Essays about: "science affects society"

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  1. 16. Affordable housing through inclusionary zoning – the case of Frihamnen, Gothenburg

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Jenny Danell; Mona Olausson; [2016]
    Keywords : Rent regulation; Distribution methods; Inclusionary zoning; Affordable housing; Frihamnen; Gothenburg; Hyressättning; fördelningsprinciper; Inclusionary zoning; Affordable housing; Frihamnen; Gothenburg;

    Abstract : The current housing crisis in Sweden affects more municipalities today than ever before. There is a high demand for all type of tenures and the housing shortage is primarily evident in the metropolitan cities. READ MORE

  3. 17. Australia’s securitization of boat refugees : a critical discourse analysis of the Australian Migration Act

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Johanna Hamark Kindborg; [2015]
    Keywords : Designated persons; Boat refugees; Detention center; Human Rights; Immigration; Membership; Migration Act; Security; Society; The others.; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : According to international law, under the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (CRSR), refugees have the right to seek asylum in the host country they arrive to. However, there are many democratic states today that view it as their privilege to select which refugees who have the right to enter their territory. READ MORE

  4. 18. Liberalism or Barbarism - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish state’s discourse on the matter of ‘violence affirming extremism’

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Matilda Renkvist Quisbert; [2015]
    Keywords : political violence; Critical Discourse Analysis; antagonism; agency; moralizing discourse; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The term ‘violence affirming extremism’ has become the dominating way of describing political violence in Sweden. This thesis aims to analyze the construction of the discourse that centers at this term, how it affects the social context in Sweden and what possible purposes could found for this discourse for the Swedish state. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Democratic Dilemma: Dissolution of Political Parties in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Törnström; [2014]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public International Law; International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Any democratic State must to some extent take a stand on the classic democratic dilemma of how to approach anti-democratic forces in society. When the threat to democracy emanates from a political party, whose existence and functionality are central to modern democracies, the State will have to undertake a very delicate balancing exercise. READ MORE

  6. 20. Corruption within the European Union. A study of the EU and its member states concerning their level of - and fight against corruption, and its relation to law and democracy.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Linn Holmström; [2014]
    Keywords : Sociology of Law; European Union; Corruption; Democracy; Causes of Corruption; Regulation of Corruption; Corruption and Democracy levels; Long-term participation in the European Union; cultural and moral values.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Corruption is at present costing the European society enormously amounts, in forms of money and in relation to social, economic, political and legal development. Democracy is viewed as one of the fundamental pillars of the European Union, which additionally has been one of the Union’s highest priorities since its foundation. READ MORE