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1:0 for the environment: Engaging football fans on tackling climate change
(2022-01-18)In general, the existence of anthropogenic climate change and the need for deeper societal transformations are widely accepted. Less agreement exists on how to best motivate the public to act in a way that allows for ... -
A Bloody Waste: Embodied perspectives on menstrual materials, waste and responsibility among Swedish menstruators
(2021-09-02)Every day, hundreds of millions of people around the world are menstruating. While questions around menstruation have gained a growing public and academic interest in recent years, which has successfully emphasized and ... -
A CASE STUDY OF ATTACKS AND PROTECTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN POST-EUROMAIDAN UKRAINE
(2022-01-21)The efforts of human rights defenders play a crucial part in advancing human rights around the world. For these efforts, many defenders are at risk. In light of many attacks in recent years, it is clear that defenders are ... -
A conversion of nature’s value?: A critical analysis of the TEEB as an appropriate tool to valuate ecosystems and biodiversity with an empirical analysis of a Climate Change adaptation project in Falsterbo-Skanör Vellinge
(2012-05-10)This thesis critically analyzes the appropriateness of The Economics of Ecosystems and Bio-diversity (TEEB) in terms of theoretical and practical implications and limitations. Separated into two parts, this thesis firstly ... -
A Good Education?: A descriptive study of the implementation of critical thinking, international cooperation and sustainable development in Gy11 and SAMSAM01b
(2014-11-05)This thesis provides a descriptive study from a pedagogic perspective that analyzes objectives, directives and content related to the social science core class, SAMSAM01b, at Gothenburg public high schools. The purpose ... -
A host society’s perception of changes in its young peoples’ cultural identity due to tourism: A case study in Bagan, Myanmar
(2014-12-18)After the democratising steps following the 2010 election, Myanmar has evolved from a highly isolated country to an emerging tourist destination. As tourism’s impacts are more extreme in previ ... -
A Human Rights Based Approach: An Option for Attaining Sustainable Development in Cameroon
(2018-03-15)This dissertation discusses the importance of human rights to the attainment of development. All human rights are indivisible, whether they are civil and political rights, such as the right to life, equality before the law ... -
A Qualitative Approach to Refugee Law and International Migrant Legislation: The Life Stories of Venezuelan Emigrants
(2017-10-04)This research studies the Venezuelan emigrants’ case in order to contest refugee law and international migrant legislation. Fragments-of-life-stories & semi-structured interviews were used as bottom-up approach, and document ... -
A Qualitative Study of Racism Amongst Swedish Football Supporters.
(2014-12-05)Over the last decades, it is possible to recognize how global mobility and migration has created diverse and multi-ethnic societies. In the Swedish football scene this can be seen in the existing diversity amongst the ... -
A Series of Firsts: Australian & Dutch Representations of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)
(2012-07-02)Museums are often seen as objective providers of the truth. In this thesis, that notion is contested and, instead, the idea is explored that museums actively construct representations. These representations are steered by ... -
Aligning Fortress Europe with the Rainbow? The Securitization of Migration and LGBTI Asylum Seekers in the European Union.
(2019-09-17)The increase of migration into the European Union, which peaked during the 2015 humanitarian crisis of refugees, has raised concerns about security within nationalist political discourse across the EU. European right-wing ... -
”All necessary measures” - En diskursanalys av NATO:s intervention i Libyen 2011
(2018-02-28)The world is changing, and with it the security doctrines and the world order. This bachelor thesis is focusing on the expressions of world order as described by Björn Hettne through a case study of NATO’s intervention ... -
”Alla behöver ju vatten” En kvalitativ undersökning om svenska turisters uppfattningar kring vatten och vattenkonsumtion på Bali
(2021-12-09)The purpose of this thesis is to examine Swedish tourists perspectives on water consumption while traveling in Bali, Indonesia. Using qualitative interviews, the study also examines how problems linked to water consumption, ... -
Allmänhetens försvarare eller statens förlängda arm?: Lokala antidiskrimineringsbyråers arbete mot diskriminering i Nederländerna
(2021-10-04)Local actors working with human rights and legal aid are common in most countries. One ex-ample is local antidiscrimination agencies which can be found in countries such as Sweden, Spain and the Netherlands. The local ... -
Alternatives for another world?: En kritisk analys av Occupy Wall Street-rörelsens idéer för strukturell förändring
(2013-09-06)In the wake of the latest financial crisis, a group of individuals launched the Occupy Wall Street movement. It wanted to change the structures that economic and political life are founded upon. They believe that the ... -
Am I not a woman even when I am pregnant?: An analysis of the development of fetal rights in policy documents in Europe and how pregnant women are fetal containers and second-class citizens
(2021-10-14)This thesis focuses on the development of fetal rights in policy documents in Europe and how fetal rights and the protection of fetal life can be a part of the discussion of how pregnant women are associated with being ... -
“Am I What You See?” Unaccompanied Afghans in the Swedish media and their integration prospects
(2019-09-16)This thesis deals with representation of unaccompanied Afghan immigrants in the Swedish media. In the post-2015 context, unaccompanied Afghans have gained tremendous media attention in Sweden. However, how do unaccompanied ... -
American national identity at the start and end of the war in Afghanistan: A comparative narrative analysis of presidential speeches
(2022-08-24)The purpose of this essay is to investigate the production of American national identity at the start and end of America’s warfare in Afghanistan, and to reach an understanding how the identity-construction legitimatized ... -
Amerikansk nyhetsmedia i förhållande till Sydamerika: EN KRITISK DISKURSANALYS AV DE SÄTT AMERIKANSK NYHETSMEDIA PRESENTERAR NYHETER FRÅN SYDAMERIKA FÖR DERAS LÄSARE
(2022-11-03)The goal of this article is to use critical discourse analysis to analyse four different news articles regarding the departure of Evo Morales as the president of Bolivia and his subsequent exile in Mexico during the ... -
Archiving Artistic Processes in Evolving Relationships
(2012-08-08)This thesis is concerned with the institutionalization of artistic processes, particularly in the forms of the archive and the art museum. It is argued that artistic processes are complex, varied, and involves many ...