Essays about: "national integrity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words national integrity.

  1. 21. Are Cryptocurrencies the Future of Money? : Whether a Transition to Cryptocurrency, as National Currency of Sweden, Would be Possible and What it Would Imply for the Swedish Society

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Madeleine Gartz; Ida Linderbrandt; [2017]
    Keywords : Bitcoin; cryptocurrency; blockchain;

    Abstract : The underlying technology of cryptocurrencies is a broadly discussed subject. In Sweden, a growing interest for digital assets and payment methods can be observed. The fact that this coincides with an increasing acceptance for cryptocurrencies creates interesting possibilities. Some claim that cryptocurrency could be the future mean of payment. READ MORE

  3. 22. Farming in case of crisis : farmers’ political trust and the social contract for food security in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sofia Sollén Norrlin; [2016]
    Keywords : Farmers; social contract; political trust; responsibility; food security; cooperation; crisis preparedness; civil defense;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the role of agriculture and Swedish national food security in the event of a crisis in the food chain. The focus is on farmers' political trust and the relationship between farmers and government, mainly regarding crisis management. READ MORE

  4. 23. Protection of Personal Data, a Power Struggle between the EU and the US: What implications might be facing the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US after the CJEU’s Safe Harbour ruling?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Mona Strindberg; [2016]
    Keywords : EU; EU Law; US Privacy Law; Safe Harbour; Safe Harbor; Data Protection; Personal Data transfer; Facebook; Case C-362 14 Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner; Joined Cases C-293 12 and C-594 12 Digital Rights Ireland and Others; Articles 7; 8 and 47 of the Charter; Article 16 1 of the TFEU; Article 8 ECHR; EDPS; Decision 2000 520 EC; Directive 95 46 EC; Personal Integrity; Right to Privacy; Right to Private Life; Data Retention; Surveillance; IT Law; Article 29 Working Party; EU-rätt; EU-stadgan; datalagring; datalagringsdirektivet; personlig integritet; dataskydd; grundläggande rättigheter; proportionalitetsprincipen; terrorism; National Security; rikets säkerhet; övervakning; rätt till respekt för sitt privat- och familjeliv; DPA; FTC; Data Integrity; Convention 108; FISA; FISC; GDPR; EU General Data Protection Regulation; National Security Agency; NSA; National Security Letters; NSL; WP29; US Department of Commerce; DPA; Mänskliga Rättigheter; Human Rights;

    Abstract : Since the US National Security Agency’s former contractor Edward Snowden exposed the Agency’s mass surveillance, the EU has been making a series of attempts toward a more safeguarded and stricter path concerning its data privacy protection. On 8 April 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) invalidated the EU Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC on the basis of incompatibility with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the Charter). READ MORE

  5. 24. The Rebellion of the Chicken: Self-making, reality (re)writing and lateral struggles in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Adelaida Caballero; [2015]
    Keywords : self-making; lateral struggles; Equatorial Guinea; politics of the belly; the practice of everyday life; existential anthropology; creativity; agency; narrativity; display; enunciative procedures; Obiang Nguema; Macías Nguema; postcolonial states; suicides; Mamí Watá; construcción del yo; conflictos laterales; Guinea Ecuatorial; política del vientre; la práctica de la vida cotidiana; antropología existencial; creatividad; agencia; narratividad; display; procedimientos enunciativos; Obiang Nguema; Macías Nguema; estudios poscoloniales; suicidios; Mamí Watá;

    Abstract : Historical sources suggest that the bad reputation of Bioko island ―a product of mixed exoticism, fear of death and allure for profit— might have started as early as the first European explorations of sub-Saharan Africa. Today, the same elements seem to have been reconfigured, producing a similar result in the Western imagination: cultural exoticization, fear of state-sponsored violence and allure for profit are as actual as ever in popular conceptions of Equatorial Guinea. READ MORE

  6. 25. Teaching Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and critical literacy in the English classroom: For a democratic Swedish society

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Utbildningsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Azra Kasapovic; [2015]
    Keywords : Things Fall Apart; critical literacy; racism; education; postcolonialism; literature; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In the 2014 Swedish national election the Sweden Democrats, a radical right-wing and anti-immigrant party, established itself as the third biggest party and as an outcome, racism has become an everyday issue of the society. This can be seen everywhere, not least in educational settings where, for instance, insulting language use, violation of integrity, sexual harassment and hate crimes are common problems. READ MORE