Search for dissertations about: "national integrity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words national integrity.

2. 1. Perceptions of Political Competition and the Integrity of Elections

   Author : Stephen Dawson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political competition; electoral integrity; democracy; information credibility; political behaviour;

   Abstract : Political competition is generally regarded as one of the hallmarks of a well-functioning democracy. Competitive elections hold politicians to account, thereby increasing government performance to the benefit of citizens. READ MORE

4. 2. Harmonizing National Laws on Human Trafficking by Implementing Article 3 of the Palermo Protocol : Problems and Reform

   Author : Dominika Borg Jansson; Petter Asp; Stefan Hedlund; Per Ole Träskman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Trafficking in human beings; international law; criminal law; organized crime; legal transplants; language; irregular migration; Palermo Protocol; human rights; women’s rights; Criminal Law; Straffrätt;

   Abstract : Trafficking in human beings is one of the most serious and acute problems of our time. It is seen as one of the main forms of organized crime as well as a modern form of slavery. Trafficking is a practice that affects entire societies or rather the very fabric of democratic societies. READ MORE

5. 3. International organizations and children’s rights : Norm adoption, pressure tactics and state compliance

   Author : Johanna von Bahr; Jonas Tallberg; Lisa Dellmuth; Jean Grugel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international organizations; children’s rights; European Union; United Nations; norm adoption; pressure tactics; state compliance; development aid; foreign policy; non-governmental organizations; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the attention given by international organizations (IOs) to children’s rights has increased. This dissertation seeks to identify what this means for the global promotion of children’s rights, by addressing three interrelated questions: 1. READ MORE

6. 4. Cardiovascular risk factors, brain structure, and cognitive decline in old age : a population-based study

   Author : Rui Wang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Cardiovascular risk factors;

   Abstract : This doctoral thesis investigated the burden of cardiovascular risk factors among older adults (age ≥60 years) living in central Stockholm (Study I) and the associations of these risk factors with structural brain characteristics and cognitive decline in aging, taking genetic background (APOE gene) into account (Studies II, III, and IV). All studies in this thesis use data from the Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K) and the embedded SNAC-K Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study. READ MORE

7. 5. Each Day Another Disaster : Politics and Everyday Life in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in the West Bank

   Author : Nina Gren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : antropologi; palestinska flyktingar; Västbanken; intifada al-aqsa; politiskt våld; vardagsliv; begränsad agens; normal ordning; återhämtningsförmåga; återvändande; anthropology; Palestinian camp refugees; West Bank; intifada al-aqsa; political violence; everyday life; constrained agency; normal order; resilience; return;

   Abstract : This anthropological study examines the ways in which Palestinian camp refugees maintain everyday life in a situation that is characterized by chronic disruption, fear and mistrust. It explores how these refugees make sense of displacement and violence and how they uphold a sense of agency in constraining circumstances. READ MORE