Kandidatuppsatser / Globala studier: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Det manliga köttet: Om köttets roll i skapandet av maskuliniteter, och den svenska hållbarhetsdiskursens genus(o)medvetenhet rörande ekologiskt hållbar köttkonsumtion
(2014-07-24)Several studies indicate that Swedish men consume more meat than women, more frequently appear in advertisements for meat and more often than women handle the grilling of meat. Production of meat is one of the largest ... -
Upplevelser av osäkerhet: En kvalitativ studie av globaliseringens effekter för ungas etablering på arbetsmarknad och familjebildning
(2014-06-23)Globalization is described as processes of economic, social and political character and a tendency in the field has been to study these aspects of the phenomenon separately. Another common feature of previous studies is ... -
Todas somos Liderezas: A qualitative study of female leadership and political participation within the Comarca Ngobe-Buglé in Panama
(2014-01-15)Throughout Latin America there seems to have been a significant increase in indigenous women’s involvement in politics and many female political leaders have risen in the political ranks. This suggest a shift from their ... -
”De lever så här varje dag, liksom”: Representationer av fattigdom i svenska insamlingsgalor.
(2013-10-11)In this essay, I investigate the representations of poverty in two charity galas on Swedish television. Moreover, through a discourse analysis, I look at how the concepts of ‘development’ and ‘poverty’ are used in these ... -
Från input till output: En kvalitativ studie om hur resultatkrav inom biståndet påverkar svenska civilsamhällesorganisationer och mottagarens möjlighet till participation
(2013-09-25)This bachelor thesis is based on the current discourse within the aid policy, which highlights and focuses on measurability and reporting of results within the development cooperation. The purpose of this study is to ... -
Sustainability or a Waste?: A study of the impacts of the Basura Cero law on the social sustainability of the cartoneros in Buenos Aires
(2013-09-16)This thesis aims to investigate what implications that the environmentally oriented waste management law Basura Cero has on the social sustainability situation of marginalised waste pickers – cartoneros - in Buenos Aires. ... -
Alternatives for another world?: En kritisk analys av Occupy Wall Street-rörelsens idéer för strukturell förändring
(2013-09-06)In the wake of the latest financial crisis, a group of individuals launched the Occupy Wall Street movement. It wanted to change the structures that economic and political life are founded upon. They believe that the ... -
Kvinnokroppen som diskursivt slagfält: avvikande visuella representationer av genus i Pussy Riots musikvideor.
(2013-06-18)In this paper I will examine the five Pussy Riot music videos that the group has published online on their official You Tube website. I will examine them through a “gender lens” looking at their visual representations of ... -
Veto: En motivanalys av FN:s säkerhetsråds fem permanenta medlemmars agerande i konflikten i Syrien.
(2013-06-18)Aim: The aim of this study is to analyse the possible motives behind the actions of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council in relation to the conflict in Syria. The background of this aim is the Arab Spring ... -
“Vi försvinner som en droppe i havet”: En uppsats om svenska civilsamhällesorganisationers upplevelser av sina påverkansmöjligheter i EU
(2013-03-06)This Bachelor Thesis looks at the cooperation between the Swedish civil society and the European Union (EU), and it aims at evaluating Swedish civil society organizations' influence within the EU's development work on ... -
Kriminella, offer, resurs, börda: Diskurser om ”papperslösa” i svenska dagstidningar
(2013-03-01)This qualitative study is focused on the way “papperslösa” (undocumented/illegal/irregular immigrants) are portrayed in Swedish daily newspapers, what images are presented in the articles, what discourses permeate the text, ... -
South-South Development Cooperation and the changing dynamics of Development Assistance: A study of Brazil´s positioning and identity as a partner for development.
(2012-10-16)This thesis looks at Brazil as a development actor in the framework of South-South Development Cooperation. By using a qualitative method of document analysis it aims at exploring how Brazil understands and presents its ...