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THE SILOED UMBRELLA: An intersectional reading of climate policy in Malmö, Sweden.
(2024-12-18)This thesis presents a critical policy analysis of the inclusion/exclusion of social factors and questions of equity in climate policy in Malmö municipality by using intersectional theory. The objective of the paper is to ... -
The Class Reunion of Old Souls; Tourism of Spiritual Growth in San Marcos La Laguna, Guatemala
(2024-10-29)Since the end of Guatemala’s civil war in 1996, the Mayan village of San Marcos La Laguna has attracted a large number of spiritual seekers from the Global North in search of spiritual growth and meaning. Consequently, ... -
Navigating Informality: A Study of the Unbanked Poor in Dar es Salaam
(2024-10-02)The intersection of informal economic structures and government policy frameworks poses significant challenges for financial inclusion and socio-economic development, particularly for street vendors in Dar es Salaam. ... -
Constructing Gender Deviance? Violence Against Women in Politics in Media Coverage of German Women Ministers
(2024-10-02)Despite increased women's political participation, Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWP), a form of gender-based violence (GBV), deters further engagement and gender equal-ity in politics. Former academic work suggests ... -
ENTANGLED DREAMS AND FRAGMENTED SCHEMES: NAVIGATING 5G’S PROMISE FOR A GREEN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN THE BLACK COUNTRY
(2024-10-02)This thesis critically examines the socio-technopolitical landscape of the Black Country region, birthplace of the industrial revolution. The region is poised at the forefront of the UK’s Ten Point Plan, promising a green ... -
Laughter and Loathing Analysing Anti-Immigration Memes from 9gag.com
(2024-07-04)This thesis is an analysis of memes with anti-immigration messages from the Internet forum 9gag.com. It seeks to uncover the racist discourses within the memes, and to seek further understanding of how the inherent ... -
In the mirror of the “Other” Young Thai women´s reflection of Self in relation to gender roles and perceptions of the “Other”
(2024-07-04)While Thailand has never been formally colonized, its society continues to be impacted by the nation’s identity construction of “Thainess” as a response to the spread of “Westernization” in Asia. This thesis explores ... -
The Paradox of Women’s Electoral Participation What Brazilian women can tell us about democracy
(2024-07-04)Globally, women and men participate in politics to different degrees and in different ways, although women tend to be less engaged, interested and knowledgeable about politics. Yet, they still vote to a greater extent ... -
MEDIA FRAMING AND ENVIRONMENTAL (IN)JUSTICE Construction of the 2019 Brazilian Amazon fires in national and international news
(2024-07-04)In August 2019, large numbers of fires in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest caught international political and media attention, often alluding to their global climatic significance. The local situation however is complexly ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents
(2024-01-26)This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative ... -
SOCIAL HERITAGE AS LEVERAGE: Recognising the Social Dimension of Heritage in Sustainable Urban Development
(2024-01-26)In 2015, numerous countries committed to supporting the United Nations' Agenda 2030, which aims to address global challenges such as urban growth and climate change through the Sustainable Cities and Communities goal ... -
Syrian Refugees in Turkey: An Analysis of Role of the Labour Exploitation in their Integration into the Labour Market
(2023-02-14)This study investigates the role of labour exploitation in the integration of Syrian refugees into the Turkish labour market. Vulnerability, control, and consent are key elements in shaping labour exploitation. Informal ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
CAMBODIAN-THAI BORDER CONFLICT; A critical case study and grassroots stakeholders’ perspectives on the 2008 Preah Vihear Temple (PVT)
(2022-11-08)The revival of the Preah Vihear conflict resumed again in 2008 not focusing on the architectural structure of the temple but over the unclearly claimed the temple’s vicinity of 4.6km2 after the UNESCO registered the temple ... -
“You can be whatever you want in this world, but not un-vaccinated.” – Understanding Covid-19 anti-vaccinators in Modern Democracy
(2022-11-08)Sweden’s approach for covid-19 has been considered mild compared to other countries’, but despite the Public Health Authority’s, the government’s, and the politician’s relatively relaxed l approach towards the pandemic, ... -
Women’s perspectives on transitional justice in Liberia
(2022-11-08)The emancipation of women from the regions of war has been a subject of critical debate across all cultures and geographical settings, including Liberia. Hence, the concept of transitional justice for its application in ...
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