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Following study seeks to categorize reform suggestions made by the Swedish Agency for Public Management in accordance to how they relate to two different models of public administration – one influenced by New Public Management and the other by neoweberian thought and perspectives. The study takes the form of a qualitative text analysis, where six reports authored by the agency in question are ana
Facebook is a global phenomenon with only a few previous studies. This study has therefore with the help from Robert A. Dahl’s five criterions for democracy studied if Facebook is violating the Swedish democratic standards. A sixth criteria has also been created for this purpose. Some of the previous studies about Facebook and technique based websites have been the main source for information. How
3D printing of metal components is a growing industry where the demand of highly precise and complicated geometrical metal structures are met. Höganäs is with its Digital Metal department one of the few companies that do 3D-printing by powder bed ink-jet technique. In this technique a binding material is needed in order to retain the designated structure until sintering. In this project a 316 L g
This study aims to investigate what possibilities policymaking have, specifically the design of parental leave policies, to reach a more gender equal division of unpaid housework. The investigation poses the question, how the design of the Swedish and Danish parental leave policies, in respect of reserved ”daddy quotas”, have effected the long-term gender division of unpaid housework. There is no
ILO 169 – Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention - is an international treaty that deals exclusively with the rights of indigenous peoples. Sweden is a country that normally commits to human rights and international treaties. However, it is still one of the countries that has not ratified ILO 169. By conducting a critical discourse analysis with a postcolonial approach, this study problematizes
The turnout for the European Parliament elections has steadily increased in Sweden. Most recently, it was 51 % of the entitled voters that voted, but it is still a low figure compared to how many people that vote in the parliament election. Some interesting questions are raised in relation to the turnout. Are there differences in access to information and knowledge depending on where you live in S
Cell handling is an important aspect of biomedical research, as an accurate cell media composition and cell viability is paramount for successful studies. Specifically cell washing, the replacement of the liquid media in which the cells are dispersed with another liquid media, has been studied in this thesis. An acoustofluidic device called the AcouWash, by AcouSort AB, which utilizes the combinat
De senaste åren har beskattning av den digitala ekonomin hamnat i focus. Det har gett upphov till att bl.a. OECD och EU har kommit med förslag på hur man ska kunna lösa detta dilemma. Traditionellt blir ett företag beskattat i den stat där detta har hemvist eller i den stat där företaget har ett fast driftställe för vilket det är angivet flera olika anknytningspunkter. Dessa anknytningsfaktorer byIn the last couple of years, taxation of the digital economy has become a subject that is on everybody’s mind. This has given rise to attempts from OECD and EU, amongst others, to solve this dilemma. For a company to be taxed in a state it must be a resident in that state or be attributed a permanent establishment that requires that the company has a physical presence in the state. This makes taxi
This research project presents an example of how students and teachers can work together to analyze Of Mice and Men. In this paper, critical theory is used as a form of scaffolding, in order to both develop students’ Theory of Mind (ToM) and make canonical literature more accessible. The research questions answered in this paper are concerned with asking how critical theory can be applied to the n
In literature there is a great variety of detective novels and The Secret History is one that presents the whydunnit-plot pattern, as the murderers are exposed early on. Another extensive part of The Secret History is its connection to Greek tragedies and Dionysian influences. Therefore these are considered and part of the formulation of this paper. I aim to establish ‘control’ as a unifying theme
In November 2010 the largest outbreak in Sweden, and the second largest worldwide, of the parasite Cryptosporidium in public water supplies happened. The cause is still unknown, but the effects of the outbreak were that 27 000 inhabitants in the city of Östersund got infected. This study is a research of how other municipalities in Sweden are working with, preserving healthy drinking water, and ho
This project was performed in collaboration with CellaVision, a company that provides digital solutions for medical microscopy in hematology. Together with a hardware for blood analysis, CellaVision provides a software where cell images are displayed for further analysis. The user interface of this software was the focus of this research. With the aim to provide a suggestion of improvement for the
Since entering the European Union in 1995, Sweden’s union membership has affected different aspects of national politics. One such aspect is the changed role of the national administration. The aim of this thesis is to study how national agencies handle their responsibility of making information regarding their participation in the EU accessible to the public, and what effect it has on democratic
Purpose: In order to study the Galactic Chemical Evolution, elemental abundances are needed. The purpose of this work is to investigate the chemical evolution of the Milky Way by determining several elemental abundances of giants in the local disk. Large surveys are up and coming, and several surveys are already working, and with these, the aim is high quality abundance measurements of several ele
Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are lifelong illnesses that include psychosis and difficulty maintaining stability. These illnesses are also characterized by limited abilities to self-assess and seek treatment when necessary. Informal caregivers of people living with a serious mental illness are often relatives or spouses. The objective of this study was to determine what strategies were used b
Authors: Anselm Ahlström and Josefin Jervelycke Title: The Treasure at the End of the Rainbow - About Trans People’s Experiences of Belongingness and Otherness in the Lgbtq-community. Supervisor: Kristina Göransson Assessor: Norma Montesino The aim of this study was to explore trans people's involvement in the lgbtq-community in order to create a deeper understanding of the processes that cr
Abstract This is a conceptual examination that studies the use of the concepts indirect and direct approach in the Swedish armed forces. The purpose is to examine if the concepts can be understood with John Gerrings theory and which impact that understanding have on the use of the concepts in military context. The examination was conducted as a textual analysis of Swedish textbooks in military t
’Populism’ is a term with contested meanings in both academia and media, but the focus of debate on this topic is often directed towards the former category. This essay focuses on the latter and so examines the different meanings of the term ’populism’ in Swedish opinion journalism. It does so by applying terms and theoretical concepts from the poststructuralist discourse theory developed by
Kryptovalutor är ett relativt nytt fenomen inom den finansiella infrastrukturen av samhället. Sedan de ökat i popularitet och användning har det inneburit positiva men även negativa konsekvenser för samtliga aktörer inom den finansiella infrastrukturen. Sedan dess tillkomst (och fram tills nu) har lagstiftaren varit relativt återhållsam vad gäller specifik reglering av kryptovalutor. Detta kan hCryptocurrencies are a relatively new phenomenon in the financial infrastructure of society. Since the rise in their popularity and circulation, cryptocurrencies has brought forth some positive, but also some negative consequences for all the actors within the financial infrastructure. Since its launching (and up until recently), the legislative branch has been somewhat restrained from drafting p
