Myths, religious beliefs, and symbols are crucial components of ethnicity. PKK as a nationalist separatist armed organization- intensively uses them to construct a Kurdish identity which is compatible with its ideology as well as its objectives to mobilize Kurds and to galvanize their support. This thesis seeks to describe how PKK –as a militant organization- has instrumentalised Islamic related t

The anticolonial uprising in 1920 against the British occupation of the provinces of Mosul, Baghdad, and Basra marked an unprecedented escalation in resistance and opposition to the colonial forces. While most narratives of this uprising focus on the more significant events across the lower and middle Euphrates, earlier, unsuccessful episodes of anticolonial resistance also emerged in the Jazirah

This thesis aims to explore the transnational administrative structure in the Greek hotspots, exemplified in the hotspot Vial on the island Chios. The five Greek hotspots, all located on islands in the East-Aegean, serve as the implementation point of EU Commission`s hotspot approach as well as the EU-Turkey statement. It will be shown, that the Greek hotspots are administrated in a mode of joint

This research aims to clarify the entanglement and interplay of ideological revisions, Islamic conceptualizations and political standpoints of the Moroccan PJD, during the last decade, within the larger state-society relations. This will be carried out methodologically through a thematic periodized approach of two turning national occurrences namely the 2003 Casablanca terrorist attacks and the 20

I den här studien undersökte vi om det fanns en skillnad i upplevd organisationstillhörighet beroende på vilken anställningsform den anställde hade på ett konsultföretag. Den första hypotesen syftade till att undersöka om det fanns en skillnad bland konsulterna i upplevd organisationstillhörighet utifrån typ av anställningsform (tillsvidareanställning och tidsbegränsad anställning). Den andra hypoWe investigated if organizational commitment at one consultancy firm differed depending on type of employment. The first hypothesis analyzed if organizational commitment differed among consultants due to type of employment (permanent and temporary employment). The second hypothesis explored if there was a difference in organizational commitment towards the consultancy firm among in-house employees

Stora Karlsö Nya Museum är en undersökning kring hur arkitektur kan berätta om platsens själ och historia,samt en vision för hur detta kan gestaltas i en ny museibyggnad på ön. Platsen är en fågelö belägen strax utanför Gotlands västra kust; en kalkstensplatå som tycks resa sig rakt upp ur Östersjön. Det är ett naturreservat med besöksverksamhet som sträcker sig mellan maj och september. På ön fStora Karlsö New Museum is an investigation in how architecture can mediate a sense of place and history, as well as a vision for how this can be portrayed in a new museum. The place is a bird island situated just off the western coast of Gotland, in the Baltic Sea. It is a nature reserve with a visiting season stretching from May to September. On the island is a light house, a hostel, a restaur

Think tanks are a growing phenomenon in Western Europe. The majority of them possess a clear political agenda and their main goal is to spread their ideas and influence the public discourse as well as decision makers to subscribe to their ideology. This is normally done through gaining the attention of the media. However, it is not fully understood how think tanks manage to act as agenda-setters i

På 1970-talet stämde en grupp samer den svenska staten då de ansåg sig ha bättre rätt till ett geografiskt område kallat Skattefjällen. Samer är av svenska staten erkända som ett ursprungsfolk, och som en minoritetsgrupp. Skattefjällsmålet togs upp av Högsta domstolen 1981 och resulterade i ett prejudikat som sedan dess haft stort inflytande på de flesta mål som berört samers rättigheter. Syftet In the 1970s a group of Sami people sued the Swedish State claiming a better right to a geographic area referred to as the Taxed Mountain (Skattefjällen). The Sami people are recognised as an indigenous people, and a minority group, by the Swedish State. The Taxed Mountain Case (Skattefjällsmålet), that reached the Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) in the year of 1981, resulted in a precedent that

On the morning of the 8th of April 2013, the world woke up to Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi, the leader of what was called the Islamic State in Iraq or ISI, announcing the expansion of his group from Iraq into Syria. Al-Baghdadi also announced the merger of ISI and Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) into a new group called the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham or ISIS. Only one day after the announcement, JN released a

In this essay I have analysed the documentary film Crimea - The Way Home. The film is produced and distributed by the Russian state-owned media. My aim is to analyse how the film portrays the different actors in the conflict, how the events that transpired are described and which strategies for legitimization are used. My main goal is to examine the way in which the movie portrays the events that

Domstolarnas avgörande bedömning vid sexualbrott mot barn är inte sällan att värdera barnets utsaga. Människans åldersrelaterade kognitiva utveckling, barns ofullständiga förmåga att uttrycka sig och svårigheter att förstå erfarenheter genom att sätta dem i relation till tidigare erfarenheter försvårar bedömningen av barns utsagor. Sexualbrott mot barn tillhör därav de mål som är svårast för domstThe decisive assessment of the courts in cases involving child sexual abuse is often to evaluate the testimony of the child. The humans' age-related cognitive development, children’s incomplete ability to express themselves and children's difficulties in understanding experiences by putting them in relation to past experiences complicates the evaluation of children's testimonies. Child

Denna uppsats baseras på min översättning av ett utdrag från den brittiska populärvetenskapliga boken The Particle Zoo – The Search for the Fundamental Nature of Reality av Gavin Hesketh (2016). I uppsatsens första del analyseras boken med hjälp av de begrepp som Lennart Hellspong och Per Ledin beskriver i Vägar genom texten – Handbok i brukstextanalys (1997). Därefter följer de överväganden som m

Hybridity as a conceptual tool has been discussed in the literature as a means to understand how power and legitimacy are negotiated in settings where the Western model of the liberal democratic state does not work. Somaliland on the horn of Africa is frequently presented as functioning hybrid political order. A cornerstone for Somaliland’s success was the integration of traditional authorities in

Denna kandidatuppsats undersöker implementeringsproblemet som kan uppstå i avståndet mellan Sveriges riksdag och den verkställande byråkratin. Frågeställningen besvaras främst med hjälp av de värden som presenteras i Dahls demokratiteori (2002) och Lundquists teorier om byråkratisk etik (1988 & 1998) tillsammans med de värden som återfinns i Regeringskansliets värdegrund för statliga tjänstemäThis Bachelor thesis examines the problem of implementation which can arise within the separation of the Swedish parliament and the executive bureaucracies. The question is answered mainly with help from the values presented in Dahl’s theory of democracy (2002) and Lundquist’s theories of bureaucratic ethics (1988 & 1998) together with the Government Offices’ values for civil servants. In the

Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka och få ökad förståelse för elevassistentens upplevelse av sin arbetssituation. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats. Sju semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med anställda elevassistenter på kommunala låg- och mellanstadieskolor i Skåne län. Tematisk analys användes för att analysera intervjumaterialet och resulterade i följande teman: organisatorisThe aim of the present study was to examine and gain better knowledge regarding the working conditions for teacher assistants in Sweden. The study has a qualitative approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven participants who all were employee in public primary- and middle-schools. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the collected data. The following themes emerged: organizati

Uppsatsen utvärderar och undersöker effekterna av den svenska regleringen gällande särskilda transaktionsavtal, s.k. budrelaterade arrangemang. Detta genom att undersöka regleringens effekt på den svenska kapitalmarknaden och målbolagsaktieägare. Grunderna för den svenska takeoverregleringen presenteras genom att undersöka de relevanta bestämmelserna i, och förhållandet mellan, aktiemarknadsrätt, The thesis evaluates and examines the effects of the Swedish regulation of deal protection arrangements by looking to the impact of the provision on the Swedish capital market and target shareholders. The foundations of the Swedish takeover regulation are examined by presenting and arguing the relevant provisions in, and relationship between, stock exchange law, corporate law and EU law. Fiduciar

After the 2018 elections, political rights are scarce in Cambodia, new laws are enacted that tighten state control, and critics are under constant fear of crackdown. Youth, especially, have due to their mobility, size and strength gained increasing attention from the government, attempting to de-politicise youth activities and groups. This thesis examines young civil society actors’ possibilities

Jus cogens-normer är normer som det internationella samfundet har kommit överens om är tvingande i det internationella rättssystemet. Flertalet ouppklarade problem när det kommer till dessa normer kvarstår dock i gällande internationell rätt. Den förevarande uppsatsen behandlar tre av dessa problem, nämligen om konflikter mellan jus cogens-normer är möjliga, hur de konflikterna i så fall skulle kuJus cogens norms are norms which the international community has agreed are peremptory in the international legal system. However, several issues regarding these norms are left unresolved in current international law. This thesis concerns three of those issues, namely, if jus cogens norms can conflict with one another, how those conflicts in that case could be resolved, and lastly, what they could

In recent decades, the rate of extinction of species is increasing due to human use and refinement of nature. This has resulted in a large amount of research throughout the world. Forestry today is mostly based on clear cuts, and many natural forests have been cut down and replaced with monocultured forests. This is the major reason to the loss of species. Research has increased the knowledge abo

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att urskilja ett federalistiskt mönster inom EU:s makroekonomiska styrning och att söka förklaringar till förstärkningen av det rättsliga ramverket i detta avseende. Uppsatsen verkar i ett konstitutionellt perspektiv och antar ett multidimensionellt tillvägagångssätt för att uppfylla uppsatsens syfte. Gemensamt för dessa tillvägagångssätt är att de förhåller sig tilThe purpose of the thesis is to discern the pattern of federalism in EU macroeconomic governance and seek explanations for the strengthening of the framework in this regard. The thesis operates in a constitutional perspective, adopting a multidimensional approach in order to fulfil the purpose. These approaches have in common that they regard issues of legal power. By tackling the research questio