School of Global Studies / Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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Hur olika nationer framställs - En kritisk diskursanalys av Donald Trump
(2019-09-17)Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att belysa USA:s inflytande på konflikten mellan Israel och Palestina. Genom att titta närmare på hur Donald Trump porträtterar de olika aktörerna kan vi få en känsla för talets inverkan på ... -
Homosexuella minoriteter inom minoriteten - en intersektionell studie om rätten till staden i Göteborg
(2019-09-17)It has often been said that a society can be judged by how it treats its weakest. Gothenburg is a city divided, in terms of socioeconomic inequalites. The city seeks to be "a city for all" and has therefore launched an ... -
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 ... -
Gendering national identity: a poststructural analysis of the Trump administration and foreign trade policy
(2019-09-16)This paper takes its onset in an ongoing trade war between the United States (U.S.) and China. As current president of the U.S., Donald Trump is considered by many to challenge how U.S. foreign affairs are conducted ... -
Kinas närmande till Afrika - en etablering av ett motstånd mot västvärldens hegemoni?
(2019-09-16)China’s rapprochement with Africa is an increasingly controversial topic in the Western world and not least is China’s propensity to have a hegemonic agenda a recurring issue. A common claim is that China by emphasizing ... -
“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 ... -
Strategic narratives and public diplomacy in the Russian news media portrayal of Sweden: case of Russia Today
(2019-09-03)With the changes in the means and the scope of global communication, images and stories, promoted by political elites are gaining real influence not only on hearts and minds but also on the policy-making in the international ... -
Humanizing (Anti)corruption: The socio-legal values of a human rights-based approach to corruption
(2019-09-03)This master’s thesis intends to contribute to the current academic and policy debate on the values of determining whether a particular human rights violation was caused by a corrupt behavior; and to defend a human rights-based ... -
Individuella rättigheter eller allmänhetens bästa? En litteraturstudie och ideologianalys av antivaccinationsrörelsen, för att diskutera rättvisa, mänskliga rättigheter och negativ global påverkan.
(2019-08-13)This literary study is trying to discuss and analyse the global occurrence of antivaccination movements and why the movement has grown so in the recent years. By referencing to Italy, where a new law has been implemented, ... -
The abolishment of the Lebanese marriage loophole – article 522. A qualitative social movement study that analyses and explores Lebanese women’s movement advocacy towards legislative changes and social change related to gender equality
(2019-08-13)In Lebanon, women have a long history of organizing and working towards equal legislation for all, just as in other countries around the world. After several rounds of advocacy by actors from the Lebanese women's movement, ... -
Changing Norms about Life Skills and Sexuality Education through Empowerment: A study of public secondary life skills teachers’ experiences and perceptions in Zanzibar
(2019-08-13)Formal life skills education, including topics related to sexuality, was developed in the 1990s to prevent HIV/AIDS as well as a method to strengthen ‘good’ behaviours among students in schools. In Zanzibar, life skills ... -
Medborgardialog i planeringsprocessen för utveckling av Arvika hamn - Verktyg för demokratiskt inflytande eller för legitimering av redan tagna beslut?
(2019-08-12)Syftet med uppsatsen är att utifrån ett governmentality-perspektiv undersöka medborgardialogen i Arvika kommun för att urskilja tendenser gentemot rationaliteterna decentraliserad deliberativ demokrati och urban neoliberalism, ... -
Går det att odla platser? En explorativ studie över hur utformning och operationalisering i samband med urban odling utifrån kritisk placemaking kan bidra till hållbar stadsutveckling
(2019-08-12)Studien tar avstamp i problematiken kring tomrummet mellan visioner om hållbar utveckling och metoder för att uppnå detsamma. Urban odling har under de senaste 15 åren i ökad grad uppmärksammats för dess potential att bidra ... -
Vad är problemet? En WPR-analys av representationen av problem, subjekt och lösningsförslag i arbetet mot nedskräpning i Angered.
(2019-08-12)This thesis aims to broaden the perspectives on littering through a case study in Angered, a suburban area north of Gothenburg where littering has been identified as one of the major problem areas by citizens. The study ... -
Distributing ‘learning’ for everyone, everywhere
(2019-08-08)During the past decades, global education policies and practices have experienced a neoliberal turn, which has changed the discourse around education. Instead of being regarded as a public service, education has become ... -
The Two-Year Trap
(2019-08-08)Marriage migration contests the normative boundaries of marriage and is therefore becoming object to vast regulations. The Swedish Alien Act’s two-year rule is one such regulation, that is implemented to weed out “fraudulent ... -
Controversy over Västlänken
(2019-08-08)This study explores the negative citizenry response to the infrastructure project known as Västlänken, a railway tunnel in central Gothenburg. The project has turned into a controversial conflict with political and public ... -
Degrowth in Swedish Climate Politics
(2019-08-08)Climate change is one of the most pressing problems of the contemporary world and has lead to a number of global agreements aimed at solving the situation. In doing so, sustainable development and economic growth are usually ... -
"Can you help me top-up my mobile data?"
(2019-08-08)In the globalised world, it is evident that mobile phones have the potential to empower migrant workers by making them feel more connected and providing access to information and services. Additionally, connecting to the ... -
Labour Market Integration
(2019-08-08)In this study, the author explores the stories of twelve refugees and their experiences after having attended the Establishment Programme, a Swedish labour market integration policy. The personal narratives and the ...