Essays about: "sweden welfare state"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 135 essays containing the words sweden welfare state.

1. 36. Lost at the intersections: a postcolonial approach to the Swedish Sex Purchase Act

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

   Author : Daniela Basto da Silva; [2020]
   Keywords : Sweden Sex Purchase Act; prostitution; sex workers; postcolonialism; intersectionality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study focuses on the Swedish Sex Purchase Act and their claims of help and support to prostitutes, as outlined by two propositions: Kvinnofrid (proposition 1997/98:55) and in the 10-year evaluation of the Act (SOU 2010:49). It investigates these claims through an ethnography of law method and data collected from fieldwork is interpreted and reflected through the conceptual framework of postcolonial feminist legal theory and intersectionality. READ MORE

3. 37. How the story of control limits the reproduction of knowledge : a study of narratives in the Swedish Climate Policy Action Plan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Jonas Linde; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Master narratives; Story of control; Discourse; Narratives; Storylines; Swedish climate policy; De-politicization; Apocalyptic imaginary; Frontrunner; Sweden; Green Keynesianism; Power; Knowledge; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Responses to combating worsening climate change are legitimized through narratives employed in government policy which build on existing master narratives about climate change produced in the subpolitics of international mega-science mainly influenced by IPCC as an expert authority. In Sweden the climate law forces the government to produce a Climate Policy Action Plan (CPAP) every four years that seeks to show how the set net zero emission target by 2045 is to be reached. READ MORE

4. 38. Toward an energy self-sufficient paint shop

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för innovation, design och teknik

   Author : Violet Mohammadpour; Oskar Hane; [2020]
   Keywords : Paint shop; Energy efficiency; Self-sufficient manufacturing; Sustainability; Variable renewable energy; Solar photovoltaic; UV-cure paint; Energy storage system;

   Abstract : As manufacturing is creating welfare and prosperity, it is important for humankind. Nevertheless, manufacturing is causing the depletion of natural resources, environmental burdens affecting the health of animals, humans and eco-systems, and social conflicts. Thus, it is essential to implement sustainability into manufacturing. READ MORE

5. 39. A failure of Europeanisation? : A comparative case study of parental leave policy mobility in the European Union

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Sally Grahn; [2020]
   Keywords : Policy mobility; Diffusion; Transfer; Convergence; Translation; European Union; Europeanisation; Progressive Parental Leave; Sweden; Denmark; Hungary; Greece; Welfare state regime; Esping-Andersen.;

   Abstract : Parental leave policies have been shown to play a significant role in enhancing gender equality. The European Union has recognised this and has issued a Directive to its Member States, in order to instigate parental leave policy reform. However, not all Member States have sought to implement this. READ MORE

6. 40. Välfärd hos hundar (Canis lupus familiaris) och katter (Felis catus) av brakycefala raser

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Elin Kossmann Lindström; [2020]
   Keywords : Brakycefali; hund; Canis lupus familiaris; katt; Felis catus; välfärd; avel; brachycephaic obstructive airway syndrome;

   Abstract : Brachycephaly is a conformation in cats and dogs developed by man through breeding. It is characterised by a short muzzle and a flat skull. A breed standard describes the conformation for each breed. READ MORE