Kandidatuppsatser / Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Att synliggöra ekonomins påverkan på naturen: miljöräkenskaper i svensk politik 1966-2017
(2018-06-28)This paper uses documents from the Swedish riksdag and public reports from 1966-2017 to map the development of ecological indicators in Sweden that complement the GDP-measure to show the level of environmental sustainability ... -
Vi måste hjälpa dom stackars flyktingarna: En kritisk diskursanalys av hjälpande, medlidande och andrafiering i Facebook-gruppen "Grannar i Torslanda"
(2018-03-21)This single case study conducted with critical discourse analysis on qualitative interviews and comment fields, aims to critically reflect on the significance of the postcolonial concept of othering. Therefore, the first ... -
KYRKA & GEMENSKAP - En antropologisk studie av kyrkans relevans i det sekulariserade samhället
(2018-02-28)Den här uppsatsen handlar om kyrkans relevans i det svenska samhället. Kyrkan är en uråldrig institution som har varit en viktig del i det svenska samhället och är det fortfarande. Trots att kristendomen spelar en mindre ... -
”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 ... -
CHANGES IN JAPAN'S STRATEGIC CULTURE – THE SEVEN SINS TO PACIFISM: Japan’s Move Away From Pacifism Explained With Strategic Culture.
(2018-02-13)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the changes within Japan’s Strategic Culture that have led Japan to move away from their previous pacifist mindset and become more militarily active in, for example, the South China ... -
Business versus sustainability? A qualitative study focused on Swedish business students’ perceptions of business sustainability and its relation to action competence as part of UN’s Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
(2017-10-12)Across the world it is recognized that business have to become more sustainable. Different sustainability initiatives have started to emerge in educational settings, but still few educators are able to graduate business ... -
“Babe your ass is looking tight”: En jämförande studie om kvinnliga utseendeideal, en hälsosam livsstil och den feminina kroppen på hälsobloggar
(2017-10-09)Health and people's wellbeing is an important issue in the Western society today. Moreover had today’s technology changed the way we look at bodies in the fashion industry and in social media. Women’s bodies are sometimes ... -
Hiphop över klasserna: En studie om lyssningsvanor, identitet och social hållbarhet bland gymnasieelever
(2017-10-09)Hip-hop as a subject in social science has not been around for as long as many other music genres and this study is therefore able to fill a research gap when it comes to appropriation of this global genre between social ... -
Smartphone Panopticon and the Securitized Plurality: A study of the relationship between the Islamic State, Media and Power
(2017-10-09)The events caused by the Islamic State can be read close-to-daily in Swedish newspapers. Since the Islamic State came under the scope of the four major Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Svenska ... -
Transgendering Menstruation: En kvalitativ studie av uppfattningar kring menstruation i relation till transidentitet i Sverige.
(2017-10-09)The purpose of this essay is to shed light on transgender persons’ experiences and perceptions of menstruation, and thereby identify and show how menstruation, as well as gender, is culturally constructed. In doing so the ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...