In 2011, Liberia saw a drop in women’s representation in Parliament from 14% to 11.65%. In an effort to understand and aid in reversing this declining trend, this thesis aims to highlight the barriers to and strategies for enhancing women’s participation in the Liberian Parliament. To accomplish this goal 21 semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed via academic and context-specific d

The pressure on businesses to act ethically and to get involved in the development area has increased. At the same time, the strength of sportsas a vehicle for development is highlighted from various worldly respected leaders and organizations. The research maps the emerging field of businesses responsibility, development andsport in Kenya. Fifteen companies, which operate in the Kenyan market, ar

I upprepade avgöranden har EU-domstolen på senare tid slagit fast att det strider mot unionsrätten att ta ut källskatt på utdelning i gränsöverskridande situationer då jämförbara, rent inhemska transaktioner inte belastas med något motsvarande skatteuttag. Med anledning härav har möjligheten att ta ut källskatt på utdelning varit föremål för omfattande diskussioner, särskilt i utländsk litteratur.Lately, in repeated rulings, the European Court of Justice has held that it is contrary to EU law to levy withholding tax on dividends in transnational situations when comparable, solely domestic transactions are not burdened with a corresponding tax levy. In respect thereof the possibility to levy withholding tax on dividends has been the topic of extensive scholarly discussions, especially in fo

This research study has sought the contextual understanding of young adults’ realities and the perpetual use of violence within heterosexual intimate partner relationships in Hanuabada village, Papua New Guinea through an interactive transformative approach. Peer interviewers guided the researcher’s tasks and conducted semi-structured interviews utilizing a photo voice methodology to investigate t

Research Subject: This study provided a brief discussion on the international labor migration, remittances and their contribution to migrant sending households in rural Bangladesh. Approach: Remittances sent by migrants have become a major source of income for many households in Bangladesh. Remittances enable the migrant households to improve their living standard, invest on education, health care

This study explores Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (FME) as an institution working to articulate the national, regional and global dimensions of environmental governance and to promote sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean through regional cooperation. Drawing on current scholarship on Global Environmental Governance (GEG) and institutiona

Studiens syfte var att undersöka hur klienterna bedömer pågående eller avslutad parbehandling på Familjerådgivningen i Malmö och inkluderade samtliga besökare (N=242)under perioden 101206- 101227. Dessa besvarade vid ett tillfälle en enkät med 20 påståenden som är uppdelade i fem kluster: Bemötande, Tillfredsställelse, ”Gottmandyaden”, Familjerådgivarens förståelse för dyaden samt Organisation ochThe study aimed at finding out how clients judge ongoing or completed couple counselling at Familjerådgivningen in the city of Malmö. It included all visitors (N=242) during the period of 6th – 27th December 2010. At one occasion they filled in a questionnaire comprising five clusters: Counselor’s approach, Satisfaction, Counselor’s understanding of the couple,Organisation and other common factors

This thesis explores the concept of youth organizing in the context of two interrelated youth-led organizations addressing climate change in Kenya. A growing body of interdisciplinary research points to the ways in which engagement in youth organizing initiatives can contribute to the individual development of the youth involved. By engaging youth in political mobilizing efforts against forms of s

This researchʼs foundation is the current state of affairs in Kiribati in relation to the effects of climate change and how the nation will face the future. The paper examines how different actors in Kiribati are helping the country prepare for possible climate change displacement in the future, from the viewpoint of said actors. Interview data, supplemented by observational data from time spent i

As passenger cars emissions standards are tightened manufacturers are forced to cut the cars fuel consumption. This can be done in various ways and one of these is to improve a cars aerodynamic attributes, and above all the car's drag coefficient. A part of the car's total drag is from the air passing through the car's engine compartment and cooling system. The air to slow down, rerout

This master thesis has its setting in the theoretical field of archaeology. The aim is to identify if there are conventional traditions in the archaeological research based on specific periods and if there are, investigate the differences and similarities. The thesis takes inspiration from the well known sociologist Pierre Bourdieu and what he says about the objective structures in society; struct

This investigation is an exploratory case study examining the challenges that juvenile offenders in El Salvador face in integrating into their communities after a significant period of confinement. Given the repressive trend to crime prevention in the Central American context, labeling theory was used as a lens to examine how stigmatization challenges youth’s integration. Moreover, the theories of

This is a study of the European Union (EU) development programme in Peru “Non-State Actors and Local Authorities in Development”. The purpose of the study was to understand how governmentality is created and practiced in the programme. A Foucauldian perspective was applied to the analysis of how neo-liberal rationalities and techniques are practiced in the programme. The principal data collection

This study examined to what extent the decentralised drinking water management system in Mahoba district, Uttar Pradesh, India, is participatory. The central questions focused on how participation is taking place, what socio-political factors affect participation, and how the community members explain their capability to participate. Methodologically the study was interpretivist in nature and base

A variety of contemporaneous factors contribute to the existence of sustained rural poverty, such as inefficient infrastructure, poor access to markets, difficulty in accessing credit, land tenure issues, gender inequality, lack of crop diversity, unsustainable or unproductive farming practices, and limited access to inputs and technology. With this in mind, integrated approaches to rural developm

This research draws attention to the way irregular migrants in South Africa experience their journey towards a better life, the vulnerability they face, and their capacity to adapt and to be agents of change. Qualitative interviews were held with 10 irregular migrant women, which were analyzed through an analytical framework of vulnerability and agency, while keeping a focus on their illegal migra

This thesis is about finding methods, by relating the roads on historical maps, landscape and ancient remains, to find prehistoric roads of different kinds with the area around Uppåkra as an example. By using different maps, modern as well as historical, I have tried to understand the landscape and how the roads stretch within it. Then comparing that to ancient remains and some important changes i

The purpose of this study was to investigating the linkages between expressions of masculinities, risk taking in heterosexual relationships and the transmission of HIV and AIDS amongst young men from the Highlands region in Papua New Guinea. With a starting point in feminist theory and masculinities theory, this study has shown that strong linkages between expressions of masculinities, risk taking

With the new governing structures created through the transitional administration of the United Nations (UN), old and new fault lines in the past decade have exposed themselves in Timor-Leste: rural-urban divides, generational divides, communal divides, and political divides. This paper utilises Anthony D. Smith’s ethno-symbolism approach to understanding nationalism by focusing on subjective elem

Denna uppsats är en kvalitativ studie av Lunds Universitets internkommunikation. Syftet är att undersöka om den information som produceras på ledningsnivå, universitetets policydokument, når ut till medarbetarna på organisationens institutionella nivå och praktiseras i det vardagliga arbetet? Det var de frågor som ställdes i studiens inledningsfas. Bakgrunden till uppsatsen grundar sig i att man i