Modern democracies face many challenges including declining voter turnout and growing mistrust towards political representatives. An increased trend among representative democracies facing these challenges is to introduce different direct democratic instruments. The aim of this thesis is to find what explains the introduction of the national citizens’ initiatives in Finland. During the last few de

A signal with harmonic structure is often characterized by its fundamental frequency, or pitch. This single parameter contain vital information of a range of applications such as musical transcription, tuning of stringed instruments, speech processing and more. Some signal sources, for instance a sti vibrating string, exhibit waveforms with slightly deviating harmonic structure. This phenomenon is

In a time when governments are created and changed, constitutions are considered to have an increasingly important role. The possibility is high that when creating or redesigning new regulations, already existing stable governments inspire countries in crisis. The American government is based upon the separation of power doctrine whereas the Swedish government represents a parliamentary system. Si

This thesis studies the American presidential election of 2012 and the phenomena called third party candidates. Third party is a term that refers to all other parties besides the major two in American politics. More specifically the method used is a content analysis and the analyzed material is news articles from 20 American daily newspapers. These third parties rarely get any attention and usuall

This essay studies the causal mechanisms behind democratic peace theory trying to explain why not yet any democracy has declared war on another democracy. The essay's hypothesis is expressed as follows: The way in which war is legitimized in general, along with democracies' stronger need for justifying all its actions, makes it extremely difficult for democratic states to declare war on ea

In the 2002 election, the Swedish conservative party, Moderaterna, did their worst election in over twenty years. After the 2002 election the party managed to become successful and in eight years the party has doubled their voter support, and has together with the parties from Alliansen managed to win two elections in a row. This study focuses on Moderaterna’s success in Swedish politics in the la

Uppsatsens huvudsyfte är att spegla relationen mellan stat och individ så som den tar sig uttryck i lagen om konsumtionsförbud av narkotika. Med hjälp av regeringspropositioner och filosofiska teorier av Locke och Rousseau presenteras en analys av politisk-filosofisk karaktär. Av analysen framkommer det att beroende på vilken syn av relationen mellan stat och individ man har, är avgörande för huru

“Darfur” has come to be a place invoking many different interpretations and is more politically and emotionally charged, than just a territory on the map. The past events of Darfur during the years of 2003-2007 have been understood to constitute genocide, a violent conflict, a story about the struggle of “good vs. evil”. I have employed the theory of Hayden White which asserts that through the use

This paper is a qualitative case study of the implementation of Security Sector Reforms and Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programs in the newly independent South Sudan. The objective of the analysis is to give an understanding of how the implementation of these programs would contribute to legitimate, effective and efficient juridical systems and security sectors in the war torn so

Den här uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka hur migrantarbetares rättigheter är skyddade inom folkrätt och mänskliga rättigheter. Efter en kort introduktion till internationell migration som fenomen samt de relevanta folkrättsliga normerna övergår uppsatsen till att behandla utlänningars ställning inom mänskliga rättigheter, genom en undersökning av tre av FN:s konventioner för mänskliga rättighetThis thesis examines the international protection of migrant workers. After a brief description of the migration phenomenon and the corresponding international legal framework, the position of aliens under human rights law is addressed through a review of three human rights conventions adopted within the framework of the United Nations. Following that, focus is turned to the international conventi

What does it mean to follow Jesus’ commandment to love your enemy and turn the other cheek, as a Palestinian Christian? In this work, the reception of Matthew 5:38 – 48 is examined in the context of Palestinian Christians under the present-day Israeli occupation. Six individuals were interviewed in September 2012. The thesis takes its starting point in the reception history focusing on the time of

Att aktieägare skriver aktieägaravtal är vanligt förekommande i svenska aktiebolag och då framförallt i mindre, privata bolag. I aktieägaravtalet kan man avtala om bland annat rösträttsbegränsningar och ägarförhållanden. Den allmänna uppfattningen i Sverige har sedan länge varit att aktieägaravtal endast är obligationsrättsliga mellan avtalsparterna, och därmed aldrig kan binda aktiebolaget. Ett a

A sedimentlogical and palynological study of samples from the Middle Jurassic Fuglunda Member, Mariedal Formation at Eriksdal, Skåne, Sweden, has been carried out. The section is dominated by sandstone with minor units of coal, claystone, siltstone and conglomerate. The depositional environment has been interpreted as a coastal setting, perhaps a delta system with mixed influences of fluvial, tida

Den digitala teknikens utveckling har sedan långt tillbaka inneburit ett hot mot upphovsrätten. Under de senaste åren har Cloud Computing, eller molnbaserade datatjänster, framstått som ett allt intressantare forsknings- och tillämpningsområde inom teknikbranschen. Cloud Computing utgör en teknisk infrastruktur där användaren har tillgång till data som är belägen utanför den egna plattformen och k

Levnadsförhållandena är vanligtvis låga för människor som lever i flytande byar runt om i världen. Avsaknaden av adekvata avfallssystem i flytande byar försämrar både människors hälsa samtidigt som sjöar kontamineras. Detta examensarbete utvärderar hållbarheten av att implementera flytande bioreaktorer som avfallssystem för flytande byar i sjön Tonlé Sap, Kambodja. Det huvudsakliga syftet är att bConditions for humans living in floating villages around the world are usually in the lowest earning bracket. The lack of sanitary facilities pollutes lakes and deteriorates human health. This master thesis evaluates the environmental sustainability of implementing floating biodigesters as a sanitary solution in a village located on the lake Tonlé Sap in Cambodia. The main objectives include asses

“Amphawa” the district in Samutsongkram province where is plentiful of natural resources, local wisdoms and unique fascination of waterside living lifestyle, the area was trading and transportation hub of lower central and western part included of Thailand. Amphawa is widely well-known and people are able to define how the area was. Nowadays, technology and innovation magically shrink the world in

Abstract Course: Master thesis, Campus Helsingborg, Lunds Universitet, VT - 2010 Title: Finns empowerment i min storlek? – en kvalitativ studie om empowerments tillämpning på mindre företag. Authors: Hajir, Keyvan, Johan Lundquist & Mojgan Sohrabi Tutor: Katja Lindqvist & Pia Siljeklint Purpose of the essay: The purpose of this essay is to research and analyze if the current empowerment re