Essays about: "legislative politics"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 essays containing the words legislative politics.
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16. Framing "Gay Propaganda": The Orthodox Church and Morality Policy in Russia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The adoption of laws in the Russian Federation prohibiting propaganda of homosexuality and “non-traditional sexual relationships” to minors at the regional and federal levels, respectively, has raised questions regarding the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in politics. This project shall evaluate public statements by clerics and other figures serving in the Orthodox Church from 2011 through 2013, as well as interviews conducted with clerics of the Moscow Patriarchate in order to analyze the strategies employed when arguing against public expressions of homosexuality. READ MORE
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17. "The medical assessment should give us an answer to the question we have posed: is the person a child or an adult?" The boundaries of medical age assessments on unaccompanied minors in Swedish asylum procedures.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : With the events of 2015, commonly referred to as the refugee-situation, a light has been cast on various European Union member states’ handling of asylum seekers. In relation to overall stricter procedures, the Swedish state has proposed a series of restrictive policies to cope with the situation. READ MORE
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18. Lex Norrköping : The Norrköping Water Fluoridation Trials 1952-1962 and the Passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : This thesis studies how scientists and science were put to use in the passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act. The law was created for a specific purpose: that of facilitating the continuation of the water fluoridation trials that had been under way in Norrköping until January 1962, when they were forced to cease, having been deemed illegal by the Supreme Administrative Court. READ MORE
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19. From Deadly Disease to Chronic Condition : A Study of the Gay Casualties in the 'War on AIDS' in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionenAbstract : Every society in the world has its own AIDS story. A story of uncertainty, moral panic, and social persecution of sexual and ethnical minorities. Sweden is no exception. READ MORE
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20. Explaining Political Selection: What Factors Determine One's Party-List Rank at t+1?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statistiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis contributes to the under-researched field of political selection, namely one’s re-selection onto the party list after one has been elected in the previous term. The theoretical rationale is to introduce a broader concept of political selection to a field mostly focused on political recruitment, one’s first point of entry into Politics. READ MORE
