This study charts the possibilities of recycled plastic and its use as an alternative building material for low-income housing in Colombia. The building materials in the study have been compared with respect to their physical properties, the cost and how they affect the indoor climate in each building. Colombia is a country that has been subjected to civil war for many years, which has contribute

The creative economy (CE) has recently been at the forefront of Indonesia’s development agenda. By harnessing human creativity and cultural resources, there is considerable potential for CE and the creative and cultural industries to contribute to economic growth and generate employment opportunities for the country’s expanding working-age population. However, the virtues of CE have largely been e

Since 2008, the European Union requires the candidate and neighbourhood countries to undertake reforms in the field of citizens’ rights, including protection of minorities in order to give their nationals access to the Schengen area for the short-term stays. However, within the visa liberalisation procedure, the European Union has demonstrated ambivalence in monitoring the implementation of these

In 2017, the course literature pertaining to a course on political science at Lund University was changed due to the university’s gender equality policy. This happened in opposition to the lecturer’s will which caused a debate. The paper uses this case to explore the relation between academic freedom and gender equality in a discursive context. The aim is to identify how the debaters understand ac

The landscape in global international economic relations has experienced major upheavals during the past decade. On the one hand, major economic powers abandon the principles of multilateralism and open trade, on the other, emerging players like China increasingly gain influence, firmly advancing their interests with extensive projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The EU, rightly se

Kazakhstan is a middle-income country which is going through the global phenomena of nutritional transition. One of the characteristics of the transition is increase in red meat consumption associated with growing incomes. Public Health diseases and environmental challenges caused by the transition are starting to take place in the country. Plant based diet is recognized and suggested as a sustain

The U.S. decision to partner with the Kurdish militia YPG to combat ISIS in Syria has caused its longstanding ally Turkey to align with Russia and Iran, and risks doing permanent damage to the NATO-alliance, ostensibly to the detriment of U.S. national interests. Taken at face value, this seems to contradict standard notions in neo-realist theory about state behavior. Given this seeming paradox, a

This thesis is an analysis of the reform in the judicial system in Albania done recently. This thesis will examine how much closer or distant is Albania to open negotiations with the EU to achieve integration. The reform in the justice system which is required by the EU as part of the political criteria that Albania has to fulfil in respect to the Copenhagen. Everything from the way the reform is

Stigma of pregnant and mothering adolescents is linked to socially constructed gender roles and sexual identities, ideals of motherhood, and stigma of adolescent sexual activity. As such, it constitutes an adolescent sexual and reproductive health issue. It is a contributing factor to several negative consequences related to adolescent pregnancy, such as advert health outcomes, lower educational a

Sverige är ett av världens ledande länder när det gäller export av krigsmateriel, och exporterar till såväl demokratier som icke-demokratier. Denna uppsats ämnar undersöka hur Sveriges export av krigsmateriel är förenlig med landets åtaganden för bevarandet och skyddandet av de mänskliga rättigheterna på den internationella arenan genom att studera exporten till Förenade Arabemiraten, Norge och US

“A kinder form of state” is what Arend Lijphart called democracies in which proportional electoral systems had been adopted, since these states gave priority to welfare, climate protection and foreign aid in greater extent compared to democracies that had adopted a majoritarian electoral system. In fact, some of the results from Lijpharts research about the effects of proportional electoral system

During the spring of 2019 a debate arised in Swedish politics regarding returning IS-fighters and if they should be allowed to retain their Swedish citizenship. With a normative analysis, the essay answers how the Swedish government ought to act from a normative standpoint. This is done from the viewpoint of social contract theory, where the possession of a citizenship is equated to being a part o

As immigration and integration have become more important to Swedes in recent years, rising to the third most important election question in the 2018 election, the question of national identity has also risen as a topic of interest in Sweden. A heated national debate on what constitutes a Swedish identity raged in 2015-16. No clear consensus has been reached, but many contemporary commentators has

This paper discusses primarily the schism between the European Commission and Berlin around the controversial pipeline Nord Stream II. The paper both analyses German and the European Union’s argument about Natural Gas in a somewhat general sense and in respect to Russia in particular. The paper also tries to bring clarity into why Europe is so indecisive when it comes to energy policies and argues

The following paper focuses on examining the possible relationship between the status of different member states as net contributors or net benefiters in the European union and the general feeling of influence amongst its citizens. Using panel data, this paper looks at the period between 2007 and 2017 to investigate if there is a correlation between the contributions made or benefits received and

This Bachelor thesis aims to analyze and clarify the situation of the irregular migrants in United Kingdom, whether it´s changing when applying UK:s own migrant legislation; The UK Immigration Act 2014, compared to EU:s migration policy and legislation. Based on Hannah Arendts theory on the irregular migrants loses their right to have rights, when migrating from their original country. These peopl

Although the history of violent extremism traces a long way back in time, it could be argued that it is an issue of greater importance in today’s society than it was a decade ago – at least in the Swedish context. In Sweden, violent extremism is used as a generic term, comprising three different extremist movements with different ideological motives. Over the recent years, the Swedish government h

This paper poses the question: Why did Sweden shift its stance on private money in politics in compliance with GRECO’s recommendations between 2009 and 2014, whereas Denmark did not? It aims to explain the change and non-change through analyzing the countries’ legislation, reports on the countries made by international organizations, and the debates which took place in the countries themselves. Th

The purpose of this qualitative case study is to contribute to increased understanding of men’s perception of abortion in a Mexican context characterized by strong abortion resistance and machismo norms. It also explores how SRHR organizations in Mexico are addressing the abortion resistance through tackling these norms and (dis)engaging men. The empirical material was gathered in Mexico City thro

In Tanzania, adolescent girls face a number of menstrual challenges that derive from material- and psychosocial deprivations that are being reinforced by menstrual stigmas. To explore how this problem can be addressed, this study had three interlinked areas of focus. Firstly, the study explored the individual and community perceptions of menstruation viewed from female adolescents’ perspectives an