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CAMBODIAN-THAI BORDER CONFLICT; A critical case study and grassroots stakeholders’ perspectives on the 2008 Preah Vihear Temple (PVT)
(2022-11-08)The revival of the Preah Vihear conflict resumed again in 2008 not focusing on the architectural structure of the temple but over the unclearly claimed the temple’s vicinity of 4.6km2 after the UNESCO registered the temple ... -
“You can be whatever you want in this world, but not un-vaccinated.” – Understanding Covid-19 anti-vaccinators in Modern Democracy
(2022-11-08)Sweden’s approach for covid-19 has been considered mild compared to other countries’, but despite the Public Health Authority’s, the government’s, and the politician’s relatively relaxed l approach towards the pandemic, ... -
Women’s perspectives on transitional justice in Liberia
(2022-11-08)The emancipation of women from the regions of war has been a subject of critical debate across all cultures and geographical settings, including Liberia. Hence, the concept of transitional justice for its application in ... -
‘A Taste of democracy’: Burmese Conception of Democracy in the Aftermath of the Coup
(2022-11-03)In November 2020, the National League for Democracy, headed by Aung San Suu Kyi, won a landslide victory in the national elections in Myanmar. On February 1, 2021, before the first session of the parliament could convene, ... -
UN Organs’ Strategies for Protection of Civilians: Coherent, Adaptable or Both?
(2022-11-03)This thesis examines the coherence and adaptiveness of the UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and the UN Security Council in the case of protection of civilians in peacekeeping missions. Ignasi Torrent’s ... -
Constructing ‘The People’, ‘The Other’ and ‘The Elite’ in populist right-wing discourse; A qualitative case study on the Sweden Democrats
(2022-11-03)The research is designed as a qualitative case study, where theoretical concepts of populism and identity are employed to investigate how the Sweden Democrats construct identities in their populist right-wing discourse. ... -
Westernization in Rojava; Infatuation with the West
(2022-11-03)The Kurdish-led Rojava Project in northeastern Syria has gained international attention for its pioneering work on equality, community coexistence, and direct democracy through the implementation of Democratic Confederalism, ... -
“NO ESTAMOS VIVIENDO, ESTAMOS SOBREVIVIENDO”: A qualitative study of experiences of everyday life of young adult Cubans
(2022-08-23)This thesis investigates how young adult Cubans describe their experiences of everyday life. The study situates itself in the timeframe of the Covid-19 pandemic and in light of the U.S. blockade towards Cuba, within a ... -
Effects of the neoliberal agenda on abortion policy and sexual rights in Poland and Ireland. A Comparative Feminist Global Political Economy analysis
(2022-04-29)In Europe, abortion policy shifts drastically across the region despite the EU´s efforts to make it equally accessible. The differences in access to abortion are often connected to the level of religious impact on the ... -
Exploring colonial and decolonial influences in the teaching of indigenous perspectives at Swedish Universities.
(2022-04-29)This thesis engages the topic of colonial and decolonial influences within teaching of indigenous epistemology, ontology, and methodology, here abbreviated to indigenous perspectives, at institutions of higher education. ... -
Outer Space Regime and the Issue of Space Debris, An analysis on the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on space debris from 2006 to 2019
(2022-03-04)With several actors entering the space scene and the skyrocketed increase in the launches, space exploration has become more complex, so does the challenges related to the threat posed by space debris. To deal with this ... -
Necesitamos vivas a nuestras hijas [We need our daughters alive]: Tensions to the functioning of the human rights mechanism of AVGM - the role of civil society and impact of societal accountability in its activation - in the state of Ciudad de México
(2022-01-21)This study explores critical perspectives on the functioning of the mechanism of Alerta de Violencia de Género Contra Las Mujeres, a legal-institutional mechanism on the prevention and elimination of feminicidal violence ... -
Looking into the black box: The roles of development workers in enhancing climate resilience and gender equality for ethnic minority women through the EmPower project in Vietnam
(2022-01-18)The climate change-gender nexus has increasingly become the arena in which adaptation interventions take place. One such intervention is the EmPower program in the Asia-Pacific region by UN Women and UNEP. This research ... -
Climate on the Horizon?: Gothenburg dockworkers’ framings of their political horizon regarding climate change
(2022-01-18)The climate is rapidly warming, and this has triggered a global trend in mobilisation against climate change. Due to workers’ unique position within the capitalist mode of production the interest in the potential for labour ... -
1:0 for the environment: Engaging football fans on tackling climate change
(2022-01-18)In general, the existence of anthropogenic climate change and the need for deeper societal transformations are widely accepted. Less agreement exists on how to best motivate the public to act in a way that allows for ... -
Stigmatization of Self-identified Asians During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sweden: A Qualitative Study on Stigma, ‘Passing,’ and Potential Solutions from the Perspective of the Interviewees
(2021-12-22)With the derogatory political discourse by Donald Trump calling the Covid-19 pandemic the “China Virus,” and the “Wuhan Flu” there has been perceived increase in stigmatization, and discrimination towards Asian diaspora ... -
‘Masculinity, Migration and Marginalization’: How Male Asylum Seekers are Perceived by the Swedish Migration Agency and its Implications for the Asylum Process
(2021-11-19)This thesis takes a particular interest in the determination of state granted protection needs amongst male asylum seekers in Sweden. Using a mixed research method consisting of textual analysis on official documents by ... -
DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES AND COVID – 19 IN ANDEAN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES OF BOLIVIA
(2021-10-14)Bolivia has been attracting international attention since 2006 due to its new economic model based on wellbeing (Suma Qamaña). These is apparent in national and regional developmental plans that place special importance ... -
The Dissatisfied Right:A Micro-Level Analysis of Political Dissatisfaction in Supporters of the Populist Radical Right in Rural East Germany
(2021-10-14)Contemporary election results of the populist radical right (PRR) reveal significant spatial variation of PRR support within countries. To a large extent, this variation is believed to be based on local and regional ... -
REINTEGRATION OR REVICTIMIZATION?: An Analysis of Reintegration Assistance Provided to Victims of Human Trafficking
(2021-10-04)Human trafficking is a crime that extends beyond borders and jurisdictions. International legal standards exist to prevent, suppress, and reintegrate victims into their communities. Once repatriated, survivors of human ...
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