Salience approaches are a widely used theory when studying political behavior on how political party’s emphases certain policy issues more than other issues and therefore, defining certain topics as more important to the party than other policies. One of the most important documents studying policy salience is the election manifestos parties present to the voters, containing intentions and views o

Sweden may be on the verge on making a historical shift in defence policy. The current non-alignment doctrine is under threat after the Russian annexation of Crimea. The two leading parties, the Social Democrats and the Moderate Party, have different opinions whether or not Sweden should join forces with NATO. Therefore the purpose of this thesis is to examine both parties’ arguments in order to e

The “nya gymnasielagen” brought with it a risk that teacher’s marks and attendance rate reports can be a basis for whether or not newly arrived immigrant students can have a continued residence permit. Many teachers who have criticized the law have had worries for the power given to them concerning individual student’s possibilities to obtain residence permits. A striking feature in the debate is

This thesis is based on fifteen semi-structured interviews with key actors of the Syrian political opposition. It explores the major limitations that faced the Syrian National Council (SNC) and the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (NOC). Within the theoretical frameworks of political opportunity and fragmentation, this research identifies four major limitations whi

The aim of this essay is to explain which conditions may lay behind the emergence of the political consumer, focusing on globalization, individualism and the increase of consumerism as a result of the rise of global political issues such as climate change. Thereafter, the portrayal of this transition will be investigated in Swedish media by comparing debate articles considering environmental and c

I takt med globaliseringens framfart har internationella transaktioner ökat vilka också fört med sig korruption som ett växande problem. Genom fördjupade insikter i de förödande konsekvenser som korruption för med sig har det utvecklats en internationell konsensus om att det krävs samarbete på ett gränsöverskridande plan för att komma tillrätta med problematiken. Resultatet av samarbetet mellan båAs globalization progresses, the opportunity dynamics for cross-border transactions follow, which facilitates the growing challenge of corruption. Through in-depth insights on the destructive consequences of corruption an international consensus has been developed on the need for cooperation at a cross-border level, all with the purpose to address these consequences. The outcomes of cooperation be

The aim of this study was to examine the governance of the education for principals, and what type of manager for Swedish schools the content of the education represents. The different manager types is influenced by Lennart Lundquists theory of five managers for the public sector. In addition to the discourse analysis of the content in the education for principals, through its target document. I a

This Thesis aims at analysing the relationship between class and sex in relation to the Swedish parental leave and its discrepancies. Since 1974, Sweden has been a forerunner when it comes to having a generous parental leave system. Despite numerous reforms and many political debates since its establishment it is still to this day a hot topic. With this thesis the aim is to use a critical discours

Using Laclau’s and Mouffe’s discourse theory, this thesis examines how the discursive formation of ”immigrants” as a group has developed in the Swedish party leader debates of 2013 and 2017. During these years the number of immigrants had a record year and the conversation and politics on immigration changed drastically in Sweden. This thesis is used to find out if the discourse on the conversatio

In 2014 Sweden declared itself the first country in the world to launch a feminist foreign policy. It was four years ago and Sweden is now preparing for a new government, hence this thesis aims to evaluate what feminist foreign policy has meant for Sweden's 2014-2018 government. To answer the research question an evaluation of the government controlled agencies SIDA and the Armed forces togeth

Controversial Swedish arms deals come and go with some regularity. There is however legislation in place to prevent arms ending up in the hands of states known for human rights abuses, or engaged in illegitimate armed conflict. One such piece of legislation is the European Council’s Common Position on Arms Exports which aims to set ‘high common standards’ for the arms exports of EU member states.

This study aims to clarify the current state of the law regarding the prohibition of dismissal in the context of transfers of undertakings in Sweden and Germany. The prohibition of dismissal originates from Article 4.1 of the Transfer Directive (2001/23/EC) and is an integral part of the European Union’s employment protection framework, primarily aimed to protect employments by restricting dismiss

This thesis aims to answer if Dieselgate had effects on how three actors, the Swedish government, Volvo cars and medias view diesel fuel from an environmental perspective. A discourse analysis is made to effectively study these actors view on diesel and carbon emission in cars both before and after the scandal. Than compare the empirical findings to get a more general consensus about fuel in cars

Based on the extensive criticism surrounding the victimization of women in the women, peace and security agenda discourse, this essay seeks to analyze the discourse after the adaption of resolution 2122, a widely recognized step in the direction to focus more on women’s participation. The aim of the study is thus to analyze the discourse around women’s participation and agency on a global and nati

Abstrakt Statslösa personer som fallit utanför samhället hör i många avseende till världens mest utsatta människor, dessa individer ofta inte har tillgång till sociala rättigheter såsom utbildning, hälsovård eller rätten att arbeta. Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att undersöka den juridiska situationen som statslösa personer möter under sin asylprocess i Sverige. Statslösa personer hamnar i det j

In the spanish general elections in 2015 two new partys recieved 34,6 percent of the Spanish voters support. One of them was the left wing populist party Podemos that got over 20 percent. The key factor for this success on an individual level were the citizens dissatisfaction with the political crisis, the corruption and the economic crises. In this thesis I am analyze this factors between the dat

This thesis is a discourse theoretical analysis of the European Unions foreign- and security policy. I use a discourse theoretical method inspired by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe and use their concepts of nodal points, elements, moments and chains of equivalence. In my analysis I draw upon theories in relation to different kinds of power in international relations and especially in relation t

Triruthenium dodecacarbonyl was reacted with the non chiral ligand PSSP as well as chiral ferrocenyl diphosphines of the Josiphos (J008, J006 and J015) and Walphos (W009) families to give [Ru3(CO)10(µ-1,2-P-P)], (P-P = W009 1, J008 2, J006 3, J015 4 and PSSP 5. The X-ray structure of 3 shows that a Ru-Ru edge is bridged by a diphosphine ligand in an equatorial coordination mode. The corresponding

Can the Sweden Democrats (SDs) be accountable for their own success? If so, how can it be explained over time? This study sets out to measure the ideological appeal of the SDs and explain it via three stages of party development. Ideological appeal is conceptualised using saliency theory and explained via supply theory that centres on the behaviours of the SDs to win votes. To test behaviours, it

This bachelor thesis explores the potentially conflictual relationship between fundamental state values and political directives in a Swedish context. The analysis takes its starting point in a public letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Office of Administrative Affairs, in which 261 public officials question what to prioritize – instructions from the government or principles declared