1.1 40155 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Bahhar Mohammadi author 4227726 Carlo Michael Knotz supervisor Department of Political Science v1000693 department The following essay discusses the policy changes the Ghent countries Sweden and Denmark have had in the last fifteen years that possibly affected the union density. Furthermore the essay has a statistical approach and aim to investigate and discuss the factors that affects union density as well as being a contribution to the field of political science. By applying power resource theory the ambition of the essay have been to highlight reforms that have concerned and lead to conflicts between different socio- economic groups in society. This kind of conflicts accuses in all levels of society, in this essay the conflicts on a governmental levels is emphasized. Moreover, the analyses continues with discussing the different governmental parties view on labor unions and they position on the labor market and from that conclude which type of reforms typically lead to a change in unionization. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4448371/file/4463708.pdf application/pdf 413146 yes 2014 eng Key words: Labor union power resource theory Ghent system class conflict membership Law and Political Science 4448371 2014-05-23T09:46:51+02:00 2023-02-27T11:55:38+01:00 2014-07-07T14:55:38+02:00 1 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Viktor Berkesköld author 4407420 Senior Lecturer Peter Gottschalk supervisor Department of Law v1000142 department Faculty of Law v1000137 department Marina gränsdragningar avseende den exklusiva ekonomiska zonen och<br /> kontinentalsockeln regleras i artiklarna 74 och 83 i UNCLOS. Huvudregeln<br /> är att stater själva ska avtala om sina gränser men när det inte kan ske, kanen part (eller båda) hänskjuta tvisten till ICJ eller ITLOS för lösning. Det är vanligt att en gemensam gräns dras för de båda zonerna. Artiklarna 74 och 83 är i princip identiska till innehållet, men samtidigt<br /> vaga. De ger oss ingen bestämd metod, och inga principer utöver de som<br /> står att finna i artikel 38 i ICJ:s stadga. De ger dock domstolen en målsättning,att uppnå en rättvis lösning.<br /> ICJ och ITLOS har i praxis utvecklat en gränsdragningsmetod i tre steg.<br /> Första steget innebär att en preliminär gränslinje dras ungefär mittemellan<br /> staterna. I andra steget tar domstolen hänsyn till relevanta faktorer som<br /> eventuellt motiverar en förändring av den preliminära gränslinjen. I det tredje steget kontrollerar domstolen att resultatet inte blivit orättvist med hänsyn till bland annat kusternas längd i förhållande till hur stort havsområde var part tilldelas.<br /> De relevanta omständigheterna är främst geografiska. Öar, kustlinjernas<br /> projektioner och kontinentalsockelns geologiska utformning är allihop relevanta omständigheter i så gott som alla fall. Socioekonomiska faktorer, förekomst av naturresurser, nationell säkerhet och politisk status hos exempelvis öar spelar en betydligt mindre roll.<br /> Det står klart att UNCLOS rättvisebegrepp i princip bara knyter an till geografiska faktorer. ICJ har uttalat att omfördelning av resurser, såsom att tilldela en fattigare stat mer värdefulla naturtillgångar under havsbotten, inte är deras uppgift. En annan anledning till icke-geografiska faktorers låga ställning är att gränsdragningar är menade att vara permanenta, och exempelvis ekonomiska omständigheter är till sin natur ombytliga. UNCLOS preambel innehåller vissa målsättningar som fått stå tillbaks till förmån för stabilitet i och med ICJ:s och ITLOS:s mekaniska rättvisebegrepp. Effekten av detta är att gamla ordningar befästs, och att många stater fortsätter dra nytta av forntida framgångar i krig och av kolonialisering. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4449581/file/4449589.pdf application/pdf 225133 yes http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4449581/file/4456503.pdf application/pdf 225133 yes 2014 swe Sjörätt Folkrätt Law and Political Science 4449581 2014-05-25T21:17:41+02:00 2019-01-03T07:43:01+01:00 2014-06-17T14:06:55+02:00 2 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Seija Veijalainen author 4239220 Lisa Strömbom supervisor Department of Political Science v1000693 department This study examines how identity is expressed in the Russian government rhetoric through a narrative analysis, focusing on statements given during March 2014, by President Vladimir Putin and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov. The central themes of interest are region, religion, race/ethnicity and language, which are discussed in relation to the societal themes patriotism, security, siege and delegitimization. The main findings are that race/ethnicity is the most prevalent theme, used in the implementation of beliefs about security, while also delegitimization is a common element associated with security of ethnic groups. Religion is not a frequently used theme and region is often overlapping with ethnicity while also being related to a security context. Further findings are that human rights, often connected to ethnic groups, are emphasized in relation to security and that the central purpose appears to be to defend the Russian military actions. Inconsistencies regarding the geopolitical claim to Crimea are found in the information given in the press conference and speech by President Vladimir Putin. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4451374/file/4462772.pdf application/pdf 285154 yes 2014 eng Identity societal beliefs geopolitical claims Russia Crimea Social Sciences 4451374 2014-05-28T10:04:50+02:00 2023-12-15T10:57:16+01:00 2014-07-07T14:36:31+02:00 3 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Ebba Linde author Nina Rodling author Docent Magnus Wiktorsson supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department The objective of this thesis is to investigate performance for dierent investment alternatives<br /> for an investor wanting to track a multidimensional stock index. Performance is<br /> measured in terms of transaction cost, active return against the index and tracking error.<br /> The problem is approached by comparing performance for a full replication strategy against<br /> a strategy in which the traded portfolio is a dimension reduction of the index as well as<br /> against a strategy, trading the dimension reduced portfolio, aiming to predict and in turn<br /> minimize transaction costs. The full replication case and the dimension reduction case<br /> trade with a volume-weighted strategy, whilst the last strategy trades at times historically<br /> being least expensive to trade at. The dimension reduction is done based on results from<br /> a principal component analysis together with empiric results on transaction costs associated<br /> with trading a certain stock. The transaction cost prediction model implemented is<br /> the PAR-model, presented by Rashkovich and Verma (2012). The results show that when<br /> reducing the dimension of the index, meaning that stocks with undesired characteristics<br /> can be excluded, performance is improved. The transaction cost minimizing strategy show<br /> some improvement against the full replication strategy, but its performance is inferior to<br /> trading a dimension reduced portfolio with a volume-weighted strategy. This highlights<br /> the diculties in predicting stock market behavior. Hence, the strategy recommended for<br /> an investor wanting to track a multidimensional index is to conduct a dimension reduction<br /> according to preferences and use a volume-weighted trading strategy. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4451458/file/4451470.pdf application/pdf 2508800 no 2014 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2014:E23 LUTFMS-3247-2014 4451458 2014-05-28T11:33:08+02:00 2024-10-14T14:36:30+02:00 2014-05-28T11:38:09+02:00 4 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Carl Åkerlindh author Carl Thornberg supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department The demand for centralised risk metric services is increasing as the regulations<br /> and legislations in the financial market becomes stricter. In cooperation<br /> with TriOptima a framework for such service is presented. The framework is<br /> constructed such that parallel computation using graphical processing units<br /> (GPUs) is possible, with the goal to obtain maximal computational speed.<br /> The focus of this thesis is to introduce the pricing framework as well as<br /> the procedure of extending the asset class coverage. Four models for pricing<br /> crude oil derivatives are tested, each with different characteristics. We<br /> have successfully presented a workflow for developing pricing models in the<br /> computational framework introduced, with historical data and asset price dynamics<br /> in focus. The possible weaknesses are highlighted and improvements<br /> are proposed. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4451583/file/4451585.pdf application/pdf 491592 no 2014 eng Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2014:E25 LUTFMS-3249-2014 4451583 2014-05-28T14:15:22+02:00 2024-10-14T14:39:16+02:00 2014-05-28T14:18:31+02:00 5 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Gustav Nilsson author PhD Johan Bergström supervisor Division of Fire Safety Engineering v1000219 department Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety v1000224 department Risk Management and Safety Engineering (M.Sc.Eng.) v1000311 department An increasingly heterogeneous demography in society demands for a shift of attitude towards crisis communication. With a population where one in five has got a foreign background it is important that governments and decision makers continuously evaluate the current crisis management plans, and take measures through updates where so is considered to be needed. This report aims to evaluate the current crisis communication plans among the Swedish municipalities from a minority perspective. By gathering data through a survey, an approach towards identifying general attitudes and current ways of work is made. The data is then used to present overall measures which are assumed to generally improve the efficiency of current crisis communication. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4456322/file/4456327.pdf application/pdf 1225026 no 2013 swe Crisis communication crisis management ethnicity foreign background heterogeneity municipality etnicitet heterogenitet krishantering kriskommunikation kommun utländsk bakgrund Technology and Engineering 5417 4456322 2014-06-02T13:03:47+02:00 2020-12-03T14:26:08+01:00 2014-06-02T13:10:12+02:00 6 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Lu Qiu author 4456571 Dr. Kjell Nilsson supervisor Master of Science in Development Studies LURS00002 department Community constitutes one important context that influences the decision and choices in adolescents’ educational development and life course. Little research has investigated how educational expectations differ between the rural and urban community in China. This study constructs a combined theoretical framework of family socioeconomic status and social capital to explain how family human, financial, and social capital affect the community difference of expectations. Using data from the Chinese Families Panel Studies 2010, linear regression models are used to examine these differences. The results indicate that the observed urban advantage in educational expectations result from the higher family socioeconomic status, and the more close relationship of parents and children in learning activities, while the intergenerational closure of the rural community helps to narrow the gap. The findings also suggest that the explanatory power of different indicators of SES and social capital does vary across community context. Parental education is a significant predictor of urban expectations, while parental occupational status affects significantly only rural expectations. While within-family social capital consistently plays an important role in explaining adolescents’ education expectations, between-family social capital is only significantly related to the rural group. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4456573/file/4456579.pdf application/pdf 595024 LU/LTH access 2014 eng Educational Expectation Urban/Rural (context) China Socioeconomic Status Social Capital Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001), Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003), Department of Sociology (012013000) to Master of Science in Development Studies (LURS00002) at 2026-02-09 11:31:04 4456573 2014-06-02T17:21:50+02:00 2026-02-09T11:31:04+01:00 2014-06-16T10:15:48+02:00 7 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Katharina Kehl author 4456729 Mikael Klintman supervisor Master of Science in Global Studies LURS00004 department As Muslim communities have become more permanently established in Western European societies, debates around the public practice of Islam in these societies have become more prevalent, while the “global war on terror” rhetoric has aided the construction of Muslim minorities into “Others” along lines of religious and cultural differences. Based on theories of minority participation in the public sphere as part of the political process of contestation over group rights in complex pluralistic political communities, this thesis investigates the debate around Muslim rights and Islam in Sweden during the years 1999 – 2008 as reported by the five largest Swedish daily newspapers. Making use of political claims analysis it looks at the actors, issues, and positions present in the debate and their development over time. It also compares the claim-making of actors with explicit and implicit Muslim identities in order to challenge the category of the “Muslim Other”. The analysis shows that there is considerable participation of institutionalised Muslim minority actors who face changing contexts and discursive opportunity structures in their claim-making. A comparison of claim-making by religious and secular Muslim actors indicates considerable differences between the two groups, pointing out the need to be critically aware that a politics of recognition can mean the homogenisation and reification of minority group identities at the cost of acknowledging their actual heterogeneity. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4456731/file/4456737.pdf application/pdf 477149 no 2014 eng minority participation Muslim minority rights Islam in Europe public sphere political claims analysis politics of recognition Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001), Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004), Department of Sociology (012013000) to Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004) at 2026-02-09 11:33:31 4456731 2014-06-03T09:10:08+02:00 2026-02-09T11:33:31+01:00 2014-06-16T10:16:05+02:00 8 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Isabell Johannesson author 3811839 Marina Steendam author 4519552 Ph D Therese Nilsson supervisor Andreas Bergh supervisor Department of Economics v1000029 department Corruption and lack of transparency go hand in hand in poor countries. As most corrupt countries in the world can be found on the African continent, these countries have become a main target for strategies with anti-corruption movements. Despite the widespread phenomenon of corruption in this area, the technology development is prosperous, and owning a mobile phone is more common than having a toilet. This study considers the case of Kenya, which is one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world. Over the last seven years the country has faced a radical shift from the traditional financial banking system towards a financial system based on an electronic platform. The platform, named M-Pesa, provides mobile phone-based payment and transfer services for everyone with a mobile phone. This technological innovation has had a tremendous success with users countrywide. As a result of this development, this paper examines how the large-scale mobile phone-based payment system is used, and attempts to empirically test if it has been a successful strategy to decrease corruption in Kenya. The relationship can be explained by public choice theory, but this study reveals that the Kenyan context of corruption may be seen as being within a collective choice framework where the cost of fighting corruption outweighs the benefits. The paper applies microeconomic data on two hundred households with the aim of developing a model, which is then linked to the adoption of M-Pesa and to its impact. The aim of this paper is to give a deeper understanding of how M-Pesa affects economic growth in terms of reducing corruption. The results of testing the relationship between M-Pesa and corruption yield some but not full supportive empirical evidence for the hypothesis in this study. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4456963/file/9149927.pdf application/pdf 3083923 no 2014 eng Kenya M-Pesa Corruption Anti-Corruption Efforts Economic Growth Business and Economics 4456963 2014-06-03T15:38:56+02:00 2024-03-15T14:56:35+01:00 2014-06-27T08:36:31+02:00 9 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Michaela Nummenpää author 2369355 Post doc Lisa Eklund supervisor Sociology v1000692 department School of Social Work v1000688 department The caste system and gender are two factors that have been affecting what education a person is able to get and what possibilities a person has in regards to the labour market in India. Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) are three groups that have been marginalised in the Indian society. The aim of this case study is to attain an understanding of how SC/ST/OBC women from Kerala have been experiencing the educational system and what has been affecting them in their education and career decisions. In addition to this, interviews with teachers and scholars have been conducted in order to get a deeper understanding of the issue. The analysis will be based on the theoretical concepts of social exclusion, social capital, social inclusion and intergenerational contract. The conclusion of the study is that patterns of both social inclusion and social exclusion can be scrutinised among the interviewee’s experiences in educational institutions. The study also shows that social capital plays an important role when being enrolled in educational institutions and that the intergenerational contract and the social policy landscape in a country can be influential when determining what to study and what career to choose http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4457490/file/4457492.pdf application/pdf 635363 yes 2014 eng Social Exclusion Social Capital Intergenerational Contract Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribe Other Backward Classes India Social Sciences 4457490 2014-06-04T06:58:07+02:00 2023-09-25T13:52:36+02:00 2014-06-12T13:22:56+02:00 10 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Madelene Larsson author Albin Ädel author Docent Erik Lindström supervisor Mathematical Statistics v1000668 department This Master Thesis successfully explains the difference in probability of default implied<br /> by Credit Default Swaps, traded by the market, and the benchmark Moody’s EDFTM. The<br /> difference is explained by the market price of risk, related to the Girsanov kernel, allowing us<br /> to transform the risk neutral measure Q to the physical measure P. This market price of risk<br /> is modeled with a log-linear multivariate regression model combined with elastic net, using<br /> market data. The predictability of the model is examined. The market price of risk is seen to<br /> be mostly dependent on market sentiment, in front of firm specific factors and liquidity. The<br /> analysis is made for AB Volvo, Stora Enso Oyj and TeliaSonera AB on data from 2006 - 2014.<br /> The work was carried out at Swedbank. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4457539/file/4457541.pdf application/pdf 1144262 no 2014 eng Keywords: Credit Default Swaps CDS probability of default reduced form model market price of risk risk neutral measure physical measure elastic net. Mathematics and Statistics 1404-6342 2014:E27 LUTFMS-3250-2014 4457539 2014-06-04T10:06:43+02:00 2024-10-14T14:43:54+02:00 2014-06-04T10:10:11+02:00 11 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH1 Therésé Celander author 3865483 Frank Munk-Andreasen author 4457634 Anna Kristensson Ekwall supervisor Department of Health Sciences v1000411 department Awareness är en sällsynt (1:1000) men allvarlig komplikation till anestesi. När det förekommer kan det innebära stora psykologiska efterföljder för den drabbade. Anestesisjuksköterskor i Sverige har en viktig roll vid det perioperativa omhändertagandet av patienten. Syftet var att belysa anestesisjuksköterskans förhållningssätt kring awareness. En kvalitativ induktiv metod användes. Totalt intervjuades 16 anestesisjuksköterskor med hjälp av semistrukturerade frågor. En innehållsanalys enligt Burnard användes. Tre huvudkategorier utkristalliserades: Kunskap, Synsätt samt Profession. Anestesisjuksköterskan uppfattar förekomsten av perioperativ awareness som ett professionellt misslyckande. Vidare präglas hennes omvårdnadsperspektiv av tron på patienten och dennes närstående samt lyhördhet för patientens situation. Då det är första gången denna kliniska problemställning utforskats utifrån anestesisjuksköterskans synvinkel, behövs djupare och mera ingående studier kring hennes roll. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4457636/file/4457651.pdf application/pdf 432626 2024-01-01 no 2014 swe Awareness Anestesi Varseblivning Vakenhet Sömndjup Anestesisjuksköterska Kvalitativ Studie Medicine and Health Sciences 2014:08 4457636 2014-06-04T13:02:40+02:00 2024-01-01T03:41:42+01:00 2014-06-10T09:12:20+02:00 12 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Sofia Voytiv author 4457872 Dr. Kjell Nilsson supervisor Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender LURS00003 department This thesis examines social change and the collective trauma for women in Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union by investigating general subjective wellbeing at the intersection of gender, generation and ethnicity. It argues that women had a special position during and after the Soviet regime due to the existing familialistic discourses both in the Soviet Union and independent Ukraine, and therefore experienced social change differently. <br /> <br /> The work uses Sztompka’s and Alexander’s theoretical conceptualization of social change and collective trauma, but also incorporates the notion of subjective wellbeing in order to study the social change and collective trauma on both the structural and individual levels. Hence the unique contribution of the thesis is that it connects the large-scale social change to its individually measured impact in the form of subjective wellbeing and a sense of trauma. <br /> <br /> The first part of the thesis assesses individual and societal factors influencing general wellbeing of the Ukrainian population as a whole, based on a quantitative analysis of the HITT (‘Health in Time of Transition’) data base from 2012. The second part explores the significance and meaning of the social change through qualitative interviews of Ukrainian and Russian women in Ukraine. <br /> <br /> The main findings show that most of the respondents associate different aspects of their life, such as economic situation, health and social environment, with distress which may indicate the existence of a collective trauma. The qualitative findings also illustrate the existence of different types of collective trauma for Ukrainian and Russian women. Economic wellbeing, distress and ethnicity are found to be associated with the collective trauma and shape the strategies for dealing with the social change after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Women are found to be active agents of the social change and differ between generations. The older generations seem to be suffering more distress than younger people, and have been affected the most by the social change. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4457874/file/4457900.pdf application/pdf 1628296 no 2014 eng social change collective trauma women post-Soviet Ukraine Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from Sociology (012013010), Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003), International Office (LURS00001) to Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003) at 2026-02-09 11:34:56 4457874 2014-06-04T16:20:14+02:00 2026-02-09T11:34:56+01:00 2014-06-16T10:14:39+02:00 13 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Nazgol Glans author 4457985 Erik Ringmar supervisor Master of Science in Global Studies LURS00004 department Over the past few years, there has been considerable academic interest in studying the relationship between China and Africa. This study aims to describe what effect Chinese outbound foreign direct (OFDI) investments and private companies have had on employment opportunities and industrialization in Ethiopia. The research question reads: What effect has Chinese outbound foreign direct investments and Chinese private companies had on employment opportunities and industrialization in Ethiopia? <br /> <br /> Ethiopia’s development and industrialization will be examined through HDI and GDP per capita from 2005 to 2012, and computed with the Chinese OFDI. The East Asian Trade-led Economic Development Model and the framework of New Structural Economic is used as theoretical tools to analyze the case of Ethiopia and its industrialization development. This research examines the Chinese-Ethiopian economic and political relationship, through a mixed method with qualitative case study on Ethiopia, and statistical evidence on the Chinese OFDI, private companies and created job-opportunities. The results show that there is no significant net effect in the Ethiopian employment-rates. The Labor Force Participation does not correlate with the fairly low Chinese OFDI. The HDI and GDP per capita have had an overall increase, which shows industrialization and development in Ethiopia, along with a decrease in poverty. The increase in HDI and GDP per capita correlates with the increase in Chinese FDI. However, as argued in the analysis, there can be several other factors that affect the HDI and GDP besides the Chinese OFDI. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4457987/file/4457988.pdf application/pdf 823640 no 2014 eng Ethiopia China Outbound Foreign Direct Investment Employment Industrialization Business and Economics ** Automatic update: Record was moved from Department of Political Science (012015000), Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004), International Office (LURS00001) to Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004) at 2026-02-09 11:32:56 4457987 2014-06-04T19:21:14+02:00 2026-02-09T11:32:56+01:00 2014-06-16T10:13:58+02:00 14 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Dimitrios Garoufalis author 4459597 Professor Annette Hill supervisor Master of Science in Global Studies LURS00004 department This research addresses the role and the power that the media have in framing information about terrorism and also the importance of the media in a well functioning democracy. In order to do so, a case study of the Terrorist Organization November 17 (or 17N) in Greece is presented, using theories related to terrorism, media and political influence in order to better understand the way that the media present an important issue as the terrorism is. Also theories regarding media power and media framing are included, in order to discuss the role of the media and more specifically the press.<br /> Finally, the paper will present a news framing analysis on Greek newspapers and then there are five interviews from some expert people for this specific case of 17N giving their voice in the research in order to better understand the way of the media presenting terrorism in Greece and how they can affect the political system. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4459602/file/4459622.pdf application/pdf 1128194 no 2014 eng terrorism media political system media power news frame analysis interviews Science General ** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001), Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004), Department of Communication and Media (012021000) to Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004) at 2026-02-09 11:32:47 4459602 2014-06-05T11:40:25+02:00 2026-02-09T11:32:47+01:00 2014-07-01T10:08:32+02:00 15 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Joakim Herrlund author 1759529 Dr. Fariborz Zelli supervisor Master of Science in Global Studies LURS00004 department Sweden has a history of being seen as a tolerant and generous country when it comes to receiving refugees from countries suffering from war. In times of increased influence of radical right-wing parties across Europe, Sweden as the first country decided to grant permanent residence permits to refugees escaping the Syrian war. By applying the Multiple Streams Framework and treating Sweden as a deviant case, this thesis investigates the circumstances behind the policy through a multi-method case study. The MS framework uses three streams to systematically explore the conditions: problem, politics and policies.<br /> The results indicate that several interrelated factors influenced the policy. In international surveys Sweden stood out as particularly positive towards immigration and the right to apply for asylum. The political parties were showed to have significant influence on the political development as parties from the political right and the political left largely shared perceptions of immigration. This consensus was showed to work against the establishment of anti- immigrant parties. Through comparisons with previous experiences it was showed that several similarities existed and that lessons had been drawn from these experiences. Thus, Sweden had a high capacity for processing applications. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4459609/file/4459627.pdf application/pdf 1624172 LU/LTH access 2014 eng Refugees Syria Sweden Multiple Streams Policy Formation Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from Department of Political Science (012015000), Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004), International Office (LURS00001) to Master of Science in Global Studies (LURS00004) at 2026-02-09 11:32:56 4459609 2014-06-05T11:47:10+02:00 2026-02-09T11:32:56+01:00 2014-07-01T08:33:47+02:00 16 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Prudence Mafuta author 4459610 Professor Annette Hill supervisor Master of Science in Development Studies LURS00002 department Issues of democracy and the greater debate on development cannot go without an examination of the various agencies that play a role in the larger development agenda and in political participation in particular, including NGOs and the Media. Here media refers to both traditional media of television, radio and press and social media and WEB 2.0. The case of YALI and the constitution making process in Zambia, embedded in Jürgen Habermas’ public sphere theory and Peter Dahlgren’s civic cultures, illuminates how NGOs, when faced with threats, intimidation and censorship, strive to create a platform for civic engagement for citizens. The interaction and coming together of NGOs and the Media is of fundamental importance for a thriving democracy and for advancements of political engagement in Zambia. This thesis argues that given the dangers associated with getting involved in politics in Zambia due to threats and harassment by those in power, coupled with unfulfilled political promises and high illiteracy levels, there is a decline in political participation in Zambia. This study further demonstrates that the ideals of the civic culture circuit namely, knowledge, values, trust, spaces, practices and identities; as well as deliberative democracy, political participation, NGOs and the media, are all challenged in the case of YALI in Zambia. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4459639/file/4459706.pdf application/pdf 1185517 no 2014 eng WEB 2.0 human rights communication civic cultures public sphere democracy political participation media Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001), Master of Science in Development Studies (LURS00002), Department of Communication and Media (012021000) to Master of Science in Development Studies (LURS00002) at 2026-02-09 11:29:58 4459639 2014-06-05T12:02:43+02:00 2026-02-09T11:29:58+01:00 2014-06-16T10:14:59+02:00 17 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsM2 Nils Hermansson Truedsson author 4459874 Bo Söderberg supervisor Computational Biology and Biological Physics - Has been reorganised v1000644 department The formation of smooth quasi-periodic patterns in static discrete reaction-diffusion systems of various kinds is here studied from a mathematical point of view. The regularity of the patterns can be attributed to the integrability of the system, so that, when searching for such patterns in a system, it is important to investigate whether or not there exist any conserved quantities. The work presented herein is an attempt to generalize a known method, which finds a mathematical representation of the reaction mechanisms allowing for a conserved quantity in the one-dimensional one-species case. It is shown that although the method does not generalize to higher spatial dimensionality, it is possible to generalize to an arbitrary number of species in one dimension, where the reaction mechanism is a generalization of that found in the known method. A fixed-point relation for the system is found and analyzed for an arbitrary number of species, whereas the stabilities and other characteristics of the fixed-points are studied for the two-species case. Numerical simulations show that quasi-periodic patterns indeed can exist along the spatial dimension of the two-species system, and have characteristics that agree with the developed theory. The stabilities in time of these patterns are unclear, since a static case of the reaction-diffusion dynamics is studied. It should be noted that the static case investigated is not uniquely defined by reaction-diffusion dynamics, so that the patterns, if stable, might be found so under some dynamics other than reaction-diffusion. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4459880/file/4460009.pdf application/pdf 856144 no 2014 eng Reaction-Diffusion Patterns Pattern Formation Physics and Astronomy http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4459880/file/4461358.pdf application/pdf no 4459880 2014-06-05T14:07:41+02:00 2020-01-24T13:13:36+01:00 2014-06-17T07:51:18+02:00 18 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Judith Still author 3055491 Professor Max Koch supervisor Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender LURS00003 department This thesis aims to explore social work practices in relation to sex work. It addresses the research question of what challenges, trends and implications evolve for professional social work in Germany once effective practices in response to prostitution have been identified. These issues are explored through the method of qualitative interviews. <br /> The study uses social stigma theory as a theoretical framework and starting point to discuss methods in relation to managing risk and stigma(tization) processes. The current debate around how to regulate prostitution is presented through a review of feminist perspectives on prostitution. An (inter)national exchange of social work practice in the field of sex work is performed through consideration of the Swedish approach to regulate prostitution. <br /> This thesis draws two conclusions. Firstly, it issues a clear call for decriminalization of sex work since restrictive regulations lead to harsh conditions for the most vulnerable, as was observed in the urban quarter of St. Georg in Hamburg. Secondly, it calls for the German prostitution law in force today to be extended, since it currently consists only of three paragraphs, additionally for all federal states to adequately and consistently implement it. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4460072/file/4460079.pdf application/pdf 782334 no 2014 eng Social Sciences ** Automatic update: Record was moved from International Office (LURS00001), Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003), School of Social Work (012016000) to Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender (LURS00003) at 2026-02-09 11:34:48 4460072 2014-06-05T15:28:35+02:00 2026-02-09T11:34:48+01:00 2014-07-01T10:09:20+02:00 19 info:srw/schema/1/mods-v3.3xml studentPublicationsH2 Anna Luise Krumm author 4460186 Anders Uhlin supervisor Master of Science in Development Studies LURS00002 department The third UN Millennium Development Goal promotes “achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women” (UNDP 2013). It reflects the fact that violence against women (VAW) is a problem of global proportions which hinders the achievement of gender equality and at the same time has negative effects on countries’ social and economical well-being. In Peru, numerous efforts by the government, national and international organizations have been made to fight VAW during the last years. Nonetheless, high levels remain and the situation seems far from improving. According to the ecological model of violence, societal factors such as gender-equal social and legal norms can contribute to prevention; which is why this thesis is focusing on the role of gender norms within Peruvian prevention measures against VAW. Furthermore, norm theories claim that the diffusion and alteration of norms depends on an interaction between local and international norms. Consequently, also the influence of national and international gender norms will be examined. Following a qualitative research strategy through conducting 14 semi-structured interviews with representatives of different types of VAW preventing organizations, this thesis finds that most organizations rather focus on treating the consequences of VAW than on prevention. Still, including and addressing gender norms in order to prevent VAW seems to be an approach which gains further influence in the Peruvian context. http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/4460310/file/4460330.pdf application/pdf 901646 2014-12-31 no 2014 eng Peru Preventing Violence against Women Norm theory Gender Norms Social Sciences Law and Political Science ** Automatic update: Record was moved from Master of Science in Development Studies (LURS00002), International Office (LURS00001), Department of Political Science (012015000) to Master of Science in Development Studies (LURS00002) at 2026-02-09 11:30:10 4460310 2014-06-06T10:38:29+02:00 2026-02-09T11:30:10+01:00 2014-07-01T08:35:04+02:00 20 1.1datelastChanged &gt;= 2019-01datelastChanged>=2019-01