Despite the enthusiasm that greeted democratization in Africa and Nigeria in particular, it has turned out that expectation has run contrary with the reality. The wave of democratization in Africa has turned out to be wave of conflict, violence and war. This paper examines the dynamics of fraudulent elections in African most populous nations,Nigeria; a land with great potentials but lacking the fr

The aim of the paper is to draw a conclusion about the effect that integration has on the (in)stability of the linkages between international stock markets. To measure this (in)stability we focus on the contagion effect caused by the US debt crisis. Furthermore, we take the anti-crisis policies of the different countries into account and discuss whether this could have a mitigating effect on the r

Att göra en modern adel är en undersökning av adelsmötets verksamhet under tiden 1911-1921 utifrån begreppen identitet och politisk kultur. Resultaten talar för en adel som gjorde anspråk på att vara överordnad resten av samhället men i sin verksamhet uppvisar en förståelse för att dess handlingsutrymmet i det moderna samhället är begränsat.

The upcoming negotiations on a global Arms Trade Treaty in July, 2012 mark a new development within arms control regimes. This thesis seeks to investigate the prospects and challenges towards the achievement of an Arms Trade Treaty. In doing so, it will adopt an ideational analysis in order to investigate the emergence of norms in small arms and how these have the potential to affect policy outcom

For the last decades Latin America has been the target for several neoliberal health system reforms. Public Private Partnership models in health care provision are increasingly advocated on both national and global scales. Foremost the public private partnerships are suppose to enhance is equity in health system regarding distribution of resources and reaching out to poorer parts of populations. I

The purpose of this paper was to understand post-war Sri Lanka. For about thirty years there was a raging armed conflict in Sri Lanka between the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The war ended in 2009 and left behind clusters of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)and child recruits; unforcibly or forcefully recruited by the LTTE. The Government of Sri Lanka (G

Sweden has one of the most restrictive HIV transmission laws in the world. The Communicable Diseases Act contains the duty to inform, demanding that HIV positive people must inform their partners about their HIV status before sexual intercourse. Sex is also not permitted without a condom. Charges can be brought against HIV positive people not only in the case of actual HIV transmission, but also w

The paper deals with the question to what extent tax incentives especially designed to promote research and development are compatible with European Union Law. Therefore tax incentives are analysed with special regard to the Fundamental Freedoms and the State aid provision. It can be found that legislators have three basic possibilities given by European Union Law, which differ in the freedom of d

The purpose of this paper is to deliver a clearer picture regarding the possible effects of the in-store TV screens on consumers’ impulse purchase decision and how factors such as the gender and generation can influence the consumers’ behavior towards this digital signage. Therefore this objective academic paper will contribute to bring discernment and relevant material for future studies through

The present thesis studies the monitoring of the 2012 Russian presidential elections and explores theoretical and empirical questions of the influence of domestic and international actors on the election process. The study of the election observation is one of the topics of the very large field of study on democratization and, more specifically, democracy-promotion and assistance; therefore in my

The Legal Principle of Equality underpins most national tax systems and encompasses both substantive and procedural equality. In its substantive form, the principle requires that equal treatment of equal situations. This does not mean however that unequal situations always merit unequal treatment. Political will may determine that particular distinguishing criteria should be discounted. Gender and

Uppsatsen Agendan bakom Agenda – en kritisk diskursanalys i struktur och intention bakom svenskt nyhetsinnehåll är författad av Helena Johansson och Elin Jonsson i ämnet för Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid institutionen för kommunikation och medier vid Lunds universitet. Uppsatsen är en studie i svenskt nyhetsinnehåll och de faktorer som påverkar detta. Genom kritisk diskursanalys analyser

The Church of Sweden has during the 1980s and in 2010 discussed the contents of the communion drink. The debate has been taken up in Church of Sweden’s supreme body, the General Synod, where members have presented several suggestions for changes the opinion of the communion drink. Initially, members wanted to increase information to parishes about using alcohol-free alternatives instead of wines w

Film är ett ämne som berör och konsumeras av indivier från olika bakgrunder, kön och ålder. Uppsatsförfattarna har identifierat en tendens att individer gärna rekommenderar filmer till varandra och genom detta påverkar individers beslutsprocess. Denna rekommendationskultur påverkar individers val av film, vilket intresserar uppsatsförfattarna. Uppsatsen ämnar undersöka hur individer engagerar sig

Målet med opgaven er, at undersøge hvordan identiteten og selvfremstillingen ser ud på to datingsider, en ny nichet side; Mazily og en almen og bred; Match . Dette med udgangspunkt i smag og den distinktion der ligger bag konceptet hos datingsiden Mazily, der markedsfører sig som en datingside for "urbant kulturfolk". De nichede datingsider med fokus på interesser vokser frem, og den kla

This study explores Malmö's definition of social sustainability. Social sustainability still lacks a universal definition, creating a wide margin of interpretation and free space to act or not to act. The concept has grown as a topic on the political agenda and the City of Malmö has in recent years launched major projects to influence the social sustainability in a positive direction. Among ot

Denna naturalistiska och explorativa studie undersöker samband mellan terapeutisk allians och patient- och behandlingsfaktorer för nyinsjuknade i psykos. Studien försöker också identifiera prediktorer för terapeutisk allians hos denna grupp. 67 patienter vid en specialiserad enhet i Malmö deltog. Alliansen skattades med Session Rating Scale (SRS). Resultatet visar att alliansen förbättras signifik