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The Securitization of Infectious Disease A Comparative Study of the 2009 Swine Influenza Pandemic in Germany and Sweden

It is the purpose of this paper to compare the securitization processes of the A(H1N1) virus, more commonly known as the swine flu, in Sweden and Germany. Based on the recognition that these countries, for all intents and purposes, are very similar it is the aim of this essay to understand how the results of their respective securitization processes could be so widely different. This study is cond

Bodies Moved, Moved Bodies A Phenomenological Study of the Embodied Experience in Olafur Eliasson’s Installations Your blind passenger and Your negotiable panorama

This thesis provides an analysis of the embodied experience in Olafur Eliasson’s installations Your blind passenger (2010) and Your negotiable panorama (2006). The empirical material was observed in 2011 at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, where the two installations were located at the time. The author argues that the experience of a work of art is done through the beholder’s entire b

Från katekisation till livsfrågor. En studie av konfirmandläroböckers utveckling. 1962-1978.

The purpose of this essay is to study how the course books for confirmation candidates in the Church of Sweden relate and correspond to the steering documents drawn up and adopted by the Church on the one hand, and by the public system of elementary schools on the other, between the years 1962 and 1978. The research is based on printed literature, where the primary sources are the steering documen

Transfer pricing, Valuating Intangibles in Practise

Uppsatsens syfte är att redogöra för nuvarande gällande rätt gällande internprissättning I kombination med immateriella rättigheter. Benämningen internprissättning refererar till priser i en transaktion som sker mellan bolag i en intressegemenskap. Kombinationen av de två ämnena är av intresse då vi kan se en ökning av koncerninterna transaktioner såväl som en ökad handel med immateriella rättigheThe purpose of this essay is to account for the current legal situation concerning transfer pricing in combination with intangible property. The term transfer pricing refers to prices in a transaction between associated enterprises. The combination of the two subjects is of current interest as there is an increase of controlled transactions as well as trade with intangible property. The method of

The Problem of Trafficking in Women in the EU. A Constructive Policy Proposal.

Trafficking for sexual exploitation is the most common form of trafficking in the European Union (EU). The problem is long lasting and mostly affects women and children. During the two latest decades, the EU has developed an extensive anti-trafficking policy framework. Europol, together with a variety of sources, nevertheless stresses that the problem do not show any tendency of decreasing. This t

Memorials of Suffering - The human trace in artefacts by Doris Salcedo

The aim of this study has been to enable a depiction of humanness without having recourse to the human body and to make it conceivable to relate to the aesthetics of anthropomorphism. Four artworks from as many installations by the Colombian artist Doris Salcedo have made up a base for the investigation: Atrabiliarios (Defiant, Bitterness), Untitled, La Casa Viuda (The Widow House or The Widowed H

Public health on the EU agenda, why? The creeping expansion of public health in the European Union

This thesis discusses the surprising evolvement of public health onto the EU agenda. The overall research aim is to investigate and develop potential explanations for the process of public health policy making in the European Union. By using Multilevel- Governance, Agenda-setting theory and Policy Networks, this thesis develops a theoretical framework for the research in question. Case study desig

Utrikespolitiskt beslutsfattande: En flernivåanalys av Sveriges beslut att bli en del av Europeiska unionens gemensamma säkerhets- och försvarspolitik (GSFP)

In 2008, Sweden accepted the Treaty of Lisbon, which contained a development of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), towards a Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). This thesis aims to study the decision making process behind the Swedish foreign policy decision to take part in CSDP, and further develop its security policy within the European Union (EU). The main purpose is therefo

Idrottande ungdomar har inte optimala kostvanor!

Idrottande ungdomar, i åldern 12-20 år, har ett specialbehov vad gäller kosten i jämförelse med andra individer. Då ungdomarna fortfarande växer och utvecklas är en sund kosthållning ytterst angeläget för upprätthållande av en normal kroppslig utveckling. Dessutom ställs i och med idrottandet högre krav på näringsintaget eftersom mer energi- och näringsämnen samt vätska förbrukas på grund av den fYoung athletes, between 12-20 years, have special dietary needs in comparison to other individuals. Since these individuals are still growing and maturing, a healthy diet is of utmost importance for the maintenance of a normal physical development. Moreover; due to physical activity the requirements of energy, nutrients and fluids are higher for young athletes. In order to achieve optimal physical

Alarms, Bells, Buzz, and Birds: Soundscapes, Awareness, and Healing in Japan

LUND UNIVERSITY Division of Art History and Visual Studies Master of Arts in Visual Culture Alarms, Bells, Buzz and Birds: Soundscapes, Awareness, and Healing in Japan by Marty Miller Abstract: Studies in the Visual Culture field reveal the impact of images in shaping perceptions of ourselves, yet also in relationship to what is labeled as 'other.' However, the use of sounds to create

Lost and (Re)found: Found Snapshots and the Uncanny as a Return of the Repressed

Anonymous forms of non-art photography have received a great deal of attention in recent years. Museum exhibitions and published compilations of what is commonly referred to as ‘vernacular photography’ have appeared regularly since the late 1990s. An interest in photographs produced by anonymous amateurs is further reflected in the growing popularity of collecting snapshots that have been lost or

"En hävarm för utveckling"? En studie av Bjuvs kommuns visionsarbete

This case study focus on Bjuv’s vision planning. In year 2010 Bjuv initiated a political process to create a vision which had the purpose to serve as a platform for further development in the municipality. The study tries to understand vision planning in Bjuv by using the theory of urban politics (in Swedish stadspolitik) and strategies which are part of the urban political perspective. The result

Likhet eller skillnad mellan olika psykoterapeutiska inriktningar i den kliniska vardagen

Syftet med denna uppsats var att studera skillnader och likheter mellan kliniskt verksamma psykoterapeuter som företräder olika teoretiska och psykoterapeutiska inriktningar särskilt med avseende på hur de gör och hur de tänker omkring interaktionen mellan sig själva och patienten. Ett frågeformulär avsett för just denna undersökning konstruerades och skickades till trettiosex legitimerade psykote

Kampen om jord: om institutioner, rationella val och viljan att göra rätt i landreformens Zimbabwe

Land Reform in Zimbabwe was instigated at the end of the 1970’s as an effort to ease tensions and more equitably distribute wealth and power between the disenfranchised black population and their white colonial rulers. In this thesis I examine Zimbabwean land reform from a new institutional perspective. More specifically, I examine which of the two institutional logics, logic of appropriateness an

Plenumbestämmelsen och dess tillämpning inom straffrätten - en studie genomförd utifrån ett förutsebarhetsperspektiv

Uppsatsen utreder plenumbestämmelsens tillämpningsproblem inom straffrätten och hur förutsebarheten för den enskilde påverkas av att plenumbestämmelsen lyser med sin frånvaro. Prejudikaträtten är inte absolut i Sverige. Men detta innebär inte att ändringar av prejudikat ska ske med lätthet, utan en strävan att upprätthålla förutsebarheten för den enskilde är viktig. Med anledning av detta finnerThe essay examines the absence of the application by the Supreme Court of plenary sessions, which is necessary for establishment of precedent in the Swedish legal system, within the penal law and how the predictability in individual cases thus suffers. The precedence principal is not consistently adhered to by the Swedish legal system. This does not suggest that changes of precedent should be ma

Fast marking by solid state laser : development of a laser source optimized to the highest process productivity

In the past decades, the laser technology market for industrial material processing has grown by double digits. Nowadays, material processing by high power laser represents the almost irreplaceable solution for many needs. The company SEI S.p.A., based in Curno, Italy, requested a solid-state laser suitable for fast marking application. A Nd:YVO4 crystal in end-pumped configuration was chosen in o

What is the added value of EU citizenship for EU students studying in Lund, Sweden? A legal and political analysis of EU citizenship with a sociological approach.

This thesis analyses the impact of EU citizenship on EU citizens studying in another EU Member State, Lund, Sweden in order to find out whether there is an ‘added value’ for EU citizens when exercising their rights as EU citizens. In the first part, a short introduction to the background of EU citizenship, the rights it grants and student mobility in the EU is presented. The second part illustrate

Alternativa tvistlösningsmetoder - med fokus på medling

Sammanfattning Alternativa tvistlösningsmetoder eller Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) är på frammarsch såväl globalt som nationellt. Efter att under en termin vid Köpenhamns universitet kommit i kontakt med medling som tvistlösningsmetod, väcktes ett än större intresse för dessa alternativa sätt att lösa konflikter på. Jag ställde mig även då frågande till vad framgången för ADR kunde komma Summary Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) is progressing both globally as well as nationally. After my semester at the University of Copenhagen my interest in ADR in general and in mediation in particular, was awakened and strengthen. I wondered, what impact the increasing use of ADR might have on the Civil Procedure in general and in what regard it might affect the functions of the Civil Proc

"Alltså det var jag som var problemet från början": Den terapeutiska processen mellan en psykoterapeut och en familj

Kunskap om vad som händer i psykoterapeutiska samtal stannar ofta hos dem som medverkar i en terapi. En viktig uppgift för psykoterapiforskning är att göra sådan tyst kunskap tillgänglig. Syftet med vår kvalitativa studie var att undersöka den terapeutiska processen mellan en psykoterapeut och en familj i en långvarig familjeterapi. Psykoterapeuten hade lång erfarenhet av att arbeta med barn, ungd

NÄR MYTEN SPELAR ROLL I POLITIKEN - En betraktelse av Kennedymyten i amerikansk politik

The result of this research is, that the Kennedy myth lived in a symbiotic relationship with the political mission of John F Kennedy during his time in the White House. The myth was as present – as the real politics of Kennedy – during his presidency. The Kennedy myth was a tool for John Kennedy to reach the White House. This myth was natural in a country as America, where the American Dream is fu