https://www.ht.lu.se/en/course/COSB35/ - 2025-06-10

This article analyzes learning in the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) by way of drawing on recent theoret- ical advancements on the concept of communities of practice (CoP) in international relations (IR). The article presents an analytical framework that distinguishes between reproductive and transformative learning in relation to levels of contestation in CoPs. To illustrate the f

The economic growth of Brazil in the early and mid-2000s has created opportunities for people like my interlocutors, the young and media-savvy residents of Brazilian favelas to consume and partake in a global market of the production of the self. These have nourished their pursuit for diversity and difference and shaped the eclectic qualities of their consumption practices. In its plural forms, co

As a state where the ruling communist party operates in a central planning mode, the policies of the ruling party and central government exert a great influence on national affairs with a long historical tradition in China, which can be even more obviously illustrated in the issues of climate change. But on the other hand, there is still no specific national climate legislation in China, which is

Conceptualizing how private actors can and should control their supply chains is a tricky question with both economic and legal dimensions. The topic is of extreme importance in today's global economy. On the one hand, this importance is highlighted by events such as the catastrophic and deadly collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh and the economic fiasco of the Olkiluoto 3 nuc

This book is the result of a conference, "Gender and Development - New Theories and Discourses: Theorizing Gender Continuity and Change in the Interface between Local Societies and Global Economic Transformation, held in 1993 with of thirty feminist researchers active in Swedish Universities. This book explores gendered relations of power and their consequences: inequalities. Starting with the mat

The objective of the course is to enable the student to critically examine current debates and phenomena related to conflict, security and the state in the context of global development and to provide the student with a general overview of the field. At the same time, it offers the student with a prior interest in, and experience of,The objective of the course is to enable the student to critically examine current debates and phenomena related to conflict, security and the state in the context of global development and to provide the student with a general overview of the field. At the same time, it offers the student with a prior interest in, and experience of,

Swedish administrative law has not devoted much attention to the con-cepts of discretion or deference with respect to the administration. This is explained by the historically founded competence of administrative courts conducting a full review under the so-called administrative-judicial form of appeal. Here, the administrative court has the same decision-making competence as the deciding administ

This Special Issue provides diverse multidisciplinary entry points that convey the multi-layered complexity of the interactions between radical right populism, gender issues, and religious questions. It fills a gap in the scholarship dealing with the political and social manifestations of radical right populism. From a theoretical point of view, the connections between radical right populism and g

We examine here how issues of gender and religion are employed for ideological purposes in the discourses of radical right populist parties in Sweden and Finland. We begin with the complexity of these societies as paragons of social welfare and gender equality, within which Lutheran Christianity discreetly underpins their largely secularised character. Employing a poststructuralist methodological

On the difficulties of developing a European transnational movie star system. Contains comparisons with the star system in soccer.

This article accounts for recent developments in corporate social responsibility, international trade and investment law, international human rights law, development aid, and the laws of home states reaching extraterritorially in order to advance a regulatory perspective on commerce and human rights. While these developments are remarkable, the analysis documents the prevalence of softer strategie

The official academic year at Lund University is divided into two semesters (autumn and spring), each lasting 20 weeks. Semester dates at Lund UniversityThe academic year 2024/2025Autumn semester 2024: Monday 2 September 2024 – Sunday 19 January 2025Spring semester 2025: Monday 20 January 2025 – Sunday 8 June 2025The academic year 2025/2026Autumn semester 2025: Monday 1 September 2025 – Sunday 18

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/admissions/study-lund-university/academic-calendar - 2025-06-11

Through an historical sociological investigation of space and time, globalization theory is found to be based in a faulty understanding of history. Globalization theory argue that a spatio-temporal shift has occurred which has transformed social reality from a territorialist Westphalian system to post-territorialism. Such an understanding is proven problematic as the historical basis for the Westp

This paper aims to discover viable ways in which the Global South can effectively challenge the primacy of the Global North, in order to create a more equitable global order. This thesis is premised on a dependency approach to international relations which stipulates that the Global South, or Third World, is underdeveloped because of actions by the Global North, or the First World. The legacy left

This thesis discusses ethical consumption with a focus on individual’s identity, the notion of reflexivity and the importance of information in being an ethical consumer in a globalized world. The concepts of reflexivity, habitus, self- and social identities are reviewed. Using hermeneutic approach to analysis of in-depth semi-structured interviews of individuals who identify themselves as ethical