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Taiwanese Immigrants’ Perception of the Ethnic Hierarchy in Sweden
(2024-01-26)Ethnic hierarchy tends to exist in a multi-ethnic society. Sweden has a long history of receiving immigrants (Bentsen, 2021; Törngren, 2020). According to the Central Statistics Bureau of Sweden’s (SCB) statistics at the ... -
‘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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The Global-Local Dynamics within the Localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals: A comparative study among localities within Sweden and the Netherlands to reflect on Global Responsibility
(2020-10-07)Glocalisation as a concept was developed to portray the reciprocal relationship between the global and the local. The global and the local have found themselves being interdependent and connected. The concept of globalisation ... -
The Governance of Climate Adaptation in Sweden at Multiple -scales and -levels: A Case-Study on the Actors and Political Influence on Climate Adaptation in the Regions Surrounding Vänern and Göta Älv
(2016-02-16)This case study analyses the public multi –scale and –level governance of climate adaptation in the regions surrounding Vänern and Göta Älv in Sweden. It’s done in a governmental context and analyses how political priorities ... -
The Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – A study of 3 municipalities in Sweden: Örebro – Strängnäs – Borås
(2012-05-10)This research aims at discovering how the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is being implemented within three municipalities in Sweden. By doing so, the research will unthread obstacles as well as possibilities ... -
The nuances between war and peace - An empirical study of the experiences of peace in Liberia
(2019-09-17)This study is concerned with the way we understand and assess ongoing peace processes in contexts of previous intense armed conflict and violence. In particular, this study aims to create an understanding for how peace, ... -
The Other Male Rapist - in Swedish Printed media's news reporting about rape in 2013
(2015-01-22)This study investigates how the Other male rapist is constructed and the attributes ascribed to him, as well as all male rapists, in Swedish printed media’s (Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet) news reporting ... -
The Perpetual Colonial Situation: Language and Dominance in Taiwan
(2019-02-04)In Taiwan today, 96% of the population speaks Mandarin. Yet, Mandarin speakers were rare, if not totally absent, on the island before 1945. How should we understand this transformation? Throughout history, the island had ... -
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 ... -
The Relationship Between a Governmental Investment Organization and the Concept of Sustainability: The Operationalization of Sustainability in the Case of the Swedish Pension System
(2020-10-08)This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of how the relationship between a governmental investment organization and the concept of sustainability has effects on both national and global scales. The thesis ... -
The right to the city in post-apartheid South Africa: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s struggle for land, housing and dignity
(2019-10-01)Fifty percent of the world’s population live in cities today, but predictions of the sustained urbanization trend estimates that this number will increase to seventy percent by 2050. Meanwhile, the consequences of the urban ... -
The Road to (In)security: India’s Perception of Insecurity Towards the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(2019-09-30)Infrastructural techno-political regimes are growing all over the world. One such regime, the Chinese One Belt One Road project (OBOR) is planned to have transnational connections to over 65 countries, in Africa, Asia, ... -
The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Development of Mauritius: The Marginalization of the Creole Community
(2015-07-29)The success of Mauritius has often been mentioned as a lesson for African countries to learn from involving a decreased inequality gap, improved living standards and full democracy in Africa, which is unique for the ... -
The Two-Year Trap
(2019-08-08)Marriage migration contests the normative boundaries of marriage and is therefore becoming object to vast regulations. The Swedish Alien Act’s two-year rule is one such regulation, that is implemented to weed out “fraudulent ... -
The ultimate border between the East and the West
(2019-08-07)The worst humanitarian crisis that we are currently watching has prompted to a rise of refugration flows in today’s globalised world. During the European refugrant crisis the EU external borders were under pressure and ... -
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 ... -
“This is the guys’ home ground, you know”: A qualitative study about masculinity, homosociality and work identity among male and female dockworkers in the Port of Gothenburg
(2016-08-22)Harbour work in the port of Gothenburg has historically been a male-dominated working-class profession where dockworker identity has been strongly connected to working-class masculinity. Harbour environments are often ... -
To certify or not to certify: A qualitative investigation into producer sentiments surrounding sustainability certifications in the Spanish wine industry
(2020-09-04)As the popularity of sustainably-produced wines continues to grow, wine producers are seeking to market sustainable practices through certification schemes, in order to gain advantage in the competitive global wine ...