This essay is about the fundamental paradox that surrounds the trade of natural resources from developing countries. The essay will focus on the gemstone trade from Burma. How is it possible that a country can be so rich in natural resources but so poor in terms of human capital, welfare and development. Is there a nexus between the amount of a country’s natural resources and development, a nexus

Ansvarsutkrävandet på den transnationella arenan har idag avsevärda brister som för med sig en omfattande straffrihet för transnationella aktörer. Denna uppsats undersöker hur dessa brister gestaltar sig när det kommer till företagsverksamhet. Undersökningen illustreras av Bhopalkatastrofen 1984, en händelse för vilken ansvar ännu, efter nästan 27 år, inte utkrävts. Undersökningen bygger på teoriAccountability in the transnational arena today has significant flaws, which results in an extensive impunity for transnational actors. This paper examines how these flaws represent themselves when it comes to business. The examination is illustrated by the Bhopal disaster in 1984, an event for which responsibility has not yet been charged though nearly 27 years have passed. This study is based on

At the Swedish migration board there are today people sitting in detentions, not because they committed a crime but because the state believe they might hide in the country if they are not locked up. This paper is an analysis and a study of detentions for asylum seekers at the Swedish Migration board, in a human rights perspective. Foremost the study focuses on the laws of these practices. The pur

Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are an integral part of a democratic society and of paramount importance to demonstrations and Non-governmental organisations (NGO). Both demonstrations and NGO:s are a very important sort of social capital and are part of horizontal organisations. Russia today is characterized by dominant vertical relations, even if there is a sufficient amount of hor

Attityderna till hemlöshet präglas ofta av ett fokus på de hemlösa, då dessa menas vara orsaken till den situation som de befinner sig i. När ett bristande uppfyllande av rättigheter inte betraktas som ett samhällsproblem riskerar de utsatta individernas situation att cementeras, vilket visar sig i att hemlösheten idag inte håller på att minska. Denna upppsats syftar till att klargöra de attityder

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the United States’ influence on the international community’s ability to prohibit the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Over the course of 100 days government forces and Hutu militia implemented an elimination campaign with the main objective of ethnically cleansing Rwanda of the Tutsi minority, and effectively slaughtered 800,000 civilians. By rhetorically analyzi

The purpose of this article is to describe the Master thesis “Mapping and evaluation of supporting documents” performed at IKEA of Sweden. Supporting documents (SD) is used as an umbrella for all kinds of steering and supporting activity descriptions for IKEA coworkers. This project is needed mainly due to tremendous growth during the last decade, when IKEA has managed to significantly increase th

The objective for all businesses is to maximize long-term shareholder value by optimizing all activities and utilization of resources. To comply with this objective, all functions need to be business driven; develop and maintain internal activities and structures to align with market requirements. ST-Ericsson is a 50/50 joint venture; created by bringing together ST-NXP Wireless (ST-NXP) and Erics

Purpose: This master thesis aims to understand how the development of the leading FM companies will influence upon the service strategy in Crawford Sweden. Design/approach: Literature review of published work concerning FM along with interviews with a range of people within Crawford and in the FM business. Research limitations: Owing to constraint of time, the authors have had to make some delimit

This thesis examines whether there exists any causal relationship between foreign trade and declining energy intensity in the Netherlands. In other words, does the Netherlands outsource its energy intense industries to less developed countries rather than solve them internally? No significant causal relationships is found between international trade and declining energy intensity, since the Nether

The research done by sociologists of religion shows that Sweden is one of the most secularized countries in the world. In this essay I discuss what consequences this could have on the administration of those cases where religion is part of the reasons for seeking asylum. I analyse five cases in which the refugees have converted in Sweden and gave this as a reason for seeking asylum. I find that th

Syftet med denna studie var att med hjälp av suppliker och resolutioner undersöka vilken legitimitet som den danska ockupationsmakten hade hos den skånska allmogen under kriget i Skåne 1676-1679. Viktiga teorier för att besvara denna fråga har varit Jan Gletes teori om att staten producerade beskydd för att detta efterfrågades av undersåtarna. Kopplat till det här är Barrington Moore jr. resoneman

The story of Ruth is a short story that can easily be missed if one thumbs through the Bible. It is a narrative that describes two women and their struggle to survive in a male dominated society. The story begins in Moab where Ruth announces her resolution to ”clave” to Naomi. She could have made her life easy and gone back to her mother's house, but Ruth's love for Naomi makes her stay wi

This thesis is a critical discourse analysis of ten articles from three Swedish newspapers about the 2011 revolution in Egypt. The purpose of the study is to see if any postcolonial discourses can be found in the reporting and, if so, how we can understand the consequences of these for the way we think about people’s identities and about the future of Egypt. In the thesis’ analysis three postcolo

It has been almost a hundred years since the law of adoption was implemented into Swedish law. Since then much has happened and the changes have been many and great. Legal documents as UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child and Convention on protection of children and co-operation in respect of intercountry adoptions have been ratified around the world to guarantee children’s rights. One of th

Every year, 300-400 million tons of toxic waste is produced worldwide. The UN estimates that electronic waste amounts to between 20 to 50 million tons, of which only 10 percent is recycled. Much of the electronic waste is exported from industrialized countries to less developed countries. It ends up in central refuse disposal plants where it will burned to recover the valuable metals. This harms t

There are three significant agriculture reforms that have profound influence to the agriculture production since the new Chinese government set up in 1949. The thesis presents the detailed information of the three reforms and explores the each reform’s special contribution to the economic performance. Two objectives are highlighted in the thesis, i.e. the reasons that institutions matter for econo

The purpose of this thesis is to further investigate how the Swedish labor market policy system works. This thesis focuses on the policy, its organizational structure, the main goal and the underlying ideas. The main question of the thesis is how the Swedish labor market policies affect the individual’s choices in relation to their needs and future opportunities in the job market. The method I u

The child soldier issue is complex in many different ways. Taking into account the different ideas of childhood, the concept of human rights in general and child rights in specific the question about the child soldier and its rights appears to be far from easy to understand. In this thesis I will try to illustrate the complexity by comparing relevant international law applicable to the child sold