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Deconstructing & Reconstructing Whiteness: A study of the perceptions of young, white, middle-class women in regard to their participation in processes of segregation and structural racism in Gothenburg
(2019-11-12)In Gothenburg, between 1990 and 2006, the average disposable income in East Bergsjön (a so-called immigrant-dense suburb) increased by 3 percent, while in Hovås (an affluent, white suburb) it increased by 176 percent. The ... -
Defending Journalism in Court - A case study on how journalists in Uganda are mobilising for media freedom
(2019-10-18)There is a global decline in media freedom. Journalists are increasingly being harassed, assaulted and imprisoned. While there is a lot of research on this depressing trend, there is little research on how social actors ... -
Degrowth in Swedish Climate Politics
(2019-08-08)Climate change is one of the most pressing problems of the contemporary world and has lead to a number of global agreements aimed at solving the situation. In doing so, sustainable development and economic growth are usually ... -
Demanding justice- Corporate responsibility for Climate Change impacts on Human Rights
(2019-11-04)Climate change is one of the most complex challenges of our time, as its consequences are reflected in a variety of social and political areas that are interlinked. The problem of 'climate change' has evolved from an ... -
“Development is the new Peace”: A case study on Pastoral Social Pasto’s role as a local actor in the peacebuilding process in the Colombian region of Nariño
(2019-06-14)The aim of this study is to analyze the role of Pastoral Social Pasto as a case of a local actor within the peacebuilding process in the Colombian region Nariño. Colombia suffered from an internal armed conflict that endured ... -
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 ... -
Disabled Human Rights?: A critical study of the implementation of disability rights in a globalized Nepal.
(2016-10-07)This thesis scrutinizes the governance of the implementation of disability rights in Nepal in the realm of neo-liberal globalization, and the different power positions that are produced during the process. Within Western ... -
Dismantling a ticking time bomb: Horizontal Inequalities in Peacebuilding
(2020-01-07)Understanding processes of peacebuilding, how peace is created and maintained, has inspired and intrigued an entire field of academics and practitioners. This thesis is an attempt to understand the role of horizontal ... -
Distributing ‘learning’ for everyone, everywhere
(2019-08-08)During the past decades, global education policies and practices have experienced a neoliberal turn, which has changed the discourse around education. Instead of being regarded as a public service, education has become ... -
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 ... -
Euro-Islamic identity?: An example of hybrid identities in contemporary Europe
(2016-09-22)In-mass presence of Muslims in Europe dates back several decades ago, after Second World War; a presence which has been intricate since the beginning. After many years, Europe-born generations of Muslim immigrants are yet ... -
European Partnership with Africa: A Partnership of Values
(2012-05-24)This thesis set out to understand how European rhetoric legitimises European intervention in development and coerces African leaders into the Eurocentric world order. This through analysing the discourse in four Africa-policies ... -
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 ... -
Experiences of Black Womanhood in Swedish Academia: Contested Narratives
(2016-12-14)This thesis explores how black women as students and faculty members experience racism in Swedish universities, and what strategies they use to cope and resist. Through their lived experiences and autoethnographic elements ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
‘Exploring the Nexus between Framing and Conflict Resolution’: The Rohingya Conflict and the Limitations of the ‘ASEAN Way’
(2020-10-08)The central aim of this study is to explore ASEAN’s approach to the resolution of the Rohingya conflict between 2017-2020. The approach of the Association to the resolution of the conflict is investigated through a ... -
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 ... -
Free Trade Agreements and Gender (In)Equality: The Possible Gendered Consequences of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement
(2020-08-07)The newly negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur has provoked both political and public controversy. Gender equality is one of the core values of the EU, and a prerequisite for ... -
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 ...