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According to most studies, the global democratic backsliding that started in 2006 cannot be linked to changes in the people's support for democracy. Instead, it is commonly asserted that political cultures around the world are heading in a more democratic direction. I challenge this claim. With combined data from the World Values Survey, the European Values Study, and Varieties of Democracy, I

Narratives about Europe are stories of shared European past, present and future, that provide meaning to the existence of the European Union and to the policy it pursues. In this thesis, narratives about Europe are analysed in nine State of the Union speeches, given by Commission presidents from 2010 to 2020, and situated in the theoretical framework of discursive institutionalism. A combination o

Yrkeslegitimationen inom hälso- och sjukvården anses utgöra en garanti för att den enskilde yrkesutövaren besitter den kompetens och de personliga egenskaper som krävs för yrket i fråga. En yrkesutövare (t.ex. en läkare) som inte bedöms vara lämplig för att få fortsätta sin yrkesutövning ska enligt 8 kap. 3 § patientsäkerhetslagen (2010:659), PSL, få sin legitimation återkallad av Hälso- och sjukvThere is a presumption that holding a professional license within the health care sector guarantees that the health care practitioner has the appropriate competence and personal qualities that are required for the specific medical profession. A health care practitioner (e.g. a medical doctor) who is no longer considered to be suitable to perform health and medical services shall, in accordance wit

Recently, we have witnessed an upsurge of right-wing populist parties in Europe. It is now clear how the rhetoric and politics of right-wing populist parties are normalized and thus move from the outer edge towards the center of politics. As early as 1991, New Democracy tried to establish itself in Swedish politics with a goal of reducing immigration and strengthening the country's security. T

Perovskitsolceller har blivit ett populärt forskningsområde eftersom de har haft en exceptionellt snabb utveckling i verkningsgrad under de senaste åren. Trots att perovskitbaserade solceller nu har nått verkningsgrader jämförbara med kiselsolceller, så återstår flera utmaningar för att möta solcellsmarknadens förväntningar för de applikationer där man hoppas att perovskiterna ska komplettera kiseOver the last few years there has been a steady increase in interest in the exploration of perovskite materials within photovoltaic research. This can to a large extent be attributed to the incredible pace at which solar cells based on perovskites have improved in efficiency during the same time period. Perovskite solar cells (SCs) are not only an alternative to today’s market leading silicon base

The aim of this study is to examine what differences there are in expressed values on the authoritarian-liberal scale of European right-wing parties in social issues. The point is to highlight possible differences between European populist right-wing parties and traditional right-wing parties. The method of the study is a descriptive idea analysis. This means that suggestions presented by the exam

The subject of this thesis is the relationship between post-liberalism and Christian democracy. The former an ideational current that has developed during the last decade, primarily in an Anglo-Saxon context, and the latter one of the most influential ideologies in Europe since WWII, yet surprisingly under-researched. Post-liberalism starts with a critique against liberalism, but some post-liberal

The nuclear accidents of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island are two of history's most serious nuclear accidents to date. The purpose of this study is to analyze the decision making and the immediate crisis management of these two cases, to later make a comparison of the similarities and the differences. The method of this study will be a comparative case study. Doing a qualitative description of

The interplay between political parties and teachers’ unions has transformed. At the same time, education policy has been prioritized on the reform agenda in Sweden. Parties and unions are key actors in the development of education policy, but their interplay is a neglected area within earlier research. Therefore, the following paper seeks to examine how the interplay between parties and unions ha

The conflict between two of the most important political profiles in today's Russia - Vladimir Putin and Alexei Navalny is currently ongoing. This study investigates how these two politicians construct narratives about the Russian people, the national identity and Russia's past, present and future in their narratives. Furthermore, the essay compares Putin and Navalny in order to understand

In their work, military personnel will face risks and threats: during deployments in ambiguous high risk mission contexts abroad, but also in peacetime in the Netherlands during training programs and exercises or national support operations. In all these contexts, it is crucial that team members speak up: sharing concerns, asking questions and providing ideas supports effective team decision makin

When the consequences of climate change now are starting to be seen more frequent in the industrialised world it raises an important question on what impact these natural hazards might have on individual concern for climate change. Using the case of the 2014 wildfires that took place in Västmanlands Län I explore whether or not living in the same region as this natural hazard impacts concern for c

The state administration is the last link in the chain of assignments and responsibilities, where the people vote for a parliament, which elects a prime minister, who appoints a government whose subordinate state administration must ensure that its policies are implemented. If you turn it around, the state administration is responsible to the government, the government to the parliament and the pa

This study’s objective is to, with an empirical approach, decode the practical use of the reasoned opinions regarding the principle of subsidiarity in the EU. By charting the submitted reasoned opinions between 2015 – 2019, the study intends to declare how active each parliament has been during this time period along with identifying what kind of policy area that has been the most co-occurrent. As

The Council on Legislation (Lagrådet) is a key institution in the Swedish democratic process whose role is to examine proposed legislation. This thesis seeks to combine legal and political literature in order to explain under what conditions governments chose to adhere to, or not adhere to, their critique. The study was conducted as a quantitative analysis of significantly criticized bills pro

In a democratic system, various party political views are set against each other, i.e. there are opposing positions, for voters to choose between, because in a democratic system the power proceeds from the people. However, national parliaments within the EU are criticised for their democratic deficit, which can be caused by the lack of opposition, a so called opposition deficit. The problem is con

The year of 2045 Sweden aims for net-zero emissions, also known as carbon neutrality. Furthermore, the national transport sector accounts for one third of the country’s total carbon emissions. This entails that the transport sector of Sweden is facing a major challenge and this thesis contributes with insights to the current policy process of the nation’s long-term infrastructure planning. By exam

This study concerns digital diplomacy and the changing role of the diplomatic profession. By constructing a survey followed by descriptive in-depth interviews, this study demonstrates that Swedish diplomats have overall a positive view on social media’s role within the profession. The use of social media has increased the transparency of the profession and the citizen dialoge. Furthermore, this th

Protests are a common way for citizens to express their grievances and can occur in almost every regime. Each state reacts to protests in different ways – some listen to citizens' demands and adjust their policies, others resort to forceful methods, but in one and the other case, the media occupy an important place among the tools of response. This becomes especially evident in non-democratic

In this paper I study the implementation of a trust-based governance reform in Malmö municipalitys division of early childhood education. Trust-based governance is a way to relieve the negative effects of New Public Management by showing the profession more trust and giving them more room for maneuver. The questions posed are if the implementation was successful, in other words is the division of