School of Global Studies / Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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The ultimate border between the East and the West
(2019-08-07)The worst humanitarian crisis that we are currently watching has prompted to a rise of refugration flows in today’s globalised world. During the European refugrant crisis the EU external borders were under pressure and ... -
“Development is the new Peace”: A case study on Pastoral Social Pasto’s role as a local actor in the peacebuilding process in the Colombian region of Nariño
(2019-06-14)The aim of this study is to analyze the role of Pastoral Social Pasto as a case of a local actor within the peacebuilding process in the Colombian region Nariño. Colombia suffered from an internal armed conflict that endured ... -
Perceiving Terrorism: A survey experiment about how Swedish students define terrorism based on the perpetrator’s ethnicity
(2019-02-20)The purpose of this study is to analyze how students perceive the concept of terrorism based on the ethnicity ascribed to the perpetrator. Studies conducted in the US have shown that the public defines political violence ... -
Local Ownership and Development Aid: The Case of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
(2019-02-06)The concept of local ownership has increasingly become a leading principle of development cooperation. While it is generally accepted that more ownership means more sustainability, there is still much to be done in order ... -
The Perpetual Colonial Situation: Language and Dominance in Taiwan
(2019-02-04)In Taiwan today, 96% of the population speaks Mandarin. Yet, Mandarin speakers were rare, if not totally absent, on the island before 1945. How should we understand this transformation? Throughout history, the island had ... -
Bearing of the International System in a south-south cutting-edge free trade agreement: The case of the free trade agreement between Uruguay and Chile
(2019-02-04)Uruguay signed a cutting-edge free trade agreement with Chile that triggered political discussions on the impact it would have on Uruguay’s development. This agreement is the first bilateral trade instrument framed under ... -
Selling hope in Mozambique: Corporate framing and future forecasting of the natural gas development project Mozambique LNG
(2019-01-31)The discovery of large quantities of natural gas just off the Northern Mozambican coast has stirred much speculation about what the findings will mean for the country’s economy, people and environment. The aim of this ... -
Att våga se komplexa samband: En studie av hur Värnamo kommun kan arbeta med synergier och konflikter inom Agenda 2030
(2019-01-29)FN:s och den svenska statens vägledning till kommuner som vill arbeta med Agenda 2030 framhåller att alla globala mål hänger samman på ett positivt sätt. Det finns dock forskning, bland annat av Pradhan et al. (2017), som ... -
Tro om miljö: En studie av miljöetiska förhållningssätt i svenska kyrkosamfund
(2018-10-31)One of the important aspects of sustainable development is the ethical dimension. By providing ethical frameworks and worldviews, religious ideas are central for shaping the way we think and act in relation to nature and ... -
Resistance in everyday encounters with racism: A study on how five young women of colour respond to the everyday racism they experience in Sweden
(2018-10-30)Racism can be maintained and spread in a society through seemingly small everyday actions. In Sweden, this everyday racism often aims to point out that a non-white body is not Swedish by questions and comments on a person’s, ... -
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: No pain no gain
(2018-10-30)Målet med den här studien är att studera meningsskapande processer i samband med utövandet av Brasiliansk Jiu-Jitsu, eller BJJ som förkortning. Jag tittar på den psykofysiska utvecklingen i samband med utövandet av BJJ för ... -
Den gode beskyddaren: Krigsförberedelser & genusordning i Försvarsmakten
(2018-10-24)The purpose of this essay is to explore the discursive construction of the ‘protector’ and the ‘protected’ which contributes to legitimise militarism in Sweden today. This thesis draws upon Iris Marion Young’s theory ... -
Konstruera din egen identitet eller konstrueras in i en: En textanalys av hur myndigheter talar om transpersoner
(2018-10-10)This thesis aims to analyse how government agencies in Sweden talk about transgender people. Since the way trans people are represented heavily affects the wellbeing of this group of people, it is of great value to study ... -
Bare Life of Unaccompanied Children: A Critique on the Human Rights State-Centrism and the Right to Asylum in Sweden
(2018-09-25)The question of asylum seekers and refugee rights is one of the main examples which reveals the paradox of the citizen rights and human rights. This thesis aims to analyse the U-turn asylum policy of Sweden regarding ... -
Factors Influencing Child Trafficking: An analysis of cases reported in Ghana
(2018-09-25)Trafficking in persons is a global challenge. Several millions of victims are affected by trafficking annually. Most of these victims are children who are exploited sexually and into forced labour. There have been global ... -
Media Discourse of the Right to Privacy under Surveillance: An analysis of the media coverage from post-9/11 to post-Snowden US
(2018-09-21)The right to privacy in the age of surveillance is a long-standing controversial issue. This controversy first heightened in 2001, after 9/11 terrorist attacks; and again in 2013, after Edward Snowden‘s mass surveillance ... -
Writing about Terrorism: Journalistic Methodology and Peace Journalism
(2018-09-18)Mass media and journalists have faced criticism from academia due to a perceived tendency to present conflicts without paying sufficient attention to details, instead focusing on ‘sensational’ aspects, which will attract ... -
Children's access to nature in the city: A study on preschools in Gothenburg
(2018-09-17)There are countless studies showing that nature benefit children's physical and psychological health and many are concerned over the trends indicating that children's health is getting worse. Urban areas do not provide an ... -
Nationella minoriteter och det kommunala ansvaret: En fallstudie om Uddevalla kommun och den sverigefinska minoriteten
(2018-09-10)Minority languages has in a historical perspective been marginalised in Sweden. At the year of 2000 were 5 national minorities and their languages officially recognised as minority languages (Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami, ...