By using contemorary work-theory this thesis aim to show how Yarden. En bera?ttelse, puts into play the circumstances of precarian work, circumstances that have gender political as well as identity political overtones. It tries to show how the idea of ?class-jouney? is used as a conciliatory element.

The municipality of Falkenberg is a result of a unification of several smaller municipalities in 1971, each one with a small library. This left Falkenberg with an unusual large amount of smaller branch libraries. The object of this thesis is to describe and try to understand the political conflicts that have erupted during the period 1971-1994. Through a case study containing press clippings from the local newspaper, different reports, political meeting protocols, a historical background of the library and a study of library specific norms and regulations I can create an image of the heated debate. The participants in this debate can be divided into politicians and civil servants and the conflict circles round the fact that from an economical perspective, there is not enough budget to keep all the small, local libraries.

ABSTRACTBachelor essay in political science by Hanna Richter, spring 2006Supervisor: Mats LindbergTitle: A study of the phenomenon of micronationsThe purpose of this essay is to study the phenomenon of ?micronations?, to describe it to the reader and to discuss why this phenomenon is interesting to study in the field of political science. The questions this essay seeks to answer are:- What are micronations, and which variations are to be found within the phenomenon?- Why are micronations interesting to study in the field of political science?Bary Buzans theory of the nature of the state works as a frame of reference to this investigation of micro ?state-like? units. The phenomenon of micronations has not been investigated by the social sciences in any extent worth mentioning yet.

This thesis analyses the 2005 UK presidency of the Council, and more particularly the negotiations on the future financing of the European Union. The purpose of the study is to discuss whether the holding of the presidency implies political influence for the member state. To analyse the power of the country holding the chair the thesis focuses on the presidency functions of brokering and leadership. The theory suggests that the influence of the presidency is derived from informational and procedural power resources, as well as some leadership resources, such as coercion and reward. A case study was used to analyse whether these power resources were used by the British presidency.

The theory of deliberative democracy believes in collective decision-making to achieve an expanded legitimacy and rationality in the political process. It is argued that those good public dialogues best take places in public spheres between citizens, where the common interest is carefully thought about. This thesis was done with the assumption that theatre can strengthen the idea of the public sphere and create a meeting place in the civil society, where a good public dialogue can appear. To create a good public dialogue you need citizens that are corresponding and participatory. Citizens who participate in the political process develop an increased knowledge about the society and the more knowledge about the society the larger reason to participate.

The political landscape is constantly changing and influenced by outside forces. The strong connection to the traditional media has evolved to include a new important part, social media. A good way for the politics to utilize social media is through their youth associations, whose main purpose is to engage young people and spark their interest in politics. Due to the increasing influence of social media, the politicians, parties and various actors have to adapt to its demands, to be able to gain visibility on these platforms. One way to adapt is to become more entertainment driven, because these platforms are a safespace where people find time to relax and have a good time. With a growing emphasis on simplified, engaging and more fun political massages, political communication has changed its form. This phenomenon is referred to as ?politainment? and encapsulates the merging of politics and entertainment. The purpose of this study is to examine and measure the frequency of politainment in Swedish political youth associations political communications.

The aim of this thesis is to analyze and examine India's economic reforms which the country introduced on the government's own initiative in the early 1990s after decades of practicing isolationism. The analysis entails a thorough systematic examination of possible factors that determined the decision to implement the reforms. These factors are derived from two models developed by scholars within the field of foreign policy.The research is performed through an examination where the possible factors for the reforms have been examined on a three-level basis; system-, state- and individual level. It is a qualitative case study that seeks to explain not only why the Indian government implemented the reforms but also to evaluate the validity of the models to the extent that they stand in accordance with the case of India.The conclusion presented in this thesis is that one model works better for explaining the case of India. The model lie emphasis on structural changes, a crisis and political entrepreneurs committed to a certain type of reforms as a prerequisite for policy change to take place.

Svensk fotboll bygger för framtiden. I Sveriges tre största städer byggs det fotbollsarenor för närmare 2,5 miljarder kronor. Den största arenan byggs i Solna och blir den nya nationalarenan för Svensk fotboll. Göteborg river Gamla Ullevi och bereder plats för en ny fräsch arena för storklubbarna. I Malmö har Malmö FF öppnat plånboken och bygger en ny arena.Nya arenor skapar nya möjligheter för Svensk fotboll.

De senaste tio åren har det byggts ett stort antal nya arenor i Sverige, några exempel är Kinnarps Arena i Jönköping och Ejendals Arena i Leksand. En arenas huvudverksamhet är i huvudsak sportevenemang. Men hur förhåller sig arenorna till andra typer av evenemang, hur viktiga är de för en arena? Arenan är ett av de få ställen i en stad, där en stor ansamling av innevånare kan träffas regelbundet. Många evenemang verkar helt eller delvis i det allmänna rummet, därför bör samhälleliga resultat och effekter ha en framträdande roll i ledningen och planeringen av dessa evenemang.

Nilsson, J Skolan som arena för förebyggande och främjande insatser. En kvalitativ intervjustudie om två Malmöskolors tillämpning av skolbaserade metoder. Examensarbete i folkhälsovetenskap10 poäng. Malmö högskola: Hälsa och Samhälle, enheten för biomedicinsk laboratorievetenskap, folkhälsovetenskap och omvårdnad, 2007. Senare års forskning framhäver skolans roll som arena för förebyggande arbete. Idag är det dock få skolor som på ett systematiskt sätt tillämpar effektiva program för ungas sociala, emotionella och akademiska inlärning.

The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on a present trend of professionalization in Swedish local environmental politics, which have recently seen a decline in active participation of the citizens in favor of an increased governmental regulation. With the aim to closer investigate this relatively new phenomenon, the paper is a qualitative single case-study of environmental policies in the Swedish municipality of Karlskrona. In this case, the municipality is obviously balancing between regarding the interests of the national level and the interests of its own citizens at the same time. This motivates the use of system-theory, and relates to the classical political paradox between participation and efficiency which is also a present theme in the paper.This text-analysis based on interviews with personnel and documents from the municipality shows a visible trend of professionalization in the local politics of the municipality of Karlskrona, from a large grade of participation and a strong bottom-up approach in the days of Agenda 21 to now being more strongly top-down defined by national environmental objectives and principally operated on a professional level..

Titel: Från politisk arena till lokal marknadsplats: En studie av den borgerligalandsortspressens lokala innehåll 1927-2007Författare: Diana JacobssonKurs: Påbyggnadskursen, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapHandledare: Monika Djerf-PierreTermin: Vårterminen 2008Syfte: Studien avser att besvara frågan vad som fokuseras i landsortspressens lokalarapportering och hur utvecklingen rörande det lokala innehållet har sett ut under perioden1927-2007Metod: Etnografisk, kvalitativ textanalysMaterial: De lokala morgontidningarna Barometern, Borås Tidning, Jönköpings-Posten, Nya Wermlands-Tidningen, Sundsvalls Tidning, utgåvan den första onsdagen i februari vart tionde år 1927-2007, nio nummer av varje titelHuvudresultat: De lokala nyheterna i den borgerliga landsortspressen har utvecklats ? frånatt under den första halvan av 1900-talet bestå av korta notiser som befinner sig i skuggan avartiklar som behandlar internationella och nationella händelser ? till att tydligt domineratidningarnas innehåll. Varje tidnings texter är på ett märkbart sätt en produkt av sin tid.Utifrån hur innehållet har förändrats under den undersökta perioden menar jag att tidningarnahar gått från att vara ett partipolitiskt organ med ?global? blick och världshändelser i fokus ?till att bli en produkt med en uppsjö av oförargliga lokala nyheter som verkar i marknadens tjänst..

With the expansion onto the international market almost a decade ago, Swedish energy corporation Vattenfall began it's breaking and burning of coal on German soil. Criticism aimed at Vattenfall peaked in the mid 2000s with the revelation of large quantities of carbon dioxide emissions and the re-location of villages and graveyards in German states Brandenburg and Saxony. The purpose of this thesis is to show where the responsibility for these activities lie. By analyzing the history of, and the political debate surrounding, Vattenfall, I will show that the prevailing policies of right- as well as left-wing parties in the 20th century were all, regarding this matter, market oriented. I will also show that these market promoting policies made possible a situation where the transparancy of, and state control over, Vattenfall were close to eliminated.

The Swedish Moderate party has openly referred to themselves as a liberal-conservative party. This definition, however, leads to a possible ambiguity where the extent to which the party is conservative, and liberal is up for debate. Furthermore, this might allow for extensive changes within the party, while still using the same ideological mantra. This study employs a longitudinal ideological analysis of five official party documents published between 1984 and 2022 to analyse how the party has drifted between the two ideologies over the years. The analysis is done using three political areas: immigration, economy, and safety.

The aim of this thesis is to study the cause of Egypt´s failed development of the transition to democracy and vice versa, the reason why Turkey succeeded in democratic transition. Thesis methodology is a comparative analysis between design units Egypt and Turkey. Thus, the most similar design used in the investigation.European Commission began in 1998 to review Turkey´s political and economic reforms to fulfil the Copenhagen criteria. 2005 began negotiations on a Turkish- EU membership. U.S and Egypt have enjoyed close economic, security and democratic cooperation since 1975.