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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 ...
Understanding Peace & Violence from the Perspective of Street-Living Adolescents in Cusco, Peru
(2012-06-20)
Young people often tend to be depicted either as a risk factor or passive victim. Few youth
have the possibilities to actively take part in decision-making processes affecting their lives.
However, researchers increasingly ...
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 ...
Coping with climate variability in West Pokot, Kenya: The influences of land use on responses to climate variability, by pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in arid and semi-arid areas of West Pokot, Kenya.
(2015-03-09)
Many pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in semi-arid and arid areas in East Africa, face the challenge of climate change, while the pressure on land is increasing and at the same time land use changes are ongoing. ...
Steps toward sustainability in higher education institutions: Management practices on focus.
(2012-08-07)
The purpose of this research is to assess the state of management efforts
towards sustainability in higher education institutions. The analysis is
based on two main sources of data. On the one hand an analysis of ...
Water Management in the midst of Climate Change and Growing Tourism: A Field Study from the Peruvian Andes
(2017-03-28)
According to climate researchers, melting glaciers is one of the most sever effects of the global
climate change. Peru that contains more than seventy percent of the world’s tropical glaciers is
particularly vulnerable ...
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 ...
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 ...
"We Paid and Then We Could Continue”: Corruption during the Migration Trajectory, the Experience of Afghan Migrants
(2015-09-30)
It is a common argumentation that contemporary world is characterized by globalization and the dissolving of borders. Flows of information, goods and people are argued to be fundamental in this new world. However, it seems ...
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 ...