In this bachelor thesis the discourse of PPGIS will be mapped out both theoretically and empirically. I argue that participation is fundamental for social sustainability and that the emerging Neogeography field motivates citizen participation even more. The thesis explores the traditional disempowering views of GIS as it transforms into a tool for equality and empowerment of marginalized groups. F

This bachelor thesis focuses on individuals’ power and possibility to create a change in society through activism. This thesis is based on focus group interviews with global environmental and justice activists. The conversations addressed topics such as activ-ism, citizenship and global justice. To define the thesis the concept of activism will be narrowed down to global environmental and justice

The question of the Palestine refugees has been an issue to the United Nations’ General Assembly (UNGA) ever since its creation in 1948, and it has played an immense role in the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Everyone involved wants to find a solution to the problem, but 65 years on, the issue is as complex as it has ever been. The question of which actor have the main human rights responsibility for

The report contains an environmental investigation of the automotive and transportat-ion program on Svalöfs gymnasium and an analysis of the environmental communicat-ion between management, teachers and students. The environmental investigation has been based on the methodology of ISO 14001. The various environment aspects on the automotive and transport program has been identi-fied and then eval

Stadsplanering har blivit en allt viktigare del i vårt samhälle och städernas utveckling är nu en viktig ekonomisk faktor. Idag drivs större delen av våra städer av marknadsmässiga principer för att på detta sätt utveckla dem till att bli mer konkurrenskraftiga och öka deras ekonomiska tillväxt på den globala marknaden. Den attraktiva stadens planering har kommit att bli ett svar på denna utveckli

This essay explores the refugee’s access to human rights in regard to the case of Hirsi Jamaa and others v. Italy. The status of refugee, official or not, entails certain rights and state obligation, but the correlation between refugee rights and human rights is problematic. The analysis of the case parties’ arguments for and against violation of relevant articles of the European Convention for th

The thesis is about the perceived extent of a city in comparison to the administrative city limits. This thesis primarily based on an opinion poll with 500 respondents that was conducted in the Malmö region in May 2013 and sets out to map the perceived city extent of the city of Malmö. Furthermore, a comparison is made with the findings from an identical opinion poll made in the Stockholm region.

The critical discourse analysis demonstrates that when we say something, we do something as well. By using the critical discourse analysis on the office of the Chancellor of Justice investigation against Roma, this paper shows how the communicative event affects Roma’s social practice in the EU-countries. Roma is a marginalized group with a major impact on the EU-countries, which has lead the EU-c

Human Rights Accountability är en egenskap i relationen mellan styrande och medborgare. När egenskapen existerar förhindrar den människorättskränkningar genom att medborgarna får inflytande över beslutfattande. Begreppet behöver klargöras för att nå sitt fulla potential som verktyg för planering och analys eftersom missförståelse kan ha farliga konsekvenser i misslyckandet att förebygga politiskt Human Rights Accountability is a property of the relationship between rulers and citi-zens. When it exists, it prevents violations of Human Rights by enabling citizens to in-fluence decision-making. The concept needs clarification in order to reach its full poten-tial as a tool for planning and analysis. Misunderstanding can have dangerous conse-quences in the failure to prevent political violence

The meaning of a concept tends to be quite different depending on the context in which the concept is used. In analysing issues such us development theory it appears that different scholars have rather different opinions about the actual meaning of development. Taking issue with the dichotomy that postcolonial theory and development studies represent, this paper’s main focus has become to unite tw

Det finns ett antal olika konkurrensregler inom den europeiska unionens regelverk. Den här uppsatsen behandlar artikel 102 som reglerar missbruk av en dominerande ställning. Varje konkurrensärende måste påbörjas med att en marknad avgränsas. Just då bedömningen avser artikel 102 förfaranden ter sig marknadsdefinitionen än viktigare. Vid avgränsningen av marknaden använder sig kommissionen av kvantWhen applying competition law within Europe, the first stage of the assessment is to define the relevant market. The relevant market is the field of the review, and is not an end in it self. The relevant market contains the information that the assessment is based on. There is a great importance in the assessment of the market, sometimes it is stated that the one who wins the market, wins the case

From linear to non-linear writing, this paper is an attempt to map out the writing process by looking at the way that a number of published authors work as they compose their stories. It is also a look into the development of my own writing process as I have moved from writing linearly – from beginning to end – to a non-linear fashion – of writing scenes out of order – during my three years at För

The study concerns urban change in Rosengård where the study discusses the urban phenomena gentrification witch is reinvestment in urban areas. Rosengård is a product of ”miljonprogrammet” where the government had the intension to build one million apartments in ten years. Rosengård have gain hard critic for over 50 years for being rationalized and standardized. The study portray results from a su

Denna uppsats syftar till att diskutera den feministiska vision som sägs genomsyra modern befolkningspolitik. Startpunkten för detta arbete är “Programme of Action”, dvs. den handlingsplan som togs fram vid FN:s internationella konferens om befolkning och utveckling i Kairo 1994. Detta dokument har hyllats för sitt fokus på kvinnors välbefinnande samt sexuella och reproduktiva rättigheter, men är This essay aims to discuss the feminist vision that is said to be embedded in mod-ern population politics. The starting point for this work is the Programme of Ac-tion, created at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo in 1994. This document has been praised for its women-centred approach and focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights, but is it truly feminist?

The aim of this Master’s thesis is to study some of the consequences the collaboration model has brought about to public libraries in Skåne. Since the implementation of the model in 2011, the regions have obtained increased responsibilities in terms of both development work and allocation of funds to public libraries in the region. The regional cultural plan states that Kultur Skåne – The Administ

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) from 1989 is based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this paper we want to see how Save the Children Sweden relates to the CRC in their work. The material that has been used to compare and investigate Save the Children Sweden's project the Compass (2008) is their annual reports between 2008 and 2011. Reynaerts (et al.) C

Människors förändrade rörelsemönster ingår i en komplex och ömsesidig process med samhällets utveckling. Bakomliggande drivkrafter till rörlighetens strukturer och omvandlingar är i grunden främst relaterade till ekonomiska villkor och fysisk bebyggelse. Konsekvenserna för den rörlighet som idag kan ses ger förutom miljömässiga problem även sociala utmaningar att hantera när mobilitet och tillgäng

Detta arbete behandlar frågan ifall det endast krävs att en människa är medborgare i en stat för att hen ska få ta del av alla de medborgerliga och mänskliga rättigheterna, eller om det finns ytterligare villkor så som skötsamhet? I Sverige lever 34 000 medborgare i hemlöshet, varav 40% av dessa har någon form av missbruks-eller beroendeproblematik. Jag försöker få svar på hur den svenska staten fThis work deals primarily with the question whether it is enough to be a citizen to take part of all civil and human rights, or are there additional requirements like “good character” involved? There are 34 000 citizens in Sweden living in homelessness of which 40% have some sort of abuse-or addictionproblem. In this work, I try to find out how Sweden explains their situation of homelessness by do

Uppsatsens utgångspunkt återfinns i regionen Skåne samt i den regionala och kommunala utvecklingsplaneringen som här sker. Fokus är infrastrukturinveste-ringars betydelse för regional och kommunal utveckling, vilket också är uppsatsens huvudsakliga frågeställning. Simrishamnsbanan utgör uppsatsens exempel för infrastrukturinvestering och studien är därmed avgränsad till detta projekt. Kompletteran

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur den regionala bostadsmarknaden Stor-Malmö ser ut och vilket praktiskt eller lagstadgat ansvar kommunerna i Stor-Malmö har för de regionala bostadsbehov som finns. Med hjälp av skriftliga policydokument och rapporter, semi-strukturerade intervjuer med kommunala tjänstemän och en bostadsmarknadsenkät som utförs årligen av Länsstyrelsen Skåne kartlägger u