Several researchers have asked themselves the question of why households do not diversify enough as according to theory, and why some households do not even enter the stock markets. This study looks further into this puzzle through a new angle where the focus is on house- holds’ risk appetite – their investment in stocks compared to funds stored in saving accounts. The study asks the question of w

This study examines possible causal relationship between investments in research and development (R&D) and economic growth of the European Union (EU) regions using R&D per capita as a measure of innovation. Given the importance the EU policies have put on innovation in creating better economic outlook, questions whether investments in R&D are growth enhancing and efficient in promoting

It has been shown that during certain steps in the packaging process, the paperboard is prone to forming in-plane cracks. Hence, it is proposed to establish a model that can simulate failure in paperboard in order to get a better understanding of the mechanisms and ultimately, prevent any cracks from initiating. The thesis begins with some introductory chapters which describes the background of t

The ability of law to govern the internet continues to be doubted by many activists. Yet there are still calls from many to sanction actors believed to be construing the freedom of the internet. One popular call has been for net neutrality, aiming to stop Internet Service Providers from customizing traffic for different services. But is legal action the only tool we have to regulate a thing? Lawr

Joint Operations at the external borders of the EU are axiomatic for EU’s border management policy and constitute forms of collective action involving the efforts of two or more Member States for the purpose of securing the common borders. Nevertheless, participation in joint operations is based on voluntarism and guided by the principle of solidarity, which should act as catalysts encouraging MSs

The research area of this field study is external perceptions of the EU. Morocco is the specific target field and the material is gathered from semi-structured interviews with Moroccan university students. The aim has been to identify prevailing perceptions of the EU in accordance with role theory and in comparison with previous research. There are important political and economic ties between Mo

The thesis is a study of how politicians and public servants at the municipal level are experiencing the relation between them. The thesis also examine how participants experience may affect the view on their own role. The collected material is analysed based on theories on how to organise public administration. The thesis is a descriptive work and gives a picture how public administration can b

How can Swedish equality politics be understood, based upon analysis of formulations about gender and power, in the Swedish politic parties’ election manifestos from 1998, 2006 and 2014? Can any change, or trend, be identified over these years? By using a Faircloughian discourse analysis, along with a feministic theoretical perspective, is this study aiming to investigate how the nine largest poli

Many consider United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 a ground-breaking document, and as a resolution which attest to the new ambition of gender equality in the international community. However, questions remains of the actual effects of UNSCR 1325. This thesis analyses and compares the peace processes in Liberia and Rwanda in order to understand how UNSCR 1325 have affected them. The anal

This study is of qualitative nature where the problem area, domestic violence, is analyzed through feminist theory, aided by a critical discourse analysis. The study aims to reveal if the discourse of an official report from the Swedish government, named SOU 2014:49, challenges or maintains a gender power order. This structure exists in the society and maintains men’s superiority to women and rein

Mohamed Bouazizi lit himself on fire in December 2010 in Tunisia. That was the starting point for what would then be known as the Arabic Spring where public mass protests managed to oust the leaders of countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. Protests arose in virtually all arabic states during the following months. In this essay it will not be the revolution itself in focus. Instead it

This thesis explores the state of refugeehood in the political order of the nation-state system through a case study study of the Tamil refugee population in Tamil Nadu, India. How, and in what ways, does refugeehood affect peoples’ lives as political subjects? And what is the role of the refugee figure in the political order of the nation-state system? The research questions are explored through

A well-known maxim defines politics as "the art of the possible". This definition implies that the nature of politics is relative to specific circumstances and derives from an adoption of the line of action possible under given circumstances; correlated to this is a rejection of political activities whose realisation is impossible while being subjected to these circumstances. This essay

Studiens syfte var att ta reda på hur mötet med patienterna påverkas när terapeuterna är trötta på sina arbeten. Det är en kvalitativ studie med sex öppet riktade intervjuer som underlag. Informanterna var anställda på den allmänpsykiatriska mottagning där även författarna arbetar. Materialet transkriberades ordagrant och texterna granskades och analyserades. I studiens huvudsakliga slutsats framkThe thesis is a qualitative study of how therapists experience facing their patients when being tired of their work, due to the increasing workload at our job. Six therapists at a psychiatric open day care center were interviewed. The interviews were rigorously transcribed and we analysed the texts several times, approaching each interview hermeneutically (interpreting) and phenomenologically (des

Whether it is global warming or financial crisis, more and more challenges we face today are increasingly of a global or transnational character. As global governance increasingly has been perceived as having a democratic deficit however, increased forms of participation by non-state actors in global governance processes has attracted scholarly attention. This study centres on what the conditions

Since the late 1980s the Swedish educational system has been transformed through a number of market-based reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to increase efficiency and quality in Swedish schools by introducing private producers and reducing state regulation. Conversely, since the implementation of the reforms the between schools quality variation has increased which is argued to be associated

Today, there is a tendency in society to describe climate change in terms of a security threat and extreme weather, including storms and floods, is portrayed as affecting the security. This discourse can also be seen in the Swedish security policies. This thesis investigates how the climate change is described as a security threat within Swedish security policies. The aim is to investigate how t

I denna diskursanalytiska fallstudie kommer vi att undersöka kommunala dokument som berör invandring, hämtade från Malmö stad, för att ta reda på om det går att finna uttryck för idéer om assimilering respektive integration från kommunen. Vårt första mål har varit att ta reda på hur synen på invandring har förändrats över tid. Här har vi satt upp tidsramar och valt vårt material utifrån tre nedsla

Medborgarens möte med myndigheten påverkar hens förtroende för den offentliga förvaltningen som är beroende av medborgarens tillit för att behålla sin legitimitet. Tjänstepersonens bemötande kan vara såväl en tillgång för som ett hot mot demokratin vars ideal ständigt måste upprätthållas av de som har i uppgift att förvalta dem. Uppsatsen undersöker vilka maktrelationer som konstrueras i mötet mel

Intergenerational social mobility represents the ability of individuals to reach their full potential, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. But what factors influence the social mobility in a society? This study takes a comprehensive look at the role of child poverty. Through a cross-country statistical analysis it is shown that states with a high rate of child poverty have lower social