School of Global Studies / Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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Att lära för livet: En studie om förståelse, föreställningar och attityder i förhållande till hållbar utveckling bland studenter vid Göteborgs universitet
(2017-09-14)Det mänskliga samhället står inför en rad stora utmaningar, och i takt med globaliseringen får effekterna av mänsklig aktivitet allt större geografisk spridning. Konsekvenser av vårt handlande är avlägsna i tid och rum, ... -
Financialization and human rights abuses provoked by business: the case of Samarco disaster in Brazil
(2017-09-13)The aim of this study is to explore the implications of the financialization process on human rights compliance by business, based on an analysis of the Samarco case, in Brazil. In 2015, Samarco Company’s tailing dam ... -
En mycket märkvärdig flicka: En intersektionell analys av berättelsen om Pippi Långstrump utifrån funktionalitet, genus, ålder och vithet
(2017-09-06)The famous story about Pippi Longstocking has been around for over 70 years and millions of children, generation after generation, has gotten to know the strong little girl who never wants to grow up. 2015 was a new ... -
WHOSE PEACE? ”A content of ideas analysis of the underlying norms of democratic involvement in peacemaking – as improvers of circumstances for legitimate peace processes, or as complicating idealist norms.”
(2017-08-18)In peacemaking, methods of inclusion are extensively pushed for with the main motivation that it gives the peace process a greater legitimacy. But exclusion is also deemed necessary as it is required to reach an agreement ... -
Intersectionality and the Vulnerability of Irregular Migrant Women to Sexual Assault: the Journey and Arrival to the U.S./Mexico Border
(2017-08-09)This research looks at the sexual assault of irregular migrant women on the journey and arrival to the United States/Mexico border from an intersectional perspective. It aims to analyze this topic through understanding ... -
Unaccompanied Refugee Children in Greece and Their right to Family Reunification with family members in other EU countries: An explorative and explanatory study of the implementation of Dublin Regulation in Greek national legislation
(2017-07-03)Unaccompanied children/minors (UAC) represents a large proportion of the demography of refugees in Greece, and many of them have families in other EU countries they wish to be reunited with. However, the increasingly ... -
Welcome to the new jungle: A discourse analysis of the securitization of migration in the Calais crisis in British media
(2017-07-03)Since the end of the Cold War there has been a change in what is considered a security issue and a focus on 'softer security' issues, such as migration. As argued by researchers, the media has been a site for anti-illegal ... -
Women’s land rights under the Mozambican Land Law: An ethnographic study of the matrilineal district of Majune, Niassa province, northern Mozambique
(2017-07-03)The Mozambican Land Law (Lei de Terra) that was passed in 1997 seeks to formalize customary rights at a community level and provide equal access to land for men and women, while securing external investors access to land ... -
Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?
(2017-06-28)This two-case study “Are polygamous marriages to be considered a human rights violation or a human rights realization in the contexts of Sweden and Tanzania?” focuses on whether polygamous marriages can be considered a ... -
Papperslösa kvinnors politiska delaktighet: Om utrymmet för individen att vara politisk när hon är utesluten ur den politiska gemenskapen.
(2017-06-28)Human rights apply to all individuals, regardless of nationality or legal status. However, in practice, people living as undocumented – without a residence permit in the state where they are situated – seems to be regarded ... -
Släng utan slit: En socialantropologisk studie om uppfattningar och attityder kring återbruk och redesign i kontorsmiljöer inom Göteborgs Stad
(2017-05-29)Den här studien undersöker hur anställda inom Göteborgs Stad upplever den fysiska miljö de arbetar i och hur de upplever ny respektive återbrukad inredning. Med utgångspunkten att konsumtion som den fungerar i urbana miljöer ... -
"I had a stick with a wheel on it, now it's all made in China": A qualitative study of "Made in China" toys in Poland
(2017-05-29)This study focuses on families’ ideas and experiences of “Made in China” toys in Poland. One month of fieldwork with three families allowed for in-depth qualitative data to be collected through informal as well as formal ... -
Struggling to Feel at Home: An Inquiry into Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees' Experiences of Reintegration
(2017-05-10)This thesis investigates the reintegration process of Sri Lankan Tamil returnees. After the Sri Lankan civil war ended in 2009, a number of refugees who lived in exile in India returned to their country of origin. This ... -
World in Conflict - The Case of Libya, The United Nations & NATO
(2017-05-09)This essay outlines the Libyan civil war in 2011 and describes the role that some of the involved actors came to play through out the conflict; furthermore, it puts a strong focus on the NATO-led intervention in the region ... -
"We do not want any refugees!": The Perception of Identity on Migration Crisis and the Migration Crisis Implications on Hungary
(2017-04-20)This study aims to investigate to what extent identity plays a role in Hungary’s policy and stance towards the migration crisis which occurred in the middle of 2015. Since it started, Hungary has shown its strong stance ... -
Like leaves on the ground: A Qualitative Study of Practices and Attitudes Towards Cigarette Filters in Gothenburg
(2017-04-11)This work's interest is to achieve a better understanding of smoker's disposal practices, in an effort to better understand how filters delimit public space. Every year billions of cigarette filters are disposed of by ... -
Water Management in the midst of Climate Change and Growing Tourism: A Field Study from the Peruvian Andes
(2017-03-28)According to climate researchers, melting glaciers is one of the most sever effects of the global climate change. Peru that contains more than seventy percent of the world’s tropical glaciers is particularly vulnerable ... -
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship: Shaping Identities in Private-led Solar Technology Dissemination
(2017-01-26)UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets the agenda for global development in the near future and aims to end poverty through the involvement of the private sector in global development issues and the promotion ... -
“Våra vapen är pennor & böcker”: en kvalitativ studie om afghanska högstadieflickors uppfattningar av utveckling & frihet samt de bådas upplevda påverkan om flickorna istället vore pojkar.
(2017-01-23)Development and freedom are two key concepts in global development studies. This thesis aims to research Afghan high school girls’ perceptions and experiences of development and freedom. How these concepts are concretized ... -
Experiences of Black Womanhood in Swedish Academia: Contested Narratives
(2016-12-14)This thesis explores how black women as students and faculty members experience racism in Swedish universities, and what strategies they use to cope and resist. Through their lived experiences and autoethnographic elements ...