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National Identities among Israelis and Palestinians: A discourse analysis of how representatives for Israeli and Palestinian NGOs relate to national identities, in relation to the conflict between them and the settlement thereof
(2016-07-08)The world is amidst accelerating processes of globalization increasingly emphasizing univer-sal human rights and common human-ness. Parallel, nationalistic movements and values grow stronger. Universal and nationalistic ... -
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 ... -
Neglecting the public and focusing on the private: "The situation of education in Nigeria"
(2012-05-10)This research looks into the problem of public education funding in Nigeria. Immediately after independence, great strides were made in the area of mass education. The government’s efforts towards education recorded huge ... -
“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 ... -
No jobs on a dead planet: Swedish unions’ perceptions of their roles in a just transition
(2021-06-15)If we are to avoid the worst-case scenarios of climate change and environmental issues, we must drastically reduce our emissions of greenhouse gases. Such a transition to an ecologically sustainable society has far-reaching ... -
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 ... -
Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya
(2023-02-09)Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, ... -
Peace Without Peace? The Colombian Quest to an Everyday Without Violence
(2024-01-30)Environmental peacebuilding (EP) as a field of study has attempted to transition from Western notions of peace and development by including ecological rights. By looking at the case of the Colombian Peace Agreement 2016 ... -
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 ... -
Playing with Fire: Empowerment and Conflict Transformation via Educational Drama
(2015-03-04)Conflict is an inescapable reality of human interaction. While the vast majority of conflicts are solved quickly and discretely, some affect the lives of millions and persist for decades. The wide-ranging and complex nature ... -
Pokot Young Pastoralists at the Crossroads - Tradition, Modernity and Land Tenure Transformations in East Pokot, Kenya
(2020-02-18)East Pokot, in North-Western Kenya, falls under the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of the Sub-Saharan region. Due to the yearly prolonged dry seasons, pastoralism has traditionally guaranteed the most reliable source ... -
Poverty in a Rich Country - A Case Study on the Perception of Poverty in Japan
(2019-09-20)Since the economic recession in Japan in the 1990s, there has been a rapid increase in inequality. Along with the recession which was accompanied by the increase of aging population, the introduction of a new employment ... -
A qualitative study of foreign aid and China’s role in economic and human development in Zambia
(2024-01-26)The precedent of unrivaled lending in Zambia, to a great degree, and courtesy to the World Bank, has generated a normative and financial frame that puts forward economic prosperity as only being made manifest through lending ... -
A qualitative study on Invisible Racism, Racial Bias and Inequality among Afro-Swedish Healthcare Workers in Sweden
(2023-02-09)For many years, migration and racialization has formed a central theme widely discussed in our world today. The central notion of difference; vis-à-vis what is not seen, that is, absence of a certain element portray a ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Resistance in everyday encounters with racism: A study on how five young women of colour respond to the everyday racism they experience in Sweden
(2018-10-30)Racism can be maintained and spread in a society through seemingly small everyday actions. In Sweden, this everyday racism often aims to point out that a non-white body is not Swedish by questions and comments on a person’s, ... -
Responsibility to Protect – A larger tool than anticipated? An analysis of the potential usage of structural violence in the Responsibility to Protect
(2017-11-23)On a daily basis, many people around the world die due to starvation, structural discrimination and other actions which can be prevented by state actors. The international community has agreed that the sovereignty of the ... -
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 ... -
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. ...