School of Global Studies / Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child in practice: Social workers’ experience and acting space when implementing the Convention within the City of Gothenburg
(2023-01-26)The aim with this thesis is to examine how social workers, who work in short-term and long term residential housing activities within the City of Gothenburg and meet children in their work with adults, experience the ... -
Lärares gemensamma teoretiska utgångspunkt i att arbeta mot rasism i undervisningen: En idéanalys av Lgr22
(2022-12-22)Sweden has ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which both establish every person’s rights in the conventions without any ... -
A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD? A social anthropological study of occupational aspirations among Swedish senior high school students
(2022-12-21)This study seeks to examine the future occupational aspirations of Swedish senior high school students and their possible interest in social mobility. Further, it explores the factors and strategies that these students ... -
Krig, hegemoni och populärkultur: En analys av Call of Duty
(2022-12-21)This qualitative study conducts an analysis of contemporary popular culture via the popular videogame Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. This study is performed with an already existing analytical framework which splits the ... -
UTVECKLAS UTVECKLING? En begreppshistorisk studie om utvecklingsbegreppet i Göteborgs stadsplanering 1993-2022
(2022-12-14)The purpose of this essay is to investigate changes in the development concept in the urban planning of the city of Gothenburg between 1993 and 2022. By comparing and analyzing four different comprehensive plans through ... -
DET ENTREPRENÖRIELLA JAGETS IDEOLOGI: En antropologisk studie av hur arbete och personlighet samverkar på ett startup
(2022-11-10)Over the last decades companies and workplaces have adopted a new type of organisational structure that aims to involve employee subjectivity as a result of the introduction of Human Resources to workplace organisations. ... -
Kvinna, mamma och offer: En feministisk- och genusteoretisk innehållsanalys av FNSR resolution 1325(2000)
(2022-11-09)In the year 2000 the United Nations Security Council [UNSC] created resolution 1325 to implement gender within processes of peacebuilding and to increase women’s security and equality. Nevertheless, there is a global ... -
Local Entertainers in Cebu, Philippines: Entertainment and Sex Work: The Struggle for Empowerment
(2022-11-09)The purpose of this thesis is to examine why local women in Cebu, Philippines, chose to work as entertainers and sex workers. It will examine how their occupation affect their daily lives, in regard to their economy ... -
DRIVKRAFTER OCH ERFARENHETER AV VOLONTÄRARBETE BLAND SVENSKA STUDENTER
(2022-11-09)Volontärarbete ses som ett viktigt sociokulturellt fenomen som ofta tas för given, men som ofta förblir outforskad. Volontärarbete är alltså populärt, men det har också ifrågasatts vem som verkligen har nytta av det. ... -
CAMBODIAN-THAI BORDER CONFLICT; A critical case study and grassroots stakeholders’ perspectives on the 2008 Preah Vihear Temple (PVT)
(2022-11-08)The revival of the Preah Vihear conflict resumed again in 2008 not focusing on the architectural structure of the temple but over the unclearly claimed the temple’s vicinity of 4.6km2 after the UNESCO registered the temple ... -
“You can be whatever you want in this world, but not un-vaccinated.” – Understanding Covid-19 anti-vaccinators in Modern Democracy
(2022-11-08)Sweden’s approach for covid-19 has been considered mild compared to other countries’, but despite the Public Health Authority’s, the government’s, and the politician’s relatively relaxed l approach towards the pandemic, ... -
Women’s perspectives on transitional justice in Liberia
(2022-11-08)The emancipation of women from the regions of war has been a subject of critical debate across all cultures and geographical settings, including Liberia. Hence, the concept of transitional justice for its application in ... -
‘A Taste of democracy’: Burmese Conception of Democracy in the Aftermath of the Coup
(2022-11-03)In November 2020, the National League for Democracy, headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, won a landslide victory in the national elections in Myanmar. On February 1, 2021, before the first session of the parliament could convene, ... -
UN Organs’ Strategies for Protection of Civilians: Coherent, Adaptable or Both?
(2022-11-03)This thesis examines the coherence and adaptiveness of the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and the UN Security Council in the case of protection of civilians in peacekeeping missions. Ignasi Torrent’s ... -
Constructing ‘The People’, ‘The Other’ and ‘The Elite’ in populist right-wing discourse; A qualitative case study on the Sweden Democrats
(2022-11-03)The research is designed as a qualitative case study, where theoretical concepts of populism and identity are employed to investigate how the Sweden Democrats construct identities in their populist right-wing discourse. ... -
Westernization in Rojava; Infatuation with the West
(2022-11-03)The Kurdish-led Rojava Project in northeastern Syria has gained international attention for its pioneering work on equality, community coexistence, and direct democracy through the implementation of Democratic Confederalism, ... -
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 ... -
LEVA TILLSAMMANS: En antropologisk studie om människor i kollektiva boenden och deras roll i den globala strävan efter hållbarhet
(2022-11-02)Den här studien undersöker hur människor som lever i kollektiva boenden förhåller sig till sin livssituation och till hållbarhet, vilket definieras av informanterna själva. Med utgångspunkten att vi lever i en tid där ... -
HÅLLBAR EKOTURISM I HÖGA KUSTEN: EN KVALITATIV STUDIE OM MÖJLIGHETER OCH HINDER FÖR LOKAL BESÖKSNÄRING
(2022-10-04)With an increased awareness of sustainability and the value of natural properties, a trend has emerged within the tourism industry that has given rise to an increased demand for natural destinations that promote the ... -
Papperslösas hinder och begränsningar för vård och stöd vid mental ohälsa: En kvalitativ studie utifrån yrkesverksammas perspektiv i det svenska samhället
(2022-09-19)Regardless of nationality or legal status, human rights apply to all individuals everywhere. However, undocumented people living in Sweden without a permit to stay in the country, are having a difficult time gaining ...