This thesis investigates the ideal type analysis drafted from Rosa Luxemburg’s ideas in the case of the Gas War events in Bolivia. The ideal type has been created from the ideas of mass strike, the works of reform and revolution. The aim of the ideal is to show how close the Bolivian case comes to the ideas of Rosa Luxemburg. In the year 2003 the Gas War broke out in Bolivia in what was first con
Denna uppsats börjar med att anta en definition av global rättvisa baserad på John Rawls teori om rättvisa. Utifrån rättvisedefinitionen dras slutsatsen att världen inte är rättvis och därefter analyseras vad Thomas Nagel kallar för problemet för global rättvisa: avsaknaden av en global Leviathan. Önskvärdheten med en global Leviathan ifrågasätt och utifrån detta dras slutsatsen att en global geme
The migration policy of the European Union is debated. Countries inside and outside of the Union are affected by what is said and decided, and what is not. I decided to choose Portugal, a country with historic ties to colonialism, and investigate its relation to the Union and its policies. To be able to understand the power-relations and the tacit understandings that is imbedded in policy-making,
Uppsatsen diskuterar federalismen och de för- och nackdelar den kan innebära i ett område som är etniskt delat. Vi har valt att titta närmare på Tjetjenien och hur Rysslands federala politik har haft en inverkan på konflikten där. Uppsatsens centrala moment är federalismens möjliga konfliktlösande effekter och den decentralisering och centraliserings politik som Ryssland fört. Vi kommer sedan att
This thesis covers the concept of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) out of the perspective of international law. Buy looking into the fundament of sovereignty and humanitarian intervention the aim of the thesis is to answer the following questions: • How does the implementation of R2P affect sovereignty? • From the perspective of international law, is R2P considered to be legitimate? The study conc
Varför sker det inte en fullständig demokratisering i fallet Malaysia? Samuel Huntington skrev i sin klassiska bok The Third Wave om att de då auktoritära staterna skulle gå igenom en kollektiv förändring och bli liberala demokratier. Denna tes visade sig vara felaktig. Det visade sig istället att demokratiseringsprocessen inte är en rak process och att många stater stannar halvvägs och blir så ka
