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This study works on collective identity formation in the Gezi movement by favoring of visual frame analysis, surveys and social media resources. Seeking to understand the linkage among collective identity and the reasons of participation in a demonstration and visual art, I designed a survey on 100 people who involved or supported the Gezi resistance. Then, a visual frame analysis was conducted in

The refugee crisis in 2015 challenged Sweden’s asylum policy. The high number of refugees put pressure on the Migration Agency to register all asylum applica-tions and for municipalities to provide them with ontological security in terms of housing, education, and healthcare. The discourse in parliamentary debates and newspaper articles was on internal security, the ability to provide housing, edu

This paper takes a closer look at civil society-state and global relations in the hybrid regime of Kenya, through Critical Discourse Analysis developed by Norman Fairclough. The paper looks closer at diverse sets of text produced by various actors such as the Kenyan state, Global institutions and local civil society actors. The analysis concludes that the hybrid regime of Kenya has consolidated po

This thesis is a conceptual study focused on the relationship between populism and conspiracy theories to see if populism poses a totalitarian threat to democracy. Starting with a discussion on democracy and populism, this thesis examines the relations between conspiracy theories and populism as well as their respective constructions. Thereafter, departing from Hannah Arendt’s book the Origins of

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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

Your lifelong connection to Graduate School. Introducing Graduate School's Alumni Network!Whether you are a Graduate School alumn who is looking to develop professionally, or a current student who is seeking professional resources from one of our graduates, this alumni network is for you!The purpose of the network is building a global alumni network to:Strengthen the connection between current stu

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This is a work on how financial crises affect political legitimacy. Assuming that legitimacy exists as part of an ongoing process that depends on the evaluations of the citizens, 12 different crises and following executive elections from 6 countries are studied to understand, how legitimacy/legitimation could be affected by a financial crisis. The research is conducted in two parts: Firstly, a the

This thesis analyzes Brazilian students’ psychological barriers to accessing international education opportunities. Based on a mixed-methods approach, it explores how internalized feelings of inferiority, low academic confidence, and perception of not belonging are rooted in colonial legacy, at a racial and gendered intersection, more strongly perceived by marginalized groups. The study emphasizes

This thesis seeks to introduce the reader to the idea of Cosmic War giving background on the formation of the concept, how it is currently perceived, and the difference from other seemingly similar ideas such as terrorism and holy war. Following this the most influential factors in the modern appearance of Cosmic War such as the rise of religion in the face of modernity and secularism are explored

This thesis presents findings from a study about the challenges international master’s degree students have to undergo when they decide to study at Lund University, a university situated in the South of Sweden. The study involved interviews of 7 international students from different national backgrounds. Emerging from the analysis is the perception that respondents have to face several identity ch

The purpose of this thesis is to introduce a global reading of the feminist Ethics of Care and its theoretical conceptualisation as framework for the political response to the global migrant crisis. To pursue this end, the thesis starts by indicating the need for a joint political response to the global migrant crisis, the lack of compas- sion on political level for refugees fleeing from conflict

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The partnership rhetoric is widely spread in development studies and practice. This thesis revisits the debate on partnership using Honneth’s theory of recognition. In order to shed light on the role of recognition in donor-recipient relations, Sino-Malawian cooperation on infrastructure projects in Malawi is exemplarily examined. A discourse analysis of original expert interviews with Malawians i

Drawing on fine-grained ethnographies from Bissau, Chile, China, Egypt, Ecuador and Nepal, this volume explores how politically, religiously and (sub-)culturally inspired Utopias motivate youth in the Global South to imagine, enact and embody what was missing in the past and present. As a fluid age cohort and a social category between childhood and adulthood – and hence with tenuous links to the s

This thesis, informed by feminist security studies, decolonial theory, and governmentality, critically examines how women’s security is discursively conceptualized, governed, and operationalized within the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). It argues that UNMISS protection regimes do not merely respond to pre-existing insecurity, but actively construct women’s security through gendere