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A BALANCING ACT? A study on Sweden’s ambivalence in responding to pressure from the Chinese embassy
(2020-07-03)Ever since Sweden was the first Western democracy to officially recognise the People’s Republic of China shortly after its establishment in 1949, the two states have enjoyed decades of successful and beneficial bilateral ... -
A COMMON POSITION – A COMMON PREFERENCE? A study of different preferences among EU member states in the common trade policy with China
(2012-07-09)The study focuses on national preferences in the supranational EU-Sino trade policy. It examines how EU member states might differ from the common EU position and from each other. By exploring the approaches of the EU and ... -
A EUROPEAN (NO) COAL AND (GREEN) STEEL COMMUNITY? - A Technological Innovation System case approach in the fossil-free steel sector
(2021-06-28)The EU has committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 and thereby heavily reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. Policymakers and scholars have pointed out the development of fossil-free technological energy ... -
A EUROPEAN UNION WIDE WELFARE SCHEME Explanations of attitudes towards a welfare scheme at EU-level
(2020-07-03)In recent time, the social dimension has gained attention at the agenda of the European Union, since the new Commission lead by Ursula von der Leyen put forward her political priorities, where one of them is to create a ... -
A FEMINIST MILITARY? THE SWEDISH CASE An ideational analysis of the perceptions of security that have shaped the role of the Swedish Armed Forces and their current and future military strategic guidance and defence
(2021-02-12)This thesis aims to contribute knowledge to the current and contemporary debate on the concept of security in relation to feminism, by seeking which ideas that have shaped the role of the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) and ... -
A Gendered Division of Labour - Women’s Representation in the European Parliament Committees
(2011-01-07)The powers and influence of the European Parliament (EP) and its committees have grown, mainly by the extension of the co-decision procedure through the Lisbon Treaty, and the increase in number of decisions and policy ... -
A LANGUAGE THAT MATTERS – Viewing the Women, Peace and Security agenda through an intersectional lens
(2021-07-20)The aim of this study is to analyse how the Women, Peace and Security agenda is intersectional in its approach to women. This study contributes to previous research regarding gendered security and peace and conflict studies. ... -
A matter of democracy: EU soft law in the education area - A study on how Sweden relates and refers to the European Union in the policy field of higher education
(2015-12-01)The aim of this master thesis is to shed light on some of the democratic implications of Europeanization through soft law in the education area. The central question is how the national level, in its higher education ... -
A MISGUIDED FOREIGN POLICY How liberal interventionism backfires on the liberal international order.
(2021-07-20)This thesis explores in what ways liberal interventionism has backfired on the liberal international order (LIO) by analysing the 2011 Libya intervention, the Syrian civil war and the 2013-2014 Ukraine crises. The research ... -
A more or less intergovernmental union - European integration in the case of the European Development Fund
(2017-03-15)Is the community Intergovernmental or Supranational? The question has perplexed EU-researchers since the dawn of the European Coal and Steel Community. This thesis answers the question in one specific case, namely the ... -
“A once-in-a-lifetime pandemic” En kvalitativ studie av Världshälsoorganisationens säkerhetisering av covid-19
(2020-06-22)On December 31st Chinese authorities notified the World Health Organization the discovery of a novel coronavirus. The virus, now known as covid-19, has since spread across the world and resulted in over 300 000 deaths ... -
A Political Bellwether? The European Commission’s Interaction with the Court of Justice of the European Union under the Preliminary Ruling Procedure
(2014-12-17)Recent quantitative research has shown a sizable impact of the European Commission’s written observations on the preliminary rulings of the Court of Justice of the European Union. In explaining the high success rate of ... -
A Tale of Two Elections? - Differences in Media Representations between the European Parliament Election and National Election
(2015-12-01)The low turnout in the elections to the European Parliament is arguably a crucial aspect of the democratic deficit in the European Union. Although the reasons for the low turnout may be several, this thesis puts focus on ... -
A TRANSATLANTIC DIVORCE AND THE TIME FOR EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNTY? - A study on how US foreign policy, during 2010-2020, impacted EU member state views on defence integration
(2021-06-28)This thesis explores the impact of US foreign policy, during 2010-2020, on EU member state willingness to integrate defence, by utilizing a mixed-method approach. The objective of the study is to investigate how EU member ... -
Abortfrågan i Polen - En kvalitativ diskursanalys av två tidskrifter under 2016 angående representationer av abortfrågan i Polen
(2018-04-26)The purpose of this thesis is to give a deeper understanding of how abortion is represented in Polish opinions magazines during 2016, which was a turbulent year concerning the debate. The method that will be used is a ... -
Accepting Homosexuality - Measuring and Explaining Levels of Perceived Discrimination among Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual People in the European Union
(2015-12-01)This thesis centers around levels of perceived discirmination among lesbian, gay and bisexual people (LGB) in the European Union and answers two main questions. The first aims to analyze the effects that different methods ... -
ADAPTERING AV MANGEMENTINNOVATION I OFFENTLIG SEKTOR - Så uppfattas sociala investeringsfonder av svenska kommuner
(2021-03-31)Studies of the relation between innovation characteristics and management innovation adoption at the organisational level are scarce. This paper presents results from an informant survey with 44 participating Swedish ... -
Addressing intersectionality in the #MeToo movement - A case study of women’s mobilization under the #MeToo movement in the postcolonial context of South Africa
(2019-09-27)The #MeToo movement united women around the globe in the fight against sexual violence. However, the #MeToo movement has been criticized for solely adopting a gender-based approach by neglecting the intersections of gender, ... -
AFGHAN WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE SWEDISH LABOUR MARKET
(2022-02-11)Discrimination matters; this study addresses an old yet existing social problem in the Swedish labour market. Most refugees who came to Sweden are highly educated but face many challenges that problematized their employability, ...