The aim of this study is to identify which types of international pressures can be found in Georgia’s democratization process and to understand how international pressures and external factors promote democratization of Georgia, using a theory-testing process tracing method. An analytical framework consisting of four types international pressures; contagion, control, consent, and conditionality is

Through an idea analysis that utilizes an ideal type of populism, this study seeks to find out how the use of populist ideas has changed over time in conference speeches by four consecutive Labour Party leaders between the years 1998 and 2018. The method for this idea analysis is based on Göran Bergström’s and Per-Anders Svärd’s theories on an ideal type-based idea analysis. The theoretical framew

The purpose of this essay is to show how the Vinnova financed pilot project Internet of Things (IoT) can be regarded as an expression of the marketing of places as a management of control measure. The so-called Place marketing is a theory referring to the development of brands and identities in geographic regions as an instrument for political orientation as well as a transitional process. The stu

The debate about Daddy Months in the Swedish parental insurance as a method to increase gender equality is lively. Advocates for Daddy Months mean that making a part of the parental insurance only available to father’s, increases gender equality while opponents mean that they restrict individual autonomy. The biggest debate in today’s political philosophy is supposedly between communitarians and

This paper is a qualitative case study on the interaction between the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea). The study examines the difficulties states face when bargaining, and draws conclusions based on theories of how the structural setting affects strategic choices when states seek security on the international arena. The paper examines si

En återkommande fråga i svensk skadeståndsrätt har varit vilket ansvar föräldrar ska tillskrivas då deras barn vållar skada. Genom en lagreform år 2010 infördes ett principalansvar, med innebörden att en förälder som har vårdnaden om ett barn ska ersätta skada som barnet orsakar genom brott. Anknytningen till brottslighet hänger samman med lagstiftningens syfte. Den bakomliggande tanken var att prA frequent question in Swedish tort law has been what liability parents should have when their children cause damage. Through an amendment of law in 2010 a vicarious liability was introduced. A parent who has the custody of a child shall compensate damage caused by the child through crime. The connection to crime is related to the aim of the legislation. The underlying thought was that the vicario

The fight against malaria in Kenya is tightly connected to gender inequalities. The traditional gender roles in some households create exposure patterns that affect the most vulnerable groups: pregnant women and children. Current political strategies to prevent malaria in pregnancy rely on community health volunteers (CHVs), who fulfil a crucial role as implementers of malaria policies on communit

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has a big impact on the national agricultural sector in the EU member states, but the policy can be contentious due to the economic, social and environmental challenges it faces. This essay is testing the hypothesis that these three divisions creates three frameworks under which a divergence in the environmental values can be perceived and comprehended. The cho

The relation between the descriptive and substantive representation has since its beginning been thought to be of the correlated kind, that having the former would also implicate having the latter - at least to some extent. What research has shown us is that the nature of the relation is not as straightforward as we once thought. Former studies on the subject has come to contrarious conclusions, p

Every year children are born with variations of sex characteristics that do not fit in the typical definitions for female or male bodies. Because of sex assignment procedures, intersex children are investigated, diagnosed and in many cases “treated” with surgical and hormonal interventions, sometimes irreversible and given without the individual’s consent. These procedures pinpoints the ambivalent

Frågan om vad som utgör barnets bästa är ständigt föremål för diskussion. Den här uppsatsen tar sikte på att förklara kontinuitetsprincipen i teori respektive praktik. Praktik i denna uppsats mening avser hur tingsrätter runt om i landet har tillämpat principen i vårdnadstvister. Uppsatsens första del ger den grundläggande rättsliga förståelsen för begrepp som vårdnad, kontinuitetsprincipen och baThe child’s best interest is always a topic of discussion. In Swedish family law, the principle of continuity is an aspect to be considered in the determination of the child’s best interest. This thesis aims at explaining the principle of continuity in theory and in practice. Practice in this thesis refers to how district courts in Sweden have been applying the principle of continuity in custody d

The southernmost Swedish region of Scania, the Danish capital region and the Danish region of Zealand are combined into the metropolitan region of Greater Copenhagen, sometimes referred to as the Öresund region. The regional integration is following the global trend of projectification, which means that the integration is increasingly done in project form. By studying the EU cohesion programme in

The European Union initiated the Permanent Structural Cooperation (PESCO) in december 2017, which is a security and defence strategy based on the Treaty on European Union, in which 25 of the 28 union member-states participate in. It is a step towards deeper European integration for the EU-countries, which aims to bring together the national armed forces as a united power. The president of the Euro

The modern western politics of environment and climate change presents the critical analysist with a number of intresting contradictions between economic, social and ecological agendas. In this study the Swedish government’s policy for sustainable consumption has been analyzed through the lens of governmentality and critical environmental theory. The study has found that consumption is primarily u

The purpose of this essay is to examine the ideas that are prominent in the Swedish disability policy regarding the stated goal of equal participation in society for all. In order to achieve this, I have chosen to focus on two documents, they are SOU 1982:46 Handlingsprogram i handikappfrågor and Prop. 2016/17:188 Nationellt mål och inriktning för funktionshinderspolitiken. I have examined these t

This study will aim to test two different theories on the subject of interest groups and their political work, against a case of a large Swedish interest group. The aim is to see if these two theories are applicable on this case, and if so, they can help to better understand the subject of interest groups and political influence. The first theory of the study is a bit more evolved and gives room f

This is a paper about the Science Based Targets Initiative and how the initiative creates and maintain it’s legitimacy and authority. The initiative was creates as a result of the Paris Agreement. Science Based Targets is an example of climate change governance and how companies works throw private regulations. To answer my question ”How does the Science Based Targets Initiative creates and mainta

Climate-induced migration has received an increased amount of attention as an area of research. Earlier studies identify ideal typical discourses of climate-induced migration, in which climates migrants have been positioned as a ‘threat’, as ‘passive victims’ and most recently as ‘adaptable agent’. Drawing on poststructural discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe and postcolonial theory this essay h

Den 3 juli 2016 trädde Europaparlamentets och rådets förordning (EU) nr 596/2015 av den 16 april 2014 om marknadsmissbruk, marknadsmissbruksförordningen (MAR), i kraft. MAR har mötts av en del kritik i form av att den påståtts vara svårtolkad och medför omfattande administrativa krav för emittenter vars värdepapper är upptagna till handel för allmänheten. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda deOn 3 July 2016, Regulation (EU) No 596/2015 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse, market abuse regulation (MAR), entered into force. MAR has been criticized due to its allegedly vague provisions and for straining issuers with extensive administration in order for them to comply with the regulation. This essay aims to investigate the definition of inside

I början av 1800-talet fanns det ingen lagstadgad rätt för mannen att bruka mildare fysiskt våld mot sin hustru, men inte heller något förbud. Det hade fram till 1734 års lag varit tillåtet, så länge hon inte fick synliga skador. Våld i nära relation är ett nutida begrepp och inte något som diskuterades eller användes på 1800-talet. Begreppet har använts i uppsatsen i syfte att studera vilka handlIn the early 19th century, there was no statutory right for a man to use milder physical violence against his wife, but no prohibition. It had been allowed until the 1734 law, as long as she did not receive visible injuries. Violence in close relationship is a contemporary concept and not something that was discussed or used in the 19th century. The term has been used in the paper in order to stud