Browsing Master theses by Title
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Rape and Media Coverage in Hungary and in the United Kingdom Expanding on the FRA’s Violence against Women Survey
(2015-12-01)The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released its Violence against women report in March 2014. According to the report there are large differences among the EU member states in the prevalence of reported ... -
(RE)INSTALLING THE PATRIARCHAL SOCIETAL STRUCTURE A discourse analysis of the current attempts of prohibiting abortion in the state of Ohio
(2021-04-16)Abortion is a highly debated topic, it has created a polarization between the ideologies of prochoice, the right to freely make your own choices, and pro-life, that all life has the right to be preserved. In the United ... -
REACHING ACROSS A CLOSED DIVIDE - Peacebuilding from below: a phenomenological study on the CSOs of Cyprus and the impact of regional tensions and COVID-19
(2021-06-23)Recent years saw several challenges to the conflict resolution of the protracted social conflict of Cyprus. Despite its frozen status, new challenges brought new opportunities for reconciliation. This study aims to ... -
Reconsidering the EU’s ‘democratic deficit’ – A deliberative perspective
(2015-12-10)The debate on the ‘democratic deficit’ of the European Union is omnipresent at times when rapid intergovernmental and insufficiently legitimised policy decisions are taken in order to resolve the effects of the current ... -
Reforming the Merits: Meritocratic Recruitment and its Effect on Corruption. Case Study of Tajikistan
(2012-01-05)The aim of this paper is to observe the causal mechanism between meritocratic recruitment and level of corruption. Previous cross country analyses showed positive results, however what is lacking in academic literature ... -
REFUGEE WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SELF-RELIANCE? Evidence from Uganda
(2018-09-14)This qualitative study focused on refugee women’s economic empowerment in Uganda, a country known for its progressive refugee policies built upon the notion of self-reliance. While one of the aims of the self-reliance ... -
REGIONAL REPRESENTATION OFFICES AND THEIR LOBBYING ACTIVITIES IN THE EU ARENA - A comparative interview study of Swedish regional offices in Brussels
(2021-10-04)This thesis aims to study the lobbying activities among regional offices representing administrative regions to explore differences and similarities in relation to three theoretical aspects; mission and principals, resources ... -
Regulating the (E)Uterus - Epistemic Communities in the European Medicines Agency and the case of ellaOne
(2016-07-05)EU institutions increasingly rely upon opinions from scientific experts in decentralised agencies as the basis for EU-level legislation. At the same time, the role of private actors as drivers of integration is becoming ... -
REGULATIONS AND MARINE AQUACULTURE An experimental investigation of the effect of trust and bureaucratic capacity
(2016-09-16)What explains the demand for regulation when institutions are considered ineffective, corrupt or incompetent? This thesis presents a novel study of the public’s attitudes towards marine aquaculture and regulation of a ... -
Regulatory reform on the European gas market. Does it make a difference?
(2013-12-03)The structure of the European gas market has been the subject of extensive discussion during the last decade resulting in two EU directives. A key concept in this discussion is the mandatory break up of vertically integrated ... -
Religiosity and trust: a causal cross country approach
(2011-11-03)The aim and focus of this paper is to examine the origins of social trust and to add a theoretical contribution to the existing discussion regarding this topic. The paper will more precisely focus on the causes of social ... -
REMITTANCES AND CORRUPTION IN MIGRANTS’ COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN Corruption Experience of Remittance Recipients in Latin America and the Caribbean
(2016-09-16)This thesis aims to explore whether and how (monetary) remittance affects petty corruption in migrants’ countries of origin. Specifically, it investigates whether remittance recipients are more likely to pay bribes than ... -
Remittances and Gender Equality. The role of remittances in reducing gender inequality in migrants’ countries of origin
(2014-11-21)The current thesis attempts to address an existing gap in the academic literature on the potential role of remittances in reducing gender inequality in migrants’ countries of origin with the use of quantitative ... -
Respect for Fundamental Rights in Credibility Assessment of LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers in Sweden
(2019-09-13)This thesis investigates an increasingly important topic in the European Union (EU). I analyze challenges to respecting fundamental rights when assessing the credibility of LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers in Sweden. A qualitative ... -
Results-Based Management & Swedish Development Cooperation. The Pursuit of Measurable Results
(2014-07-28)The overall objective of this thesis is to bring forward the discursive struggle that exists between the research community and Sweden’s development initiative. This is done by mapping out the discursive contents of the ... -
THE ROAD TO CLIMATE JUSTICE A discursive analysis of global climate governance between 2015 and 2022
(2023-08-31)There is an urgent need for effective global climate governance addressing the pressing threat of climate change. Based on the institutional power of language, various research has examined the development of global climate ... -
THE ROLE OF DEMOCRACY IN THE SELECTION OF AID RECIPIENTS A Case Study Investigating the Decision-Making Process of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
(2023-06-20)This thesis aims to explore how the level of democracy in recipient countries affects the decision-making process of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) when determining whether to provide aid ... -
Russia’s and the European Union’s Relation in the Context of their Foreign Policies Towards Moldova
(2013-09-24)The study “Russia’s and the European Union’s (EU) relations in the context of their foreign policies towards Moldova” is an initial attempt to investigate the convergence of the EU’s and Russia’s foreign energy and security ... -
Searching for the Deliberative Democracy Elements in the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. A case study of the local People’s Political Consultative Conference in Ningbo, China
(2017-11-30)Democratisation is an issue that has been discussed a lot both within and outside China. The Chinese government has generated its own explanation of a socialist democracy that features with the people’s democracy and the ... -
Self-Interest and Altruism as motivations of regional action? A study of African Regional Organisations and the interventions in Mali and the DRC
(2015-08-04)This thesis examines the military interventions of ECOWAS and SADC in Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo. These interventions took place within the frame of the high expectations of international and regional peace ...