In the recent decade, European populist radical right parties have gained stronger position in politics, which is seen in both stronger voter support but also in greater legitimacy and increased political influence. However, there are differences between the newer and older member states of the European Union. Among the Eastern countries, who joined the union in 2004 or 2007, there are fewer succe

De senaste decennierna har fotbollsvärlden genomgått en accelererande kommersialiseringsprocess, där enskilda investerare fått ett ökat inflytande. Den österrikiska klubben SV Austria Salzburg köptes 2005 upp av läskedrycksföretaget Red Bull som gjorde en total omdaning av klubben, med bland annat byte av namn och klubbfärger som följd. Bland supportrar, men även inom forskningen, beskrivs Red Bu

Denna uppsats undersöker komparativt de tre nordiska partierna Sverigedemokraterna, Dansk Folkeparti och Fremskrittspartiet, som alla tre brukar benämnas som främlingsfientliga och nationalistiska. Med utgångspunkt av partiernas så kallade principprogram görs analyser av partiernas självbild, som den kommer till uttryck där. Begreppen nationalism och populism som ofta brukar användas i samband med

This thesis examines if it’s possible for Global Cities to claim international political authority on a legitimate basis of State Capacity. How is it that Global Cities can develop their own independent foreign and security policies even though these areas traditionally have been seen as a monopolized core function of the nation state and its central governments? Why do the international system of

This essay explores the foreign policy rhetoric of China through its official press agency Xinhua’s English web-based version in the case of China’s territorial dispute with Japan over the Senkaku/Diaoyu//Diaoyutai (S/D) islands. The dispute was brought to life in September 2012 and the essay covers Xinhua’s rhetoric between then and September 2014 through a rhetorical analysis of articles publish

When dealing with a process aiming for peace it is common to focus on the conflict issues themselves, and leave other issues to deal with later. But what if these other issues are obstacles to the peace process itself? The purpose of this thesis is to widen the perspective of peacebuilding studies, and shed some light on the issue of sex trafficking and its relation to peace processes. To investig

The concept of citizenchip and its role in how we organize our societies is subject to a great discussion within social and political science. In this essay I aim to problematize and lighten the complexity of citizenship. I also aim to lighten new ways of understanding and use citizenchip. I do this by apply parts of the ongoing discussion about citizenship on an actual situation. The situation f

The aim of this study has been to investigate whether there has been a discursive change in the European Parliament concerning the migration politics of the EU. The discourse analysis applied is based on a combination of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s discourse theory – focusing on identity building and discursive struggle – and Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis, regarding its f

In 2013 the conservative ruling party of Spain, Partido Popular, launched a draft to a new Citizen Security Law that after a year of critical debate was rammed by the congress. The opponents claim that the laws are undermining democratic rights such as freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. Partido Popular defends the laws with reference to security and safety while opponents claim that the un

This essay examines female representation in political leader positions. The study is contucted via a two case study of two autobiographies written by women - Gro Harlem Brundtland and Margaret Thatcher - who have served as chiefs of government. This case study is analysed through a theory which tries to explain the reasons behind the low representation of female political leadership. In this way

The purpose of this thesis has been to examine how Fox News Channel, the leading American cable news channel, portray terrorism, using the Charlie Hebdo attack as case study, to see whether they are clear in their descriptions of the extremist interpretations of Islam as unrepresentative of the religion as a whole. By using Norman Faircloug’s model for a Critical Discourse Analysis, and Orientalis

Why has FRONTEX evolved without introducing a mechanism for accountability? This case study answers this question by examining relevant treaties and regulations concerning FRONTEX's mandate, as well as previous scholarship in the area – and applying a top down approach to explain the evolution of FRONTEX's development. The study goes beyond focusing on FRONTEX's role as an intelligence

The goal of this thesis is to investigate whether it is possible to construct an advanced measurement approach (AMA) model for operational risk when the number of internal data points are very scarce. An AMA model should combine internal data, external data, scenario data, and business environment and internal control factors to give a one year VaR estimate with 99.9 % confidence of operational ri

Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka demokratiska aspekter inom El Sistema med fokus på gruppundervisning. Studien har gjorts på två El Sistema skolor, en i Mexiko och en i Sverige. Data har samlats in genom observationer och intervjuer enligt kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Resultatet presenteras i två olika delar, en för Mexiko och en för Malmö. Dessa två delar är uppdelade i fyra kategorier varThe purpose of this study is to investigate democratic aspects within El Sistema with a focus on group instruction. The study has taken place at two different El Sistema schools, one in Mexico and one in Sweden. The material for the survey has been acquired through interviews and observation using qualitative methods. The result is presented in two parts, one for Mexico and one for Malmö. These tw

Nowadays the technology is progressing continuously. The designers are developing products with new features and always giving to the user an innovative technological solution for the society problems. The standard methods to design new devices are becoming slower for the demand of the products. Due to this growing complexity, some possible substitutes of the traditional Register Transfer Level (R

Video conferencing is a very bandwidth sensitive application, if the available bandwidth is to low to handle the send rate of the media, packages will be lost in the network and thus the conference will be disrupted. Axis Communications would like to know which techniques are used today to ensure optimized bandwidth usage and as good quality as possible during a video conference even if the networ

The presence of endocrine disrupting compounds, so-called EDC’s, in aquatic environments has become an emerging issue for environmental health. Since the 1990’s these compounds have been displaying estrogenic effects on aquatic organisms downstream from sewage treatment plants (STPs). The cause of the problem is mainly the inability of conventional STP’s to remove these unwanted substances from ou

Studiens syfte var att undersöka om expressivt skrivande, som i tidigare studier visat sig ha effekt på fysisk och psykisk hälsa, kunde förbättra vård- och omsorgspersonals välbefinnande i form av lägre stress, mindre negativ affekt, mer positiv affekt samt färre somatiska symtom. I studien undersöktes om graden av självmedkänsla påverkades av interventionen. Det förutsågs att experimentgruppens d

Object detection technologies, represented by face detection system which has been studied for a long time, have developed recently because of the development of technologies of high performance computing and pattern recognition technique. Especially, pedestrian detection system has gathered attention recently, and it will be applied to an automobile safety system and monitoring camera system. Whi

This report explains my degree project at Lund University School of Industrial Design. The project started out by exploring the materials Wood and Textile, although after researching the two areas further it seemed more valuable to look into the way we consume these materials today. We do not have unlimited natural resources, and yet we keep using them as if we do. I chose to reduce the project in