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Syftet med studien var att undersöka om äldre generationer av romer har haft en inverkan på de yngre generationernas tankar om att dölja sin romska identitet i samhället och på arbetsmarknaden. Samt lyfta fram romernas egen bild och tolkning kring hur det är att söka arbete med romsk bakgrund. Studien använde sig av en kvalitativ metod genom semistrukturerade intervjuer för att få en djupare först
“Dzud” is a unique winter weather phenomenon with devastating effects on livestock and the people of Mongolia. As climate change continues to intensify, the social-ecological impacts of dzud worsens. This qualitative case study analyses the Mongolian government’s response to dzud and its following social-ecological impacts from second-hand material. A measuring instrument based on social-ecologica
This research has tried to resolve the ongoing debate among the Swedish elites and politicians regarding why the adopted policy has failed to address the needs of patients with dementia in Sweden. It is argued that the origin of the debate lies between the policy formulation and how it is being implemented. Therefore, there is much concern about lack of coordination and stakeholder’s involvement d
In today’s globalised world characterised by transnational flows of goods, capital and people, borders are seemingly becoming obsolete. Simultaneously, some politicians are favouring protectionist and nationalist policies. When Donald Trump during his presidential campaign announced that one of his primary objectives was the wall construction on the US-Mexican border, he set the tone for the immig
The 2019 European Parliament election in Sweden was full of surprises and paradoxes. For the first time since Sweden joined the European Union (EU), there were no major parties contesting the election which advocated the Swedish exit from the EU. This U-turn by two staunch EU opponents — Sweden Democrats and the Left Party — was even more unexpected given the backdrop, namely the impending British
The Coronavirus pandemic, its consequences and the various governmental responses to it have had an undisputed impact on our lives, societies and economies during the first half of 2020. By analysing a selection of press conferences held by Swedish authorities during April of 2020 through the lens of Michel Foucault’s theories on the exercise of societal power and on the means and ends of governme
Together, motivated by various belief systems, people are moved to take action regarding environmental issues. In this thesis, the compelling intersection where faith and environmental values meet is examined. Central in this research are members of the leadership team of the EcoFaith Network of the Northeastern Minnesota Synod, whose mission is to heed God’s call to be environmental stewards. Uti
In 2016, the Swedish government released a comprehensive report stating that since 2012, the presence of beggars had become a common sight in towns and cities throughout Sweden. Furthermore, most of the beggars came from Romania and Bulgaria, where they faced discrimination and had few opportunities to support themselves and their families Later, in 2018, the administrative court made a ruling w
In this thesis I examine how two variables: closeness and the TP-share (two-party-share) of votes impact turnout in elections. I use data from the 2016 Georgian parliamentary election and its two-rounds of election in the majoritarian districts. This field of research poses a wide variety of methodological approaches. One concerns the definition of the dependent variable, turnout. Instead of only
Folkhögskolesystemet är Sveriges största kulturarena, och får sitt existensberättigande från sitt demokratifrämjande uppdrag. Stöd till folkbildningen är Sveriges största kulturpolitiska budgetpost, och tillgången till kultur som en demokratisk rättighet har fastslagits av Riksdagen. Ändå präglas folkhögskolornas kulturlinjer av social snedrekrytering. Denna studie adresserar snedrekrytering till
Natten mellan den 25 och 26 september 1983, varnade de sovjetiska luftvärnsdatorerna för att De Förenta Staterna hade lanserat en kärnvapenattack. Satelliterna och datorerna menade att fem amerikanska missiler var på väg mot Sovjetunionen, och rekommenderade att utlösa en motattack. Löjtnant Stanislav Petrov bedömde att varningen var felaktig, och tack vare hans misstro till den artificiella intel
At this pivotal point in history where we must drastically cut global green house gas emissions to curb the brunt of the climate crisis, fossil fuel infrastructure expansion continues to be prioritized by industry and governing institutions. This study examines one such initiative, namely the Baltic Pipe Project, which will transport natural gas from Norway, through Denmark to Poland. Situated in
The extensive use of protest art has come to characterize the 2019 protests in Hong Kong. Furthermore, due to its unique history, the region has long been characterized by its search for a collective identity. This thesis examines how protest posters are used to create and represent a collective identity in the 2019 Hong Kong protests. The thesis combines the art historical method ”iconography” wi
This thesis raises the question of the political system of Iraq, reformed post-2003 invasion. It will further examine what political structure is applied, clientelist, or programmatic. An illustration of the significance of Iraqi clans in society and how that leads to Clannism is presented. The main objective is to get a profound understanding of how the Iraqi political system is vulnerable to Cla
Denmark and the Netherlands both have higher than EU-average turnout for national parliamentary elections. However, for European Parliament elections, Denmark’s turnout is consistently above EU-average, while the Dutch turnout is consistently under the EU-average. In 2019, Danish turnout was 66%, Dutch 41,9%, where the overall turnout in the EU was 50,6%. What explains this difference in otherwise
In a time when environmental changes increase dramatically and get more and more devastating, the question about what creates support for environmental policies which can mitigate these is highly relevant. Can education be a part of the solution? Some studies show that statistically, the support for environmental policies increase significantly with education in social sciences at a higher level.
On the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, two countries share the same environmental and climatic pre-conditions, but show monumental differences in current forest-cover. While tropical forests are covering almost half of the Dominican Republic, Haiti is down to just a few percent. In this thesis, political ecology and earlier research is combined to formulate four hypotheses: colonial history, human
Digitalization has grasped almost every aspect of work in Norway in similarity to the developed world. Although many advantages are followed with the implementation of digital tools to bolster the work effort, there is a widespread downside, technostress. This phenomenon engulfs large parts of the workforce and poses a challenge for any foreseeable future, and there is a general lack of research a
This thesis studies how Sweden’s state identity is constructed within the discourse on Swedish Migration Policy following the European refugee crisis in 2015. Identity is studied by seeing the constructions of identity and policy as discursively interlinked and by using the notion of processes of linking and differentiation. The material analyzed are statements made by the Swedish government in or
