Kandidatuppsatser / Institutionen för globala studier: Recent submissions
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Securing the Heterosexual State: A study of the political debate surrounding homosexuality in Uganda
(2015-12-02)In 2009 a Ugandan Member of Parliament presented the so called Anti Homosexuality Bill to the Ugandan parliament. The Bill offers extensive restrictions in order to combat homosexuality, which is already a crime in Uganda. ... -
Finns det plats för mångkultur i den franska enigheten?: En kvalitativ undersökning om hur ett förbud mot utländska flaggor i Frankrike kan förklaras med nationalistisk och postkolonialistisk teori.
(2015-09-28)When the Algerian national team in June 2014 won their first game in the Men’s World Cup in football since 1982, Algerians all over the world celebrated the victory. In several French cities large masses of people defiled ... -
Samverkan för uppfyllandet av miljökvalitetsnormerna för vatten: en fallstudie av projektet Mälaren – en sjö för miljoner
(2015-09-18)In the year 2000, the European Water Framework Directive (WFD; 2000/60/EC) was adopted with the purpose to achieve sustainable water resource management of all waters within the European Union. However, the environmental ... -
"Men jag kan väl inte vara med och odla..?": En kvalitativ studie om vilka hinder det finns, och hur de kan förebyggas, för att odlingsintresserade ska delta i kollektivodling på Ekobacken i Växjö.
(2015-09-18)Rapid urbanization is threatening a sustainable development of cities. At the same time, cities possess a great opportunity to come up with sustainable solutions. As an urban strategy for sustainable development, urban ... -
Honor and Happiness: An ethnographic study of arranged marriages in a context of tradition and globalization in South India
(2015-09-04)The tradition of arranged marriages is still the most popular form of organizing a marital relationship in India. Traditionally, parents are in charge of choosing the life partner for their child, which is a manifestation ... -
En ny maktfaktor i en världsordning i förändring: En kvalitativ studie om the New Development Bank, Världsbanken och global governance
(2015-07-29)During the last decades, the international political and financial landscape has changed dramatically. China surpassed the U.S as the world’s largest economy in purchasing-power-parity terms in 2014 and emerging economies ... -
The Role of Buddhism in Society and Radical Buddhist Mobilization: An Explorative Study of Young Monks in Sri Lanka
(2015-06-15)Radical Buddhist mobilization in post-war Sri Lanka is taking place in an international context where religious groups are gaining a lot of attention in for instance media and by political leaders as well as by researchers. ... -
Euroskepticism i västeuropeiska storpartier: En jämförelsestudie av svenska Socialdemokraterna och brittiska Conservative Party
(2015-05-26)Denna studie jämför euroskepticismen inom två europeiska partier, Socialdemokraterna i Sverige och The Conservative and the Unionist Party i Storbritannien, i syfte att bidra till svaret på följande frågor: vilka faktorer ... -
R2P as a global principle?: A case study of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
(2015-02-17)The principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has been described as revolutionary in its affect on the relationship between the concepts of humanitarian intervention and national sovereignty by placing an even greater ... -
Sveriges politik för global utveckling: En uppsats om de fattigas perspektiv samt rättighetsperspektivet i den svenska handelspolitiken
(2015-02-02)Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur de fattigas- samt rättighetsperspektivet kommer till uttryck i Sveriges politik för global utveckling. Uppsatsen ämnar också att diskutera samstämmighetspolitikens prestation ... -
Återförvilda Sverige?: En studie av rewilding som strategi för att bevara kulturlandskapet och gynna biologisk mångfald
(2015-01-15)Through millennia, humans have shaped the European landscapes. Agriculture, hunting and forestry have influenced virtually every ecosystem on the continent and formed what we today think of as the cultural landscape; a ... -
Internationell fred och säkerhet ur ett genusperspektiv: En diskursiv studie av Säkerhetsrådets resolutioner för kvinnor, fred och säkerhet
(2015-01-05)The Security Council’s resolution 1325 addressed the major negative impact that armed conflict has on women and children. This in turn complicates the Council’s work on maintaining international peace and security. The ... -
Vargens värde. Upplevelsevärden av vargen och vargjakten i media under licensjakten 2010
(2012)This thesis examines the experience value of the wolf and wolf hunting presented in media during December 17, 2009-Feruary 15, 2010. I analyze news articles, editorials and letters to the editor in three newspapers. In ... -
A Good Education?: A descriptive study of the implementation of critical thinking, international cooperation and sustainable development in Gy11 and SAMSAM01b
(2014-11-05)This thesis provides a descriptive study from a pedagogic perspective that analyzes objectives, directives and content related to the social science core class, SAMSAM01b, at Gothenburg public high schools. The purpose ... -
Ska det framtida Göteborg växa och gro?: En diskursanalys gällande beslutsfattares syn på urbant jordbruk
(2014-10-21)An increasing global population and a worldwide growing urbanization has raised the question about the future food security in cities all over the world. Peak-oil limits the access to cheap fossil fuels which threatens ... -
"I can't change my life situation": An exploration of the relation between agency and social structure for women in the fishery sector in Mangalore, India
(2014-10-21)A lot of people in the global south's fishery sector live in great poverty. Despite this there is a lack of research which comprises the importance of social sustainability as well as the role of women in the sector. The ... -
Vilka aspekter av förändring bör belysas i Gram Vikas arbete för hållbar utveckling?: En kvalitativ studie av en organisation i framkant
(2014-10-17)The non-governmental organization Gram Vikas primary concern is to establish clean water in remote areas inhabited by often aggrieved tribals and low caste communities. Gram Vikas’ slogan is Water for dignity. It refers ... -
Från etik till ekonomi?: En analys av förändringar i svensk klimatpolicy 1990-2008
(2014-09-23)This study analyzes how the Swedish climate policy has changed during the years 1990-2008. This is done through a comparative analysis of three climate bills that were developed during this period. With a constructivist ... -
Barns rättigheter - en självklarhet?
(2014-09-22)Numerous studies have showed that Swedish municipalities are responsible for several of the activities that concern children and their rights, e.g. school and health care. Furthermore, the Convention of the Rights of the ...