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The present work is an interdisciplinary and theoretical study on the topic of identity and the development of collective consciousness; an investigation of the ways in which people feel about and operate with their identities today. Identities are seen as a process circumscribed by the continuous struggle between the individual need for self-fulfillment and the demands of social structure and col
The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the Icelandic state perceives the Arctic and its place in that region of the world. The thesis sees Iceland’s state identity as narratively performed and engages with a three-dimensional view of state identity based on space, time, and the state’s relationship with Others to construct a holistic view of state identity. Through a narrative analysis of Ic
The increasingly interwoven landscape of development and security (often referred to as the ‘development-security nexus’) has become a salient feature of contemporary international relations. This thesis will investigate what this nexus entails and how it impacts the reality of developmental projects ‘on the ground’. From a theoretical perspective, this thesis will utilize the Foucauldian inspired
The sexual assaults reported on New Year’s Eve 2015 in Cologne and the reactions towards it have changed political and public opinion on the issues of migration, gender equality, and sexual violence in Germany. Based on theories from postcolonial studies, feminist studies, security studies, approaches on collective trauma, and emotion studies this thesis analyzes ‘Cologne’ as a trauma which has en
PUFENDORF INSTITUTE for Advanced Studies SYMPOSIUM ON CRISIS: PROGRAM 9.15-9.30 Opening by Helle Rydström, Professor, Dept. of Gender Studies, Lund University & Jeff Hearn, Professor, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, Örebro University 9.30-9.50 Catarina Kinnvall, Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Lund University & Sidsel Hansson, Researcher, Center for East and Southeast A
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The Programme CommitteThe Development Research School is led by a programme committee. The committee is collectively responsible and will assume leadership for the content, quality and general direction of the activities of the School.The committee is chaired by Programme Leader/Coordinator (Kristina Jönsson) and consist of one representative from the other three partner universities: Fred Dzanku,
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Kursen är en introduktionskurs till det tvärvetenskapliga fältet miljöhumaniora (Environmental Humanities) och ger en inblick i dess framväxt och hur man kan arbeta med miljöhumaniora inom olika kunskapsområden. Med utgångspunkt i ett antal fallstudier (såsom vad vi kan lära oss om klimatförändringar, om människans förhållande till naturen och om känslornas roll i hållbarhetsdiskussioner utifrån eThe course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities, providing insight into this dynamic and emerging area and demonstrating how to integrate humanities subjects and perspectives into other domains of research and policy. Through a series of case studies (e.g., what can be learned from literature, history, and philosophy about climate change, the human relation
Traditional security studies focuses primarily on physical threats to the state. By contrast, the ontological security framework argues that individuals feel secure when they are able to maintain a communal narrative. Such a framework lends itself to an analysis of the impact of identity continuity on security. This thesis uses the ontological framework to understand the security issues that arise
1841-454923489-1.pdf GRADUATE SCHOOL — NEWSLETTER ISSUE 4: SPRING 2015 #4 Dear students, As your new Director of Studies, my driving ambition is to have the Graduate School remain a hub of teaching excel- lence – and fun. I actively encourage you to contact me and my team if you have any ideas, concerns, praise or other comments that will help us achieve that. In this issue we will focus on the gl
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Several prominent international reports have recently highlighted a disorganised international peacebuilding regime. In particular, coordination and cooperation have been emphasised as insufficient. This research paper aims to address this problem by applying neoliberal institutionalist theory to test the hypothesis that the peacebuilding regime can best be strengthened by creating an internationa
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This book advances that history by exploring stories, images and discourses across a worldwide range of geographical, cultural and confessional contexts. Its twelve authors not only enrich our understanding of the significance of the contextual method, but also produce a new range of original ways of doing theology in contemporary situations. The authors discuss some prioritised thematic perspecti
This thesis presents a narrative analysis of slavery and human trafficking case in Maluku, Indonesia. It employs the concepts of the Global Production Network (GPN) framework and unfree labour to situate the slave labour dynamic in the Indonesian fishing industry structure. The main argument is that the dynamic of the Indonesian fishing industry’s production networks is fundamental in reproducing
The health effects of migration receive increased attention in Sweden and internationally, and involves both the effects on the health of migrants and the society. The field encompasses issues such as how migrants’ health is affected by the hazardous journey, if the health needs differ from the host population and if migration have any consequences for public health in the recipient country. These
This paper has examined the potential power of media in relation to ‘security’ for the Jews in the Swedish society. My intention was to find out whether media constitute a risk for the increasing notion of anti-Semitism which also enhances the threat for the Jews in Sweden to become a security matter and therefore result in a need for securitization. The analysis has been done partly through prese
The goal with this thesis is to analyze the expansion of Brazilian soybean cultiva-tion since 2000, through a World Systems Analysis perspective. The exploratory objective is concerned with how the soy expansion relates to the notion of periph-ery, as this has been conceptualized through the theoretical construct of periphery conditions by Terrence Hopkins and Immanuel Wallerstein (1982). The pap
This thesis provides an analysis of the Eurozone‟s crisis management during the European debt crisis from a Neorealist perspective. It assesses the explanatory power of Neorealism for the counter-measures taken in response to the European debt crisis. The main argument is that in times of crisis, the member states of the European Union may fall back to Neorealist behavior, despite any integrating
Internal control of foreigners is a measure of migration control employed by the Swedish state, with two main goals: to monitor that no foreigners reside in the country without legal permits, and to find and detain foreigners who are to be deported. Charged by the government to increase efficiency in expulsions, the Migration Board, The National Police Board and the Prison and Probation Service in
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the Canadian government’s stance on addressing the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, and to perform an analysis of ongoing violence and asymmetric conflict in Indigenous-Government of Canada relations. The Canadian government’s approach in regards to holding a national inquiry into the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada w
