Master Theses: Recent submissions
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Speaking in new ways: Media representations of the Asylum Relay
(2015-09-03)In the summer 2013 a group of people walked from Malmö to Stockholm with the purpose to raise awareness about the refugee policies in Sweden. The initiative is called the Asylum Relay, Asylstafetten in Swedish, and was ... -
The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Development of Mauritius: The Marginalization of the Creole Community
(2015-07-29)The success of Mauritius has often been mentioned as a lesson for African countries to learn from involving a decreased inequality gap, improved living standards and full democracy in Africa, which is unique for the ... -
Security and Fear in Israeli and Palestinian Conflict Narratives: A Social-Psychological Study
(2015-07-21)The Israeli and Palestinian societies are involved in a long-lasting and violent conflict, where any considerable de-escalation has been conspicuously absent for the last twenty years. The seemingly never-ending spirals ... -
Coping with climate variability in West Pokot, Kenya: The influences of land use on responses to climate variability, by pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in arid and semi-arid areas of West Pokot, Kenya.
(2015-03-09)Many pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in semi-arid and arid areas in East Africa, face the challenge of climate change, while the pressure on land is increasing and at the same time land use changes are ongoing. ... -
Playing with Fire: Empowerment and Conflict Transformation via Educational Drama
(2015-03-04)Conflict is an inescapable reality of human interaction. While the vast majority of conflicts are solved quickly and discretely, some affect the lives of millions and persist for decades. The wide-ranging and complex nature ... -
The Other Male Rapist - in Swedish Printed media's news reporting about rape in 2013
(2015-01-22)This study investigates how the Other male rapist is constructed and the attributes ascribed to him, as well as all male rapists, in Swedish printed media’s (Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet) news reporting ... -
Everyday Dialogues in Highland Peru: With and Beyond Development Interventions
(2015-01-15)Development is the enterprise of triggering economic, social and political improvements through policy design and planned interventions and ameliorating negative effects of change. Feminist and anthropological studies of ... -
A host society’s perception of changes in its young peoples’ cultural identity due to tourism: A case study in Bagan, Myanmar
(2014-12-18)After the democratising steps following the 2010 election, Myanmar has evolved from a highly isolated country to an emerging tourist destination. As tourism’s impacts are more extreme in previ ... -
From Communal to Private: Dynamics of a Changing Land Tenure System in Chepareria, West Pokot County, Kenya
(2014-12-18)In the context of the ongoing land use change in pastoral areas in East Africa, new developments and dynamics imply various shifts in pastoralist livelihoods and land management. Previous research has engaged in a polarised ... -
Explaining Proenvironmental Behavior: a Qualitative Study into the Motivations of Swedish Environmentalists
(2014-12-05)In the quest to solve environmental problems it is crucial that we understand the basic willingness of people to adopt relevant behavior changes. This study aims to make a qualitative contribution to research in this ... -
A Qualitative Study of Racism Amongst Swedish Football Supporters.
(2014-12-05)Over the last decades, it is possible to recognize how global mobility and migration has created diverse and multi-ethnic societies. In the Swedish football scene this can be seen in the existing diversity amongst the ... -
Breast Ironing in Cameroon: A harmful practice restricting sexuality or a means to protect the girl child from harm
(2014-11-04)Around the world there exists so called harmful practices, they include e.g. female genital mutilation, child marriages and the little researched practice of breast ironing. This thesis presents lived experiences on the ... -
Categorization of Human Beings versus The Universality of Human Rights
(2014-09-05)The principle of non-discrimination is central to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the human rights discourse that surrounds it. The principle that no distinction should be made between people based on ... -
The Pirate Parties’ Globality
(2014-08-15)In the following, one transnational - and potentially global - phenomenon will be discussed by asking ‘how do the members of the Pirate Party perceive the Pirate Parties’ globality?’ In the first part of this paper, the ... -
Representing Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Case Study on Living Presentations in the Mekong River - Connecting Cultures Program at the 2007 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
(2014-08-15)This thesis explores and analyzes the practice of interpreting living cultural traditions, known as living cultural presentation, at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Using a review of the literature, participant observation ... -
Human rights within the discussion of entrepreneurship: On a secondary level in the education system
(2014-06-27)In Sweden in the year of 2011 a new curriculum was put in place on the secondary level. This curriculum contains the introduction of human rights and the demand that human rights shall be visible within all subjects on the ... -
Reducing Hierarchies for Improved Equality in the Workplace?: The Case of the Worker Cooperative Vio.Me, Greece
(2014-06-23)Part of the reason why cooperative organizations are formed is to strive towards a more equal decision-making in the workplace. Due to their potential horizontal structure, cooperatives are seen as organizations which ... -
Towards a Critical Social Theory of Landscape: Perceptions and Experiences of Land-use Change in Chepareria, Kenya
(2014-04-17)Increasing human pressure on ecological systems has triggered a need to understand the complexities of human-environment dynamics. Using land-use as an example this thesis asks, how do individuals belonging to different ... -
The US-Taiwan Security Relationship: In The Light of A Perceived Chinese Threat Since 1971 To Today
(2014-03-31)The aim of this research is to examine how a small country like Taiwan maintains a relationship with the sole superpower ‘the United States of America’ in terms of sovereignty and security against perceived Chinese political ... -
Implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Eiti): Stakeholders’ Perspectives in the Case of Colombia
(2014-03-24)This thesis will address accountability and transparency issues in the Colombian Extractive Industry by assessing the eventual subscription of the country to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The ...