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The purpose of this study is to show how eating meat as a norm is linked to gender, and more specific; to problematize the meat normativity and its connection to masculinity. By conducting interviews with both male meat eaters and vegans, I wanted to see in what ways gender is performed through the speech of meat, and how male vegans relate to and are influenced by the connection between masculi
The purpose of this paper was to examine how five persons who identify themselves as porn addicts view their addiction in terms of how the addiction have come about, what affective experiences they associate with the addiction, how it affects their relations to others, what makes them continue using pornography, what forms the addiction takes and how they live with their addiction today. Based on
Since the opening of the Chinese borders in 1978, China has transformed in an unprecedented fashion. Constant economic reforms have converted the economy from a planned to a “socialist” market economy. Membership in the WTO has intensified China’s foreign trade and also integrated China in the world economy. Nonetheless, denial of Market Economy Status (MES) from its largest trading partner, the E
In this study I have explored xenophobia in Europe, using cross-national attitudinal survey and regression analysis. Two main theories constitute the theoretical framework, one based on economic conditions and one on group belonging and identity. They are tested, using the ISSP study from 2003 with the yearly topic ‘National Identity’, and their relation to the dependent variable, xenophobia, is e
The Lisbon treaty entered into force on the 1st of December 2009 and this alters the way the European Union is governed. This thesis examines if some of the most important constitutional changes will enhance the democratic legitimacy of the European Union. The focus of my analysis is on the following aspects: that the use of qualified majority voting has expanded in the Council of Ministers; that
In this thesis the relationship between socioeconomic equality and democratic consolidation is evaluated through a case study of Bolivia. The country is one of the poorest in the Latin American region and has suffered a large degree of socioeconomic inequality. The country ended the transition to democracy in 1985 and has since then met challenges in consolidating the democracy and create stable p
The intention of this thesis is to explore how four self-defined BDSM practitioners describe and understand their practices. Furthermore, I want to explore if their point of view can help us to understand BDSM in other terms than violence and battery. The interviews are semi structured and were done through instant messaging. By using grounded theory method it turned up that the informants describ
The purpose of this thesis was to contribute to a more holistic understanding of youth experiences under the phenomenon of societal transitions caused by processes of modernization. Bhutan has been subjected to major changes in terms of economic development, political and societal transitions. The group mostly associated with this modernization and globalization process is the youth living in the
Problem: Ett nationellt vaccinationsregister där samtliga vaccinationer registreras finns inte i dagsläget. Ett sådant register är tekniskt möjligt men det saknas en specifik, rättslig reglering. Nu pågår en beslutsprocess där olika aktörer försöker påverka hur en sådan reglering bör se ut. Studiedesign: Kvalitativ, deskriptiv diskursanalys av sex dokument publicerade av aktörer med intressen i This is a qualitative, descriptive discourse analysis of the decisionmaking process preceding the regulation of a national immunisation record. Presently, no law in Sweden regulates such a record. The study aims to examine if a regulation is needed, what kind of regulation is needed and who should decide about the implementation of such a regulation. Niklas Luhmann’s theory of decision-making with
This study analyzes the relationship between foreign trade and economic growth in Turkey during the last three decades while particularly observing distinctive feature of the last decade in terms of economic growth-foreign trade relationship. The study adopts two main methodological approaches. The first approach includes two econometric analyses based on VAR and VEC models regarding periods 1987:
Syfte: Att belysa de problem som finns vid värdeprövningen av goodwill. Tyngdpunkten ligger på problemen kring kassaflödesvärderingen av goodwill. Metod: Utifrån vår problemformulering har vi valt att använda oss av en kvalitativ metod. Vi har samlat in data från litteratur, intervjuer, regelverk samt artiklar och studier. Detta har vi bearbetat och analyserat för att komma fram till vår konklusio
För att kunna föreslå förbättringar i ALP: s produktionslayout insåg vi rätt tidigt att det första steget för detta arbete var att sätta sig in i företagets produkter och hur de tillverkas. Vi inledde därför vårt arbete med en kartläggning av produktionen och dess olika produktionslinjer. Med detta som grund fortsatte vi sedan med att föreslå en ny layout, samt förbättringar i delar knutna till de
Abstract This study aims to study the policies and measures adopted in order to attract FDIs to the extractive industry and to maximize their effects on the Albanian economy. Emphasis is put on fiscal policy and the allocation of tax revenues received from FDIs in the extractive industry. To conduct the study I have used theories explaining the reason behind FDI decisions and the mainstream theori
Föreliggande uppsats är ett examensarbete i juris kandidatprogrammet. Uppsatsen är skriven inom området familjerätt, mer preciserat inom successionsrätten. Uppsatsen behandlar efterlevande makes arvsrätt genom att gå igenom de regler som finns på området i Sverige, Norge och Danmark. Inom arvsrätten har det länge varit släktskapet som styrt vart arvet efter en avliden skall hamna. I dagens samhäThis thesis is written in the field of family law, more precisely about the law of succession. The thesis describes the spouse’s right to inheritance by comparing the rules in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. In the Swedish law of succession, it has long been the kinship that controlled where the estate of a deceased person should end up. The legislature has to some extent moved away from this. It is
I den svekofenniska provinsens centrala region har granitoider som är tidig-, sen-, post- och anorogena intruderat metasedimentära bergarter (Härnögnejs) av varierande metamorf grad. Fältarbetet för denna undersökning utfördes i den södra delen av ett 15 x 15 km stort och rundat sensvekofenniskt granitmassiv ca 10 km väster om Örnsköldsvik. Här förekommer tre olika graniter som i detta arbete kalIn the central region of the Svecofennian Province, granitoids related to different stages of the the Svecofennian orogeny have intruded metasediments (Härnö gneiss) of varying metamorphic grades. The fieldwork of this project was carried out in Ångermanland about ten km to the west of Örnsköldsvik. The mapping area is situated in the southern part of a 15×15 km rounded late Svecofennian multi-in
Klimatförändringen är ett fenomen som på ett aldrig tidigare skådat sätt kommer att sätta press på rättssystem världen runt. Det finns ett behov av att utforma rättsliga instrument och institutioner för att hantera förändringar i miljön men också av att utforma själva lagstiftningen att vara flexibel och anpassningsbar i förhållande till föränderliga förhållanden i naturens tillstånd. För att säkeClimate change is a phenomenon that in an unprecedented way will put pressure on the legal systems worldwide. Not only is there a need for designing the necessary legal instruments and institutions to handle changes in the environment but also for the law itself to be flexible and able to adapt under preconditions in nature which are uncertain. To ensure that the legislation is resilient enough to
