In recent years, the pension gap (differences in disbursed pension) has been a discussed topic in both riksdagen and organizations like LO. Since 2016 Pensionsgruppen has been working with reduce this gap. Pensionsmyndigheten who’s working with pensions in Sweden has a mission from riksdagen to inform the public about pensions. The aim of the study is to examine Pensionsmyndighetens external commu

Reports of teachers experiencing negative psychosocial work environment are increasing in Sweden, despite existing policies and provisions in place to ensure an adequate work environment. This study investigates the implementation of a provision created by the Swedish Work Environment Authority in 2015, the provision on Organisational and social work environment, in schools. Two actors are in focu

This thesis aims to bring a greater understanding of the recent rise in right-wing populism by analysing the authoritarian populist discourse used by Donald Trump when he speaks to his base. In the study, the transcript of his speech at the Minnesota Rally in October 2019 is studied with the method critical discourse psychology. The theoretical framework is a combination of post-structuralism and

In 2008 Stockholm County Council decided to finance the construction of a new university hospital in Solna, Stockholm utilising public-private partnership (PPP). This decision received heavy criticism, partly due to the cost amounting to 61 billion SEK. The aim of this paper is to investigate, utilising Kingdon’s Multiple Stream Framework (MSF), why Stockholm County Council decided to finance the

In previous research it has been accentuated that Swedish mass media has not produced mirrored images of war and genocide. Based on previous research this thesis seeks to analyze whether this corresponds with three events during the genocide in Srebrenica. The purpose of this study is to analyze how Svenska Dagbladet has formed and portrayed three events in relation to the public and what their pu

Abstract Brazil was military dictatorship for decades, but turned democracy in 1985, and was an improving democracy for many years, while several other Latin American countries fell back into authoritarianism. However, since 2009 the democratic outlook has looked bleaker, and Brazil is steadily sliding back into autocracy. This study seeks to explain why Brazil suddenly started autocratization. Th

The aim of this study is to broaden the knowledge about the correlation between proportional electoral systems and economic equality developed by earlier research. The study has identified a case of interest in New Zealand due to its electoral reform from a majoritarian first-past-the-post system to a system of mixed member proportional representation in 1996. This case gives the opportunity to no

Republicanism has been under-acknowledged within the field of International Relations. It’s been viewed as a broad school of thought, representing civic virtue, liberty and the participation of citizens. This work assists in shedding light on Republicanism as a major, alternative theory within this field. Through an idea- analysis of Republicanism which pinpoints and shows the arguments behind the

This study investigates the implementation failure of the pay-per-performance SFI Bonus scheme implemented in the adult language education in Sweden. The study builds on the synthesis of a top-down and bottom-up approach by employing the 'ambiguity and conflict' model for carrying out the investigation. The key theme of this paper is that the level of ambiguity and conflict surrounding the

The aim of this thesis is to investigate how Israel promotes its own public image abroad, and specifically how it does this through the organization Hasbara Fellowships. An organization which offers American students an opportunity to participate in student exchange programs in Israel. The goals of these exchange programs are to make the participating students pro-Israel activists on their respect

For several years, Finland has dominated the PISA surveys with their good results and conclusions have been drawn about the reasons behind Finland’s success. The Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) stated in a report from 2005 that the Finnish education politics tends to be tinged with a higher amount of consensus compared to Sweden and that this may be a reason for the Finnish high

This paper aims to explore if theory from the literature on Social Democratic parties can account plausibly for relatively better election results of the Swedish Social Democrats (SAP). With the use of multiple OLS regression it explores whether expansion of municipal labor decommodifying programs lead to more favorable municipal election results for SAP. Labor decommodification is measured throug

Underpinned by the foundation of the United States Constitution, the Congress performs the sole power of impeachment. The impeachment process demonstrates the act of charging and trying an official of the federal government for having committed “Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors”. Due to its innately political structure as well as absence of an established definition of “Hi

This report uses Vedung’s critical analysis of ideas in analyzing the Fact Finding Missions (FFM) report on the situation in Rakhine state in Myanmar. The essay critically analyzes if the FFM commission has spent enough effort on explaining the complex situation and the political, cultural and religious aspects that undermines the conflict. The analysis suggests that the FFM report has some limita

China has used different tools to expand their economic, political, and cultural influence in the world. One example is the establishment of Confucius Institutes, a phenomenon often viewed as a “soft power instrument” of China. In recent years, several of these Confucius Institutes have closed down in the West. This thesis explores public legitimations for closing institutes in the US and in two S

This essay studies the reasons why and how late lustration is introduced and implemented in post-communist countries. It gives possible answers to what it is that affects whether lustration is implemented or not and why it is introduced at different times. The purpose is to explain why lustrations occur in new democracies more than 20 years after initial democratisation. The study is done using a

While the schism between the Swedish Democrats and the scientific community is a well-known fact, the demand for scientific evidence in policymaking is growing ever more evident. By textual idea analysis, this thesis explores the scientific usage of the Swedish Democrats in the context of climate change and crime policy. By applying the theoretical framework, drawn mostly from Christina Boswell, t

This essay is structured as a theory test of an article written by Justin H. Kirkland (2011), his work was an application of a network theory on U.S. legislature. The theory he applied was about the importance of weak and strong ties in networks. This essay looked at the work done by Kirkland and decided to examine if his theory would give the same results if applied on a significantly different

Swedish legislation have yet to formulate a framework within which automated decisionmaking can be implemented in the municipalities. Despite this, social service delivery in Trelleborg municipality has adapted automated decision-making in the management of applications for social assistance. This is the setting for a case study of the values and ethical reasonings concerning automated decision-ma

Humanitarian aid faces increasing challenges in states who denies access to its citizens. The denial of access to humanitarian aid stems mostly from the view that aid organizations constitutes a threat to state sovereignty. However, recent studies suggest that in the case of Syria, the regime utilized humanitarian aid to instead bolster its sovereignty. To reach a better understanding of this rela