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This study examines the relationship between civil society engagement and party choice between the Social Democrats and the Sweden Democrats in the 2022 Swedish general election. Drawing on prior research on civil society, political participation and changes in the Swedish party system, the study adopts a mixed-methods design. The quantitative analysis uses data from the 2022 Swedish National SOM Civil society engagement has traditionally been viewed as an important foundation of democracy in Sweden. Through engagement, people are expected to build trust, become more politically involved and develop social networks. However, as the political landscape in Sweden shifts and the Sweden Democrats grow in strength, the question arises whether civil society engagement still matters for political

This thesis explores the role of political leadership and ideology in shaping foreign policy, using Brazil under Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a comparative case. While Brazil’s structural position in the international system remained relatively stable, the country’s foreign policy orientation shifted significantly between the two administrations. Employing a comparative ideation

The Swedish energy transition presupposes a large-scale expansion of renewable electricity generation, in which wind power constitutes a central component. At the same time, the expansion of wind power exhibits significant local variation. This thesis analyses how physical conditions interact with municipal institutions and long-term policy processes in shaping local wind power policy, with a focu

Both Sweden and Belgium have introduced a liberalised school system, with private schools financed by the public sector. Since this is a relatively uncommon arrangement, our study investigates if public opinions of these systems are now similar in each country. The Belgian system was introduced to guarantee religious freedom in the provision of education, while its Swedish equivalent was promised

Outbound foreign direct investments by developing economies has become an important subject in international business. However, much of the research has attempted to model firms entering foreign markets from emerging economies using the same models developed for advanced economies, which limits what can be inferred. This gap suggests that other approaches are needed. One such approach is analyzing

This study examines how the housewife ideal is constructed and presented as a contemporary phenomenon on the social media platform TikTok. The aim is to analyze how this ideal is represented and categorized in digital content, and to explore the notions of femininity, work, and life choices that emerge from these representations. The study further investigates how these portrayals can be understoo

This thesis examines how Sweden and Canada justify arms exports to Saudi Arabia despite their self-proclaimed roles as moral superpowers and value-based actors in the international system. Both countries have emphasized the promotion of democracy, human rights and gender equality as central parts of the foreign policy agenda. Saudi Arabia has on the other hand been criticised as one of the worlds

Global climate goals such as the United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement are formulated at the international level but are primarily implemented through national, regional and local governance. This thesis examines how global climate goals are translated and implemented across governance levels, from the UN to municipal physical planning, using the urban development area Södra Hyllie in

Based on extraterrestrial chromite grains (63–355 μm) in late Eocene sediments, the Chesapeake Bay impact crater (northeastern United States; 40–85 km diameter) likely formed from an H-chondritic projectile. This impact occurred 10–20 k.y. after the formation of the Popigai crater (Siberia, Russia; ∼100 km). The craters formed at the peak of a 2-m.y. period with a factor of 3–5 enhanced flux of 3H

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an autoimmune disease characterized by anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibody-mediated astrocyte damage and subsequent demyelination. Prior attempts to treat NMOSD with interferon-beta (IFN-β), a disease-modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis, resulted in worsening of disease activity, with an unknown mechanism. Here, robust activation of the cGAS-STIN

History was an important notion in constructing an industrial capitalistsociety in the nineteenth century. This article deals with the manifest use of history atthe Stockholm Exhibition of 1897. At this exhibition, history was ubiquitous andwas most fully expressed in the model of medieval and Renaissance Stockholmcalled "Old Stockholm." The history of nineteenth- and twentieth-centuryexhibitions

Introduction: Strategies for tuberculosis (TB) elimination in low-incidence countries involve screening recent migrants from TB-endemic regions for TB infection (TBI) and providing TB preventive treatment (TPT) to individuals with an increased risk of reactivation. This study aimed to determine TB incidence and identify reactivation risk markers in a cohort of asylum seekers in Sweden after screen

Background: Kidney transplant recipients after kidney transplantation may develop transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS). Multiple studies have sought to identify risk factors, yet the findings remain inconsistent. Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science Core Collection were comprehensively searched to retrieve studies. The 1st screening phase required studies to be in English and evaluate pa

This study utilizes a novel analytical framework to examine large-scale development-focused scholarship programs for international higher education. The Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) is systematically analyzed here utilizing its 2013–2022 annual reports. Applying the orders of worth approach, LPDP’s claims and justifications towards the common good are studied, alongside the organi

This article examines the Mexican government’s recently curtailed CONACYT international scholarships and its sponsored masters’ students who studied in Sweden between 2013 and 2020. It contrasts CONACYT’s human capital theory-based justifications with the experiences of ten sponsored alumni and indicators covering eighty-five such alumni from major Swedish universities. Employing a framework from