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As the economic globalization has intensified worldwide and Sweden has become a member of the European Union we have in a short time experienced a dramatic change with the influx of migrant workers, also in the Swedish labour market. The increase of migrant labour against a background of free mobility in the EU has raised a number of new issues and problems. Above all questions of how migrant work
Denna uppsats ställer frågan hur israelisk film tar upp och bearbetar rättfärdigandeproblematik från det första Libanonkriget 1982. Det centrala för analysen är att undersöka hur rättfärdigandediskursen tar sig uttryck i filmens värld, något som ofta förbises i analyser av detta slag trots filmers ibland enorma genomslag. Filmerna Beaufort (2007), Waltz with Bashir (2008) och Lebanon (2009) analys
Denna uppsats är en kvalitativ fallstudie av den fredsbyggande processen i Namibia. Syftet är att studera möjliga faktorer för processens framgång samt hur de hörhåller sig till Roland Paris teori om Institutionalization Before Liberalization, som är vår teoretiska utgångspunkt. Vår hypotes är att Namibia utgör ett undantagsfall från teorin då operationen, internationellt sett, anses vara framgång
“Men are not the deliberate oppressors of women, but can also be disempowered by current social arrangements”. The role of the Secretary-General of the United Nations is among the most powerful in the world. Since 1945 and the establishment of the UN that position has never been held by a woman. Through gender mainstreaming the UN aims at reaching the goal of gender equality. This essay evaluate
The aim of this thesis is to examine whether the asylum- and migration policy in EU is securitized or not, focusing on illegal immigration and the legal immigration of asylum seekers and refugees. My aim is also to scrutinize if and how a conceivable dilemma between migration, asylum and human rights is appearing in the studying policy documents and in the thesis’ case study. The method chosen for
This study is about the multinational oil company Trafigura who has offices in 67 countries. Trasfigua put dangerous waste in coast outside Ivoara 2006. It was dangerous because the effects caused dead to a lot of people. One of the main questions of my study is however the company has any responsibility for the things they dump in coast outside of Ivory in the perspective of the actors. The other
This paper focuses on the AVR (Assisted Voluntary Return) program in Sweden. It will question the voluntariness of the return, as it is a prerequisite to receive the help which is provided though the AVR program. Furthermore, the intention with the program will be identified and the design of the program will be analyzed. I will use Khalid Kosers theory about a successful AVR program and apply it
Organisationskultur har under senare decennierna blivit ett välkänt och välstuderat fenomen. IKEA är ett företag som har expanderat i snabb takt och företaget bör räknas som synnerligen framgångsrikt. Att som en multinationell koncern välja att behålla kärnverksamheten i en liten by som Älmhult är tämligen unikt, och gör studieobjektet än mer intressant. Av intresse i denna studie är framför allt
The purpose of this paper is to determine how Israeli children are recruited as soldiers or to serve with similar duties with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF). The paper will also address the complications that occur when children are being recruited/prepared for the IDF in early childhood in relation to the CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Children). Israeli children are from their earliest s
Development has become a matter of security, and therefore development has a new strong role in the liberal peace-building, though not all theoretics agree to this hegemony. Social capital has become a global term when discussing development, and though the concept derived from a Western civil society, social capital cannot be ignored as a deeply rooted concept describing social structures of trus
The purpose of this essay is to examine how responsibility to protect is portrayed in NGO reports. In Burma, which is ruled by a military junta since 1962, the violation of fundamental human rights is prominent. In 2008 Cyclone Nargis struck Burma which destroyed several towns and villages and led to the death of hundreds of thousands Burmese people. The regime failed to take action to help its ow
Med avstamp i ett postmodernt och sociokulturellt perspektiv riktar denna uppsats in sig på ett nytt kulturellt fenomen, hipsterkulturen. Genom kvalitativ metod har intervjuer utförts med personer som direkt eller indirekt har samröre med hipsterkulturen, både som deltagare och belackare av densamma. Syftet har i första hand varit hur man kan förstå detta kulturella fenomen som en ny form av subku
The objective of this essay is to scrutinise proposition 2005/06:46 regarding the reception and housing of unaccompanied minors. By using the course of events in Vellinge municipality as a confirming component, the problematic distribution of responsibility between the Swedish state and its municipalities will be highlighted. The principle of prioritising the best interest of the child characteris
The sex tourism in Thailand is a widespread phenomenon where men around the globe have the privileged of visiting and taking part of an industry set up for an inter-national market. The purpose of this paper was to clarify how the sex tourism in Thailand can be seen from a postcolonial perspective, where countries with an unequal power configuration can result in an exploitation of what we call th
After 9/11 then U.S president George W Bush declared ”the war against terrorism”. He stated that al-Qaeda and Taliban prisoners were “unlawful combatants”. The significance of this term placed all persons considered as “unlawful combatants” outside the scope and protection of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), which is the law that applies in armed conflicts. This thesis is a comparison between
The purpose of this essay is to examine if the ethics of journalism have been transformed during the so-called war on terrorism. The analysis is based on press material in Svenska Dagbladet from two comparative cases regarding the detention of Swedish citizen Mehdi Ghezali by the US and Pakistani government. The theoretical framework is based on the situation of ethics in contemporary internation
Nyckelord: Lyxkonsumtion, symbolisk konsumtion, lyxvarumärken, lyxkonsumenter, aspirerande lyxkonsumenter Syfte: Vi vill studera kundens relation till lyxkonsumtion och lyxvarumärken samt hur dessa påverkas vid den stundande demokratiseringen av lyxvaror i dagens samhälle. Vi vill vidare undersöka konsumenternas syften till lyxkonsumtionen och hur den tros uppfattas av omgivningen. Metod: Primärda
Maintaining peace and security has during a long time been the goal and concern of the international community. What must be noticed is the fact that its concept is changing and adapting to the incessant changes of the world and therefore also the meaning of peace and security follows the same pattern of change. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has since its outset been an actor who
In today’s western society which largely evolves around consumption, children play an important role. McDonald´s is a multi-national company which is discussed in this paper on behalf of their advertising, aimed at children. Children take daily part of information from companies who want them to consume their products. The questions is how children’s welfare is affected when they are exposed to ad
