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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate why EU member states chose to join ad-hoc collations outside of the EU framework in the Strait of Hormuz, despite having a jointly endorsed ambition in the EU to increase strategic autonomy. Furthermore, the thesis reflects on what the significance of the collations are for EU global actorness and the ambition of strategic autonomy. To do so, this thesi
This study investigates how threats and problems are constructed within the Swedish work with cybersecurity. Due to digitalization and increasing problems with cyberthreats, cybersecurity has become a priority on the political agenda. Sweden is one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to digitalization. But the rapid development has left the Swedish cybersecurity endangered. In resp
Antalet barn och unga som upplever könsdysfori har ökat drastiskt under det senaste årtiondet. Unga könsdysforiker har behandlats och behandlas idag med hormoner som kan bromsa pubertetsutvecklingen eller göra att kroppen utvecklas närmare till det könet som den unga identifierar sig som. Könsbe-kräftande hormonbehandlingar till barn har på senare tid väckt ett antal frågor, eftersom behandlingarnThe number of children and adolescents who experience gender dysphoria has increased rapid-ly over the past decade. Gender dysphoria in adolescence may be treated with hormones that either delay the onset of puberty or govern the gender development closer towards the gender that the patient identifies with. Hormonal gender-affirming treatments in children have recently been brought up to discussio
Syftet med framställningen har varit att ur ett rättssäkerhetsperspektiv utreda svensk gradindelning vid grov våldtäkt när gärningen har förövats under vapenhot. Uppsatsen har även haft som syfte att utreda vilka omständigheter som bör beaktas för att ett hot ska anses vara av särskilt allvarlig art. Analys av rättspraxis har varit avgörande för att förstå hur gradindelningen bör genomföras i deThe purpose of this thesis has been to examine the Swedish classification of aggravated rape when the act is committed under threat with weapons from a legal security perspective. In addition, the purpose of this thesis has also been to investigate the circumstances that should be considered for a threat to be particularly serious. Analysis of case law has been crucial for understanding how the
Even as the public awareness and concern about climate change are increasing, and the younger generations are urging for political action, support for more costly and ambitious mitigation policies is not given. The low-cost hypothesis theory provides an explanation for why our concern about climate change fails to translate into supporting policies when the personal cost is high. However, research
This essay highlights how the policy documents of the European Union and projects in southern Sweden financed through the European Social Fund (ESF) mutually represent unemployment as a specific type of problem. By applying the theoretical perspective rationalities and technologies of government, the essay provides insight into the process where the EU rationalizes unemployment as a problem that n
Inom såväl nationell som internationell arbetsrätt värnar man om arbetstagarens trygghet på arbetsmarknaden. Det finns flertalet regleringar inom svensk rätt som syftar till att trygga anställningsförhållandet, varvid lagen (1982:80) om anställningsskydd (LAS), spelar en central roll. LAS:s huvudsakliga funktion är att skydda arbetstagaren från godtyckliga uppsägningar. Däremot är det endast en deIn both national and international labor law, the need for employment security has won wide recognition. Regarding Sweden’s labor laws, there are several regulations which aim to control the employment relationship. It is here that the Employment Protection Act (in Swedish lag (1982:80) om anställningsskydd, LAS) plays a major role. One of the main purposes of LAS is to protect an employee from ar
Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka och analysera vilka föreställningar om kvinnan som återfinns i olika typer av våldtäktsmål utifrån ett genusrättsvetenskapligt perspektiv. Uppsatsen är begränsad till att enbart analysera mål där parterna är bekanta med varandra. I arbetet med uppsatsen har främst den kvalitativa tematiska textanalysen tillämpats. Det analysverktyg som använts vid tillämpThis thesis uses a gender jurisprudence perspective to investigate and analyse how women are viewed in different types of rape cases. The thesis is limited to analysing cases where the parties are acquainted. The primary method is qualitative thematic text analysis. This method utilises ideal type analysis. The ideas identified in the in-depth analysis of the cases are compared with two polar-opp
Cooperation over shared water resources is often emphasised as something desirable. At the same time research show how a collaborative discourse can hide harmful effects of cooperation. Thus, the aim of this study is to show how water cooperation is problematized within the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement and the effects of this in the form of political implications. This is done with a
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) encompasses similar countries in matters of culture, language, and economic structure. However, the organization has only achieved modest levels of integration despite having existed for over 40 years. Previous research points to the absence of supranational institutions and low levels of economic interchange. The study of the core reasons behind the observabl
In the last couple of decades we have been witnessing a proliferation of both novel and more experimental forms of public participation within the field of Swedish planning discourse. The spread of participation and inclusion in the urban planning can both be seen as a result of an increased political disenchantment of the representative democratic system as well as an attempt, by the bureaucracy,
This essay examines how the Swedish environmental party, Miljöpartiet, has positioned themselves on the issue of independent schools in Sweden since the party was founded in 1981 until today. The analytical framework in the study is based on Christian Fernandez’ tripartite typology, privatization, differentiation and universalization. By using a qualitative text analysis, key texts are analysed us
Both research and theoretical approaches try to understand the EU’s motives for their external actions. Some argue the EU is a normative power, using their financial sanctions upon the human right principles, while others claim that the EU is governed by security interests, and where financial sanctions are used to control other states. The purpose of the thesis is to examine whether the EU’s fina
Syftet med denna har uppsats har varit att undersöka hur svensk rätt hanterar skador på naturvärden inom ramen för 32 kap. MB för att undersöka om det överhuvudtaget är möjligt att få skadestånd för en ekologisk skada enligt 32 kap. men även hur en sådan skada skulle kunna komma att värderas. Uppsatsen har genom rättsdogmatisk metod analyserat både rättsfall, förarbeten och doktrin för att se hur The purpose of this essay has been to investigate how Swedish environmental law handles damage to natural resources, and to see whether it is possible at all to obtain compensation for ecological damage according to the Swedish Environmental Code (MB). The purpose has also been to see how such damage could be assessed. Through a legal-dogmatic method, the essay has analyzed both legal cases, prepa
Medborgarskapslagens 11 § innehåller de vägar en utlänning kan bli medborgare i Sverige genom det som kallas naturalisering. För att kunna få medborgarskap på detta sätt ställs en handfull krav på den sökande, såsom uppnådd ålder och tid den skall bott i Sverige. Dessa krav, och till viss del om medborgarskapet och dess historia i allmänhet, kommer framöver avhandlas. Störst fokus kommer ligga påThere are a handful of ways that a non-Swedish citizen may gain citizenship. Those that use the judicial instrument of “application” to apply for said citizenship trough the process of naturalization are subjected to several various requirements. What this essay is trying to do is to some extent explain those requirements, as well as the rules regarding the Swedish citizenships in general. One o
I en rättsprocess har den tilltalade möjlighet att ange invändningar om alternativa förklaringar till det händelseförlopp som åklagaren gjort gällande. Åklagaren ska frambringa så mycket bevisning att det är ställt utom rimligt tvivel att det gick till på det vis som denna påstår. Invändningarna som den tilltalade gör kan påverka domslutet på varierande sätt. En del, till exempel allvarlig psykiskIn criminal trial procedures, the defendant has the opportunity to make a defence concerning the course of events adduced by the prosecutor. The prosecutor shall present as much evidence as necessary to reach the evidentiary requirement beyond reasonable doubt. The defence can affect the judicial decision in different ways. For example, a severe mental disorder and self-defence might result in a v
Under Covid-19 pandemin har distansarbete varit en central del i strategin för att minska smittspridningen av viruset. Före pandemin arbetade endast 5 % av arbetstagarna inom EU på distans regelbundet. När pandemin bröt ut ökade andelen distansarbetare inom EU till nästan 40 %. Den snabba omställningen till distansarbete har aktualiserat flera arbetsrättsliga frågor. Syftet med denna uppsats är atDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, telework has been a central part of the strategy to reduce the spread of the virus. Before the pandemic, only 5% of EU workers worked remotely on a regular basis. When the pandemic broke out, the proportion of employees working remotely in the EU increased to almost 40%. The rapid transition to telework has raised several issues of labor law. The purpose of this thesi
Nedanstående uppsats avser att belysa skiljaktigheter avseende Sveriges och Tysklands reglering av prostitution. Ämnets unika och komplexa karaktär resulterar i en mångfacetterad debatt som vid en jämförelse visar ländernas skilda argumentation och rättsliga grund. Historiskt har länderna infört regleringar med fokus på den säljande parten, i form av registrering och kontrollåtgärder. HuvudsakligeThe purpose of this essay is to highlight the discrepancy regarding Sweden’s and Germany’s legislation of prostitution. The unique yet complex nature of this topic makes for a multifaceted debate which when analyzed through a comparative lens showcases the differences in the priorities and legislative foundation of the two countries. Historically, Germany and Sweden have implemented regulation tar
This thesis sets to interrogate the deployment of resource nationalism in the Turkish case, using the hydraulic project Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi as a case study. While previous research has often determined resource nationalism through state-building and economic accumulation, the thesis challenges this literature by focusing on how conceptualizations of subjects and places are constructed in con
This paper aims to research the dynamics of feminist niche parties in party competition. Employing a mixed-methods design the analysis focuses on the swedish part Feminist initiative (F!) and the dynamics of comepetition through which it affects the political agenda. Relying on party competition literature and an understanding of political competition on issue competition, the relation between mai
