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Ordinary Choices in Extra-ordinary Times. Resistance to the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994
(2018-05-25)
This study explores how and why, in their perspectives, persons identified as Hutu resisted genocide targeting the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda in 1994. The violence involved more than one million victims murdered in private ...
The Use of Hope: Biopolitics of Security During the Obama Presidency
(2018-01-25)
Through a compilation of four research articles, this PhD thesis investigates ‘hope’ as a biopolitical technology. It interrogates the use of hope by the United States security apparatus, on the one hand, to pre-empt ...
The Art of Enacting the Impossible: A Conceptual, Empirical and Methodological Exploration of Constructive Resistance by the Kurdish Movement in Turkey
(2018-09-27)
The Kurdish movement in Turkey has since 2005 been trying to establish democratic autonomy, an
overarching proposition for the reconstruction of the society from the bottom up, based on ideals of
radical democracy, women’s ...
Being in between? Exploring identity construction among Rwandophone Congolese
(2018-05-04)
This thesis is a compilation of a ‘Kappa’ (with six chapters) and four articles. It explores how civilian Rwandophone Congolese construct their identity in various settings in the North Kivu area. To achieve this aim, the ...
Electoral Violence Prevention: The Role of Brokers in Kenya's 2013 General Elections
(2018-11-12)
This research explores initiatives believed to have played a role in the prevention of electoral violence in Kenya’s 2013 general elections. Intending to contribute to ongoing debates on electoral violence prevention, the ...
Fishing from the Shore: Exploring coastal transformations and changing life opportunities in an urban fishing community of India
(2018-02-22)
This thesis explores changing life opportunities in an urban fishing community in the Global South, based on a case study of a village situated on the periphery of Mangalore, a swiftly growing, middlesized city in Karnataka ...
A matter of human-sea relations: Insights from leisure boating in Bohuslän, Sweden
(2018-08-16)
Global environmental governance increasingly seeks to establish sustainable use
of the oceans. This PhD thesis asks what we can learn about this issue by
exploring leisure boating in Bohuslän, Sweden, as both a perceived ...
Everyday struggles with HIV/AIDS in Mafalala, Maputo (Mozambique)
(2018-05-09)
Everyday struggles with HIV/AIDS in Mafalala, Maputo (Mozambique). By Margarida Paulo. Doctoral Dissertation 2018, Social Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Box 700, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. ...
Ideals and Interests in Swedish Foreign Policy: Explaining the South African Gripen Deal
(2018-05-18)
This dissertation explores ideals and interests (and their interrelation) in foreign policy. An in-depth case study of this issue examines Sweden’s 1999 JAS-39 Gripen fighter aircraft deal with South Africa.
Theoretically, ...
The Implementation of Peace Operations. Executing Security Sector Reform and Stabilization in the DR Congo
(2018-05-09)
The aim of this study is to investigate the implementation of peace operations deployed by the international community in third countries. Considering the lack of knowledge on what happens when peace operation policies are ...