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  1. 1. Putting all the sustainable development eggs in the private sector basket : An investigation into hegemonic struggle in the Danish development community over increasing private sector-driven development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Louise Maria Skotte Møller; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Development Finance; Private Sector-Driven Development; Civil Society; Critical Discourse Analysis; Hegemony; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How sustainable development (SD) is envisioned, practiced and financed is a crucial question today. In Denmark, the former government introduced private sector-driven development (PSDD) at the heart of Danish development cooperation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Feigenbaum Scaling

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för matematik (MA)

    Author : Janek Sendrowski; [2020]
    Keywords : Feigenbaum; Feigenbaum constant; Feigenbaum point; superstable; self-similarity; fractals; final-state diagram; logistic map; period-doubling operator; linearized period-doubling operator; Cantor set; Sharkovsky sequence; Chebyshev interpolation; stable manifold; unstable manifold; orbits; fixed points; scaling factor; pitchfork bifurcation; cobweb plot; renormalization; iterates; one-hump map; unimodal map; bifurcation cascade; Feigenbaum universality; chaos theory; spectrum; generalized Feigenvalues; bifurcation points; superstable points; fixed function; universal function; eigenvalues; eigenvectors; eigenfunctions; universality conditions; Schwarzian derivative; Newton’s method; power method; Arnoldi’s method; attractive fixed point; repellent fixed point; Banach fixed-point theorem; collocation method; functional analysis; topology;

    Abstract : In this thesis I hope to provide a clear and concise introduction to Feigenbaum scaling accessible to undergraduate students. This is accompanied by a description of how to obtain numerical results by various means. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Swedish government agencies and the 2030 Agenda, in between hope and despair : A qualitative study about how the Swedish government agencies work to achieve the 2030 Agenda in Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Abdirashid Mohamed Abdi; [2020]
    Keywords : Agenda 2030; Collaborative governance; Sociological institutionalism; Swedish governmental agencies; policy coordination; implementation;

    Abstract : In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted A/RES/70/1, 2015, a resolution that entails 17 integrative and indivisible UN Sustainable Development Goals, by the name of 2030 Agenda, a plan of action that calls for the transformation of the world to ecologically, economically and socially sustainable planet where peace and prosperity endure. With its indivisibility and universality characteristics, the Agenda puzzled the world states, demanding a new form of governance style for its realization. READ MORE

  5. 4. Promotion and Protection of the Rights of the Children in Street Situations in Bankok, Thailand

    University essay from Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Siripan Wandee; [2013]
    Keywords : CRC; street children; Children in street situation; Universality; Relativity; social problems in Thailand;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at describing how the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is reflected in the overall operation of the Non-Governmental Organizations and government agencies working with children in street situations in Bangkok, Thailand. It describes children in different street situations in Bangkok; intervention approaches and working methods of the agencies that provide the services for them as well as similarities and differences in each group of the children. READ MORE

  6. 5. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE