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1. 21. Bringing Europe Down to Earth

   Författare :Anders Hellström; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; European Union Commission; European integration; European identity; identity politics; discourse theory; nationalism; cosmopolitanism; unity-in-diversity; globalisation; an area of freedom; security and justice; migration; immigration; populism; the Euro.; eastern enlargement; Europe; EU; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : Why is it considered more European to vote in the affirmative of the Euro than it is to vote against it? Why is not possible to be a populist and a ?Good European? at the same time? What makes an illegal immigrant different from a tourist? These questions all concern the limits of what it means to be, act and think as Europeans in Europe. In the political process of bringing the nations and peoples of Europe together, Europe is imagined as a distinct community. LÄS MER

3. 22. Sjukskrivningssystemet : Sjuka som blir arbetslösa och arbetslösa som blir sjukskrivna

   Författare :Daniel Melén; Sociologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; work inability; social security system; welfare state; social insurance agency; employment agency; unemployed ill; labor market; residual unemployment; unemployment; absence due to illness; long-term illness; feed back loop; the swedish model; fieldwork; phenomenology; ethnomethodology; looping effect; disability; work ability; den svenska modellen; fältarbete; socialförsäkring; den svenska välfärdsstaten; Välfärd; arbetslösa sjukskrivna; arbetslöshet; sjukskrivning; arbetsförmedlingen; fenomenologi; långtidssjukskrivning; etnometodologi; försäkringskassan; samverkan; dold arbetslöshet; arbetsförmåga; arbetsmarknad; arbetsoförmåga;

   Sammanfattning : In 1997 the number of long-term absences due to illness began and continued to rise in Sweden. Traditional explanations of why this is so have been centered on either blaming the individual or blaming the work environment. LÄS MER

4. 23. The Emergence of the Post-Socialist Welfare State - The Case of the Baltic States : Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

   Författare :Jolanta Aidukaite; Sven Hort E O; Joakim Palme; Stein Kuhnle; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Post-Socialist Welfare state; Social Policy; Baltic States; Eastern Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation takes a step towards providing a better understanding of post-socialist welfare state development from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. The overall analytical goal of this thesis has been to critically assess the development of social policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using them as illustrative examples of post-socialist welfare state development in the light of the theories, approaches and typologies that have been developed to study affluent capitalist democracies. LÄS MER

5. 24. Essays on the economic impacts of floods and landslides

   Författare :Elin Spegel; Kristina Ek; Artti Juutinen; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Floods; Landslides; Individual preferences; Willigness to pay; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of an introduction and four self-contained papers addressing aspects that are important for how the negative societal effects of natural disasters can be handled, using floods and landslides in the Gothenburg region in Sweden as examples. In paper I the valuation of the benefits of reducing the negative effects of floods, namely, property damage, traffic disturbances and water supply security, were analysed, using a choice experiment. LÄS MER

7. 25. A Triply Green Revolution : Building water resilience for SDGs on food and poverty for Africa

   Författare :Maganizo Kruger Nyasulu; Ingo Fetzer; Harry Fischer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainable Development Goals SDGs; Africa; water resilience; green-blue water; agriculture; climate change; land-use change; planetary boundaries; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling; Sustainability Science;

   Sammanfattning : Sub-Saharan Africa is confronted with the urgent challenge of ensuring food security in the face of changing demographics, climate change and water vulnerability, which can lead to potential crop failure. Despite the high advocacy for technological solutions, such as irrigation, rainfed agricultural systems, which account for more than 90% of the region's food production, often remain overlooked. LÄS MER