Global Studies: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Violence against women and femicides: Evaluation of legislation to end it in Guatemala
(2014-03-20)Currently, Guatemala is after El Salvador the country where most women are being murdered per capita in the world. In 2008, the Guatemalan Congress approved the Law Against Femicide and Other Forms of Violence Against ... -
Forced Labor and the Migration Industry: Outsourcing Agencies and Migrant Workers in Malaysia
(2014-03-03)Over the past decades migration has increased rapidly and during the same period migration has become an increasingly politicized and securitized issue. In the intersection between politically motivated barriers to ... -
Irregular immigration and the European Union border control policies: Personal experiences of asylum seekers in the Trampoline House (Copenhagen, Denmark) with the EU border regimes and the Danish asylum system.
(2014-02-19)The current qualitative research is focused on the irregular asylum immigration into the European Union (EU) within a context of securitization practices. The case study is the Trampoline House - a small NGO in Copenhagen, ... -
The Epitome of a Lost People’s Home: Sweden Democrats’ Discourse of Ontological Security And National Identity Formation
(2013-11-05)As globalization processes are continuously developing, and bringing the world in to every person’s backyard, many problems may arise. Insecurity in one’s self-identity, national belonging and cultural heritage may entail ... -
Role of Political Parties in the Democratic System of Pakistan
(2013-06-18)This research was performed to investigate the role of political parties in Pakistan over the last two decades. This paper also attempts to discuss how parties and their actions affect the democratic culture in the state. ... -
Pirate Politics: Information Technologies and the Reconfiguration of Politics
(2013-04-03)This thesis sets out to address the question of how Information Technologies (ITs) become politically relevant, both by drawing on different theoretical approaches and by undertaking a qualitative study about the Swedish ... -
Women’s Recognition in Peacebuilding: Implementing Security Council Resolution 1325 in South Sudan
(2013-03-14)The signing of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on “Women, Peace and Security” in October 2000, marked the first time in the UN history that women’s role in maintaining peace and security was recognized by the Council. ... -
Rhetoric Techniques of Labeling of Environmentalists as "Terrorists": the Case of the Earth Liberation Front in the United States of America, 1996 – 2006
(2013-03-01)This thesis analyzes the rhetoric techniques of terrorism labeling with the focus on the Earth Liberation Front in the USA, 1996-2006. Narratives of terrorism have found extreme popularity in various dimensions of social ... -
Longing for the global West: Georgian women’s organisation representatives’ perceptions of the global and the local
(2012-10-02)In academic discourses, the “globalisation process” is often described as multidimensional, non-unitary and erratic. Globally spread ideas, practices and values are commonly regarded as being re-interpreted and changed ... -
Steps toward sustainability in higher education institutions: Management practices on focus.
(2012-08-07)The purpose of this research is to assess the state of management efforts towards sustainability in higher education institutions. The analysis is based on two main sources of data. On the one hand an analysis of ... -
Community Gardens in Gothenburg: Local Counter-actions in the Age of Globalization? - A Qualitative Study on Motives behind Urban Agriculture in Gothenburg
(2012-07-02)Urban Agriculture in Community Gardens is an increasing phenomenon around the world. Gothenburg is following this trend. Extensive research on Community Gardens globally, shows that there are various objectives behind ... -
Understanding Peace & Violence from the Perspective of Street-Living Adolescents in Cusco, Peru
(2012-06-20)Young people often tend to be depicted either as a risk factor or passive victim. Few youth have the possibilities to actively take part in decision-making processes affecting their lives. However, researchers increasingly ...