The relationship between free trade and the environment is often considered conflicting and the debates surrounding it are infected. My thesis deal with this conflict and how environmental concerns are integrated in three regional free trade agreements, North American Free Trade Agreement, The common market of the southern cone (MERCOSUR) and Southern African Development Community (SADC). I point out how the organizations differ from each other in this respect and I present a possible explanation to why they differ. The explanation is founded on the theory of the environmental Kuznets curve and that environmental concerns will depend on which level of development the member states in the organizations have. To judge and rank the organizations I have composed a model based on a pre-existing description of the trade and environment conflict.

Recent years there has been discussed how the critical situation in the housing market threatens the Stockholm region's growth. The thesis objective is to examine whether there is a scientific link between the lack of housing supply and growth. The thesis also intends to identify solutions for increased housing construction, for instance by examining the conditions for a greater regional perspective and influence on the region's housing supply. The thesis empirical study is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from the Government, municipalities and the housing industry.In Sweden, research on the relationship between housing shortages and growth has not been conducted to that extent it can be said to exist scientific evidence regarding the growth threat. However, in Britain and the U.S, empirical studies show that a lack of housing supply has hindered growth through negative impact on countries' gross domestic product.

The aim of this study is to try to explain the process using both an actor driven perspective as well as a structural perspective examining the reasons why the County Council of Värmland wants to merge with Region Västra Götaland. The answers to the following research questions are sought to shed light on the problem: What constrained the discretion of  the political actors in the choice of region to merge with? Which role did  different political actors play? Does the study provide Game Theory, from Rational Choice theory,  and Path Dependency, from Historic Institutionalism, a new perspective and strength especially  when bringing them together? The study is limited to two policy areas, health care and regional development policy. The structural background is drawn upon the Annual Report 2008 of the County Council Värmland, the Regional Development Program and Regional Transport Infrastructure Plan 2010-2021 by Region Värmland. The chronological order of decisions and events is drawn upon protocols from various regional political organs all linked to the municipal of Värmland and the correspondence between the officials of Värmland?s municipal and the Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency of the State.

Syftet med denna studie ?r att unders?ka hur l?rare i idrott och h?lsa planerar undervisningen i elevgrupper d?r eleverna har varierande idrottsbakgrunder, samt vilka faktorer de upplever p?verkar deras m?jligheter att skapa en likv?rdig och inkluderande l?randemilj?. Studien besvarar f?ljande forskningsfr?gor: Hur beskriver l?rare att de planerar undervisningen f?r att inkludera elever med varierad idrottsbakgrund?? och ?Vilka faktorer upplever l?rarna p?verkar deras planering och deras m?jligheter att skapa en likv?rdig undervisning? Studiens teoretiska ramverk utg?r fr?n Banduras teori om self-efficacy samt S?derlund et al. (2024) om l?rares tilltro till sin f?rm?ga i relation till inkluderande undervisning.

Recent years there has been discussed how the critical situation in the housing market threatens the Stockholm region's growth. The thesis objective is to examine whether there is a scientific link between the lack of housing supply and growth. The thesis also intends to identify solutions for increased housing construction, for instance by examining the conditions for a greater regional perspective and influence on the region's housing supply. The thesis empirical study is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from the Government, municipalities and the housing industry.In Sweden, research on the relationship between housing shortages and growth has not been conducted to that extent it can be said to exist scientific evidence regarding the growth threat. However, in Britain and the U.S, empirical studies show that a lack of housing supply has hindered growth through negative impact on countries' gross domestic product.

Att bevarandet av biologisk mångfald är en grundpelare för att nå en hållbar utveckling enades världens länder om i Konventionen om biologisk mångfald (CBD) som upprättades under toppmötet i Rio de Janeiro 1992. I konventionen förespråkas den s.k. ekosystemansatsen (EA), vilket är en strategi som innebär en helhetssyn på ekosystem. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka i vilken grad EA tillämpas på nationell och regional nivå. Frågan är också om EA är en bra utgångspunkt för att upprätthålla biologisk mångfald på landskapsnivå samt vad som kan öka tillämpningen av EA på regional nivå.

Studiens syfte var att unders?ka kuratorers upplevelser av att m?ta och arbeta med v?ldsutsatta kvinnor, samt att identifiera de faktorer som kuratorerna ans?g vara viktiga i detta arbete, liksom att analysera de utmaningar som f?rekommer. Resultatet grundar p? nio semistrukturerande intervjuer med kuratorer fr?n olika geografiska omr?den i Sverige, verksamma inom h?lso-och sjukv?rd, socialtj?nst och ideell organisation. Empirin analyserades genom tematisk analys, en kvalitativ metod.

Studien visar att flera faktorer har en signifikant p?verkan p? kapitalstrukturen f?r de unders?kta f?retagen, b?de f?re och under Covid-19 pandemin. Analysen identifierade att l?nsamhet, f?retagsstorlek, tillv?xt, tillg?ngsstruktur, likviditet och risk alla spelade en viktig roll i hur f?retag strukturerade sin finansiering. L?nsamhet visade ett negativt samband med skulds?ttning, vilket indikerar att l?nsamma f?retag f?redrar att anv?nda interna medel i st?llet f?r att ?ka sina skulder.

Syfte: Syftet med studien ?r att unders?ka hur ?tta l?rare uppfattar arbetet med ?verg?ngar mellan aktiviteter under skoldagen f?r elever i ?rskurs 1?3 i anpassad grundskola. F?ljande fr?gest?llningar har anv?nts i studien: Hur uppfattar l?rarna att de arbetar med eleverna vid ?verg?ngar mellan aktiviteter i anpassad grundskola? Vilka m?jligheter och utmaningar uppfattar l?rarna i arbetet med elevernas ?verg?ngar mellan aktiviteter i anpassad grundskola? Hur uppfattar l?rarna att de vill utveckla sitt arbete med elevernas ?verg?ngar mellan aktiviteter i anpassad grundskola? Teori: Studiens teoretiska utg?ngspunkter ?r det relationella perspektivet som fokuserar p? l?rmilj?ns utformning i m?tet med eleven. Dilemmaperspektivet lyfts ocks? fram utifr?n att utbildningssystemet st?r inf?r vissa grundl?ggande dilemman som hela tiden kr?ver olika for mer av beslut. Metod: En kvalitativ intervjustudie d?r semistrukturerad intervju och fenomenografi anv?nds som metodologi och metod.

Recent years there has been discussed how the critical situation in the housing market threatens the Stockholm region's growth. The thesis objective is to examine whether there is a scientific link between the lack of housing supply and growth. The thesis also intends to identify solutions for increased housing construction, for instance by examining the conditions for a greater regional perspective and influence on the region's housing supply. The thesis empirical study is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from the Government, municipalities and the housing industry.In Sweden, research on the relationship between housing shortages and growth has not been conducted to that extent it can be said to exist scientific evidence regarding the growth threat. However, in Britain and the U.S, empirical studies show that a lack of housing supply has hindered growth through negative impact on countries' gross domestic product.

Every plan and program decided on by an authority or municipality, where the environmental impact can be considerable, must be environmentally assessed according to Environmental Code, the Planning and Building Act (PBA) and the Regulation on Environmental Impact Assessment.The purpose of this study is to examine the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for The Region Development Plan for the Stockholm Region, RUFS 2010. The plan was approved by at that time the Regional Planning Office (Regionplanekontoret), which procured the process by consultants. RUFS 2010 includes two merged plans ie. a regional Development Plan (RUP) and the Regional Spatial Plan for Stockholm. It was necessary to establish an environmental assessment of RUP, but not for the regional plan.

Previous studies have shown that economic sanctions have adverse effects on the level of human rights in sanctioned countries. The focus of research on the effects in sanctioned countries has left the question of whether economic sanctions can have a regional effect on human rights levels in countries not sanctioned in the same region. Therefore, this essay has sought to investigate if economic sanctions aimed at an individual state have a regional effect on the level of human rights in countries not sanctioned within the same region. A previous study found that economic sanctions in Latin America positively affected the level of human rights in non-sanctioned countries within the same region. This essay has examined whether the same result can be found in a region with a different level of democracy.

Kulturens roll i samhällsutvecklingen är något som diskuteras allt mer intensivt. Idag kan en tendens där man använder kultur som verktyg för att uppnå utveckling urskiljas i kulturpolitiken både i Sverige och utomlands.Denna uppsats syftar till att studera och beskriva Region Hallands kulturpolitik, med fokus på att urskilja hur man använder kultur som verktyg för att uppnå regional utveckling. Den teoretiska utgångspunkten i studien utgörs av två kulturpolitiska modeller genom vilka jag undersöker hur kulturpolitiken har utvecklats de senaste åren, samt på vilket sätt kulturen integreras i andra samhällssektorer.Materialet i uppsatsen har inhämtats genom intervjuer med representanter för de sex största partierna i Region Halland, samt med regionens kulturchef. Dessa intervjuer har tillsammans med en del sekundära källor legat till grund för uppsatsens empiriska del.Det huvudsakliga resultatet i denna uppsats är att det råder en stor konsensus kring kulturpolitiken i Region Halland, oavsett partitillhörighet. Kulturen är på god väg att bli en fullständigt integrerad del i regionen, och den har stor betydelse för flera olika områden.

Recent years there has been discussed how the critical situation in the housing market threatens the Stockholm region's growth. The thesis objective is to examine whether there is a scientific link between the lack of housing supply and growth. The thesis also intends to identify solutions for increased housing construction, for instance by examining the conditions for a greater regional perspective and influence on the region's housing supply. The thesis empirical study is based on semi-structured interviews with representatives from the Government, municipalities and the housing industry.In Sweden, research on the relationship between housing shortages and growth has not been conducted to that extent it can be said to exist scientific evidence regarding the growth threat. However, in Britain and the U.S, empirical studies show that a lack of housing supply has hindered growth through negative impact on countries' gross domestic product.

Vi lever i ett alltmer urbaniserat samh?lle d?r v?ra landsbygder urholkas till f?rm?n f?r urbana omr?den. F?r att bryta denna urbaniseringstrend m?ste landsbygdskommuner hitta innovationsrika l?sningar som g?r att gemene man lockas fr?n staden och ut i v?r landsbygd.? Ett verktyg som kan vara landsbygdens r?ddning kallas f?r landsbygdsutveckling i strandn?ra l?gen (LIS). LIS ska m?jligg?ra f?r kommuner att exploatera strandn?ra.