This thesis is written within a master´s program in Gender studies, with media studies as a major. It offers a view of feminism, postfeminist media culture and gendered politics. In recent years and decades increasing pressure has been applied to looks and appearance in the media. The print media constantly publish images of celebrities and there is a certain preference for thin and beautiful bodi

Genom en jämförande fåfallstudie dras slutsatsen att när en ursprungsbefolkning mobiliserar sig för politisk förändring leder detta till en viss påverkan på demokratins form och innehåll, i vårt teoretiska ramverk definierat som demokratimodeller respektive rättigheter. Ursprungsbefolkningen i Bolivia, Ecuador och Peru har genom sina krav på en förändrad social och ekonomisk politik, ökad represen

Denna uppsats är en fallstudie av Italien och hur staten försöker hantera den illegala immigrationen. Landet styrs av en högerregering som tar till allt hårdare tag mot illegala immigranter. Men trots denna restriktiva politik ökar den illegala invandringen. Kontrollen av illegala immigranter är ett högaktuellt problem, vilket vi här ämnar att utreda. Vi utgår från gap-hypotesen som förklaring på

The current state of Iraq regarding water issues is quite poor despite ongoing efforts to rebuild water infrastructures. Investigating the underlying problems with failed water infrastructures, this paper aims at identifying water institutions as the key to the failure of water governance in Iraq. Utilizing the theories of New Institutionalism, a mechanical model of institutions is formulated, ide

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

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att empiriskt studera den svenska demokratins förändring i och med EU-inträdet. Vårt studieobjekt är riksdagen som enligt svensk grundlag skall vara folkets främsta representant. För att kunna besvara vår huvudfråga har vi valt att utgå ifrån olika demokratiteorier. Vi nyttjar oss av Robert Dahls fem kriterier för en demokratisk process, Jack Livelys sju folkmaktsst

Denna uppsats behandlar statsvetaren Arend Lijpharts teori om konsociationalism och långfredagsavtalet som slöts 1998 på Nordirland. Uppsatsen syftar till att förklara hur stor del av denna teori som går att finna i detta avtal. Vidare intresserar sig uppsatsen för vilka konsekvenser användningen av denna teori fått. Den berör de för- och nackdelar som statsvetare diskuterar i anslutning till kons

Abstract This study focuses the electoral reforms and the practical performances of the Non-party Caretaker Government in terms of its role to ensure that the ninth parliamentary elections be free, fair and credible. In Bangladesh, after Parliament had been dissolved, the constitutionally-mandated Non-party Caretaker Government was appointed to oversee the parliamentary elections, its main purpos

Den 27:e december 2008 inledde Israel en stor militär operation, kallad ”Operation gjutet bly” (”Operation Cast Lead”), mot den palestinska militanta, tillika folkvalda, gruppen Hamas i Gaza. Kriget fick stort utrymme i media som vi menar förhöll sig i det närmaste anti-israeliska i sin rapportering. Vår undersökning går i huvudsak ut på att kartlägga på vilka sätt Gaza viktimiserats i svensk medi

The emergence of new media technologies, particularly the Internet, has transformed communicative environments and media landscape, influencing social, cultural and political processes in our everyday life. It is claimed to contribute to the recent transnational large-scale social movements in the last decade such as the anti-globalization protests like well-known ‘Battle of Seattle’ in 1999 or th

The purpose of this paper is to look at Greek and Roman attitudes toward and comments on cosmetics during antiquity. I will also try to define who used cosmetics and why. Moreover, to illustrate ancient usage of cosmetics, what kind of raw materials and pigments were included in the cosmetic products, go over and compare the different types of cosmetics and their different properties and purposes

We need universal policies that can embrace the broad masses in the society. At the same time, this does not mean that these policies are good for everyone. There could be local knowledge and experiences from individuals that universal education policies fail to notice, see or neglect. It is important to have universal education policies that can embrace the broad masses. It is also important to k

Contemporary international society goes through rapid transformations, including migratory flows on a greater scale than experienced hitherto. The African and the European Union have claimed joint responsibility in treating the root causes of migration by instigating development in sending countries. With the current pace, the common goal of reducing migration is far from being reached and new gro

Imagining how contemporary conflicts have divided societies in the recent times put one in a position to think of possibilities that will improve the activities of reconciliation initiatives for a lasting peaceful coexistence in the aftermath of conflicts. In Rwanda series of conflicts have emerged since the end of colonial rule till the genocide in 1994 calling for a necessary transitional justic

I den här uppsatsen gör vi en jämförelse av tre teoretiska perspektiv som förklarar orsaker till etniska konflikter. De tre teorierna är primordialism, konstruktivism och instrumentialism. Idén till detta tillvägagångssätt hämtar vi från Graham Allison som menar att olika teorier ger olika förklaringar eller tolkningar av ett händelseförlopp. Vi utför därför en fallstudie av den etniska konflikten

One of the unsolved puzzles in democratization studies today is the prevalence of authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. Previous comparative studies have overlooked the region because it does not contain a single case of successful democratization. Middle Eastern scholars, on the other hand, tend to lack the theoretical tools on what it would take for this area to democratize. The purpose of t

För ett land i efterkrigsskedet är det viktigt att snabbt återuppbygga demokratifrämjande institutioner, stödja element i det civila samhället som värnar för tolerans och att skapa en tradition av ett demokratiskt samhälle. Roland Paris presenterar i sin teori Institutionalization Before Liberalization (IBL) ett ramverk för hur detta bör gå till. Utifrån vårt intresse för Kosovos historia och den

This study aimed at understanding the phenomenon of permanent living in caravans. The central questions where; how did it come that the camping inhabitants chose to live permanently in caravans? How did they describe their living and the context? How did they describe themselves, the society and others reaction to their choice of living? Empirical data from interviews with seven inhabitants was pr

The aim of this paper was to investigate how parents of children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorde r) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) experience the treatment and support that the child and its family gets from society. Some of the questions I concentrated on are: · How do parents experience the support they get from different institutions, such as schools, child psychiatrists

This essay is an evaluation of studies in the Swedish language for immigrants, called "sfi", in Helsingborg. Our purpose with the study was to illuminate "sfi". We wanted to find out how "sfi" is organized. "Sfi" is contracted out to three organizers, "NK DataCenter" and "Vuxenutbildningen Kärnan" in the daytime and "ABF" in the