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Exploring the authority and the political impact of soft law in international law
The question of whether there is soft law in international law has been as much the subject of contemporary debate as whether or not there is private legal authority in the international society. The legal boundaries seem to be blurred by the process of globalisation and the …
This paper examines the consequences of membership and participation in immigrant associations on individual immigrants? political integration and indirect political participation with reference to Swedish society. The theoretical underpinnings consist of a social structural …
Age is one of two new discriminatory grounds in Swedish law. EU took official position against age discrimination by means of Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation. From January the 1st …
… nation. In this paper I examine the development from a critical perspective and I map the democratic pitfalls of new territorial political constructions across national borders. The empirical analysis is a case report taken from the Öresund region, a cross border region between …
Om stakeholderperspektivets begränsade möjligheter att förändra miljöpolitiken
… politics. The political is defined as a process in which society is instituted and can be conceived of as a process in which a particular demand is transformed into a stand-in for a universal demand. Politics is defined as a sphere of social reality that is the manifest result …
… regulated in 23 § LAS and is defined in the preparatory work on the proposed law as well as in case law. Labour management (§ 32-befogenheterna) constitute general legal principles, but can be restricted by law, agreements or case law. To investigate how the proposed …
… explores the constructive elements in the relationship between civil society and the state in Russia, and how this enables the work toward political development. By using Julie Fishers theory about political development and organisational autonomy I discuss the varying and often …
ur ett genusperspektiv
The law (1988:870) concerning care of substance abusers is constructed in a way that gives the social workers room to interpret and apply the law individually. This may contribute to differences in treatment between female and male substance abusers. The purpose of the essay was …
… ?The Bush Administration´s view on international cooperation and international law and political-theoretical traditions influence on the administration´s foreign policy? Supervisor: Jan Olsson The purpose of this paper is to analyze the American foreign policy, particularly with …
… Through qualitative analysis, the study aims to portray the origin, purposes and consequences of such a forum. In particular, the study intends to disclose how different, and partly conflicting, democratic ideals present in a deliberative setting shape the form and function of …
… have been using political conditionality to promote human rights, democracy and good governance in recipient countries. This phenomenon has been analyzed and criticized, but mainly from a strictly empirical point of view. In this paper, the legitimacy of political conditionality …
… the welfare society. To do so I have described what a political myth is, and showed how it is presented in the most influential newspapers and organisations in the West. I have also presented alternative perspectives to the dominating view on the ageing population and it's …
Brukarstyrelser och deltagardemokratiska möjligheter och utmaningar: en teoriprövande studie
The question of direct citizen participation in politics and administration is a contestable one. Its proponents claim that it has positive consequences even for the more "traditional", representative democracy, since participation leads to an increased political knowledge and …
… number of actors, such as the state, the civil society, the political society and the bureaucracy, participate in the political process with different authority and points of departure. This thesis studies the actors´ interactions from an inside perspective by applying concepts …
… political consumerism as a political tool for change. Consumers' attitudes and behaviour towards political consumerism is of special interest. The method used is a questionnaire with 59 participating students. Their answers are analysed both quantitatively and, to a lesser …
