Master theses: Recent submissions
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IS CHINESE INVESTMENT A ‘WIN’ FOR AFRICAN WORKERS? An investigative study on Chinese labor practices in Ghana’s construction sector.
(2016-07-01)China has stepped up its activities on the African continent over the past decade, promoting its ‘win-win,’ non-interventionist agenda of development and investment as an alternative to Western donor institutions. However, ... -
STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF MILITARY CRISES: The case of defence volunteer movement in Ukraine
(2016-07-01)ABSTRACT This thesis investigates relations between civil society and state in the conditions of military crises from civil society perspective. On a theoretical level, the thesis aims at determining whether classic ... -
ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS IN LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES The Effect of Welfare Institutions
(2016-07-01)Polls show that immigration is one of the most important issues when citizens are asked to rank different policy topics. Individual attitudes towards immigrants are important, as public opinion to some degree influences ... -
How important is winning? Democratic experience and system support in young democracies
(2016-07-01)Research has shown that there is a sizable difference between new and old democracies in terms of the effect of ‘winning’ on system support. This study traces the development of the winner and loser gap, in relation to ... -
Does time make more converts than reason? An analysis of what drives public opinion towards the European Union in Sweden
(2016-06-22)Since Sweden joined the European Union in 1995, the Swedish opinion towards EU membership has gone from barely positive enough to win the advisory election, to a stable majority in favour of the membership. Founded on ... -
I’m a Graduate, Get Me Out of Here! Discourses on Graduate Unemployment in the United Kingdom 2009 - 2015
(2016-03-15)Labour markets throughout Europe are changing because of globalization. Education and skills are highly important to meet new standards and technology. At the same time, the financial crisis has caused mass unemployment, ... -
INDIA: SHAPING THE GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA? Evaluating the vision for Sustainable Development in 12th Five Year Plan of India
(2015-12-17)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how India’s national 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2017) incorporates Sustainable Development, with a special focus on the strength and the weakness of the vision on Sustainable ... -
Reconsidering the EU’s ‘democratic deficit’ – A deliberative perspective
(2015-12-10)The debate on the ‘democratic deficit’ of the European Union is omnipresent at times when rapid intergovernmental and insufficiently legitimised policy decisions are taken in order to resolve the effects of the current ... -
Do great expectations in Brussels fail due to political disagreement in Stockholm? - A study on political contestation and Swedish transposition records
(2015-12-01)Policy processes within the EU are complex and time consuming. Swift responses to ever changing challenges as well as compliance to rules and regulations are crucial for the functioning of the EU. This thesis deals with ... -
The Member States and the Court of Justice - Why do Member States participate in preliminary reference proceedings?
(2015-12-01)The aim of this thesis is to make a first attempt to establish why Member States decide to send observations to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or Court) in the preliminary reference procedure. There 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 ... -
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 ... -
Family policy and gender-role attitudes in Germany - A quantitative analysis of the relationship between public policy and public opinion
(2015-12-01)Title: Family policy and gender-role attitudes in Germany Author: Catriona Hansbauer Supervisor: Prof. Björn Halleröd Semester: Spring 2015 Using data from the 1991-2012 German General Social Survey, this thesis examines ... -
Standardizing CSR with current guidelines and standards - The case of business-to-business service enterprises in the EU and Sweden
(2015-12-01)Title: Standardizing CSR with current guidelines and standards - The case of business-to-business service enterprises in the EU and Sweden Author: Dzanina Dzindo Background: Today, companies are engaging more and more ... -
Rape and Media Coverage in Hungary and in the United Kingdom Expanding on the FRA’s Violence against Women Survey
(2015-12-01)The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released its Violence against women report in March 2014. According to the report there are large differences among the EU member states in the prevalence of reported ... -
Career Ambitions and Roles in the European Parliament A case study of the 2014 French delegation to the European People's Party
(2015-12-01)The research aim of this Master’s thesis is to explore to what extent the roles that politicians play in parliamentary structures are shaped and influenced by their career ambitions. More precisely, the thesis proposes to ... -
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 ... -
The liberalisation of the European Railway Market - Did the railway packages have a statistical significant effect on rail freight in the EU Member States?
(2015-12-01)The European railway market is since 25 years subject to a constant transformation process. The EU’s railway packages, bundles of railway specific legislation, initiate reforms in a sector that was characterised by decade ... -
Exam on multiculturalism – acculturation process of immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe in Sweden
(2015-12-01)The focus of this paper is on cultural integration of migrants into the Swedish society, regulated by Swedish integration policy. Nowadays, when migration flows grow over decades, immigration issues should be paid a special ... -
Is the European Union speaking with one voice in Brussels, Vienna and Strasbourg? - The EU at the OSCE and the Council of Europe during the Ukraine crisis
(2015-12-01)The European Union has increasingly engaged in formulating a common foreign policy, an aim that has been reinforced through the Lisbon Treaty and the European Security Strategy of 2003. The EU puts considerable effort into ...