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Mainstreampornography is a widespread phenomena through the accessibility of internet and is a polarized debate regarding what it produces and how it effects people. The aim of this thesis is to make women’s experience visibile in the maintreampornography debates and how it has shaped and effected women in their daily heterosexual practices with men. A qualitative method has been used, where six
This thesis examines EU’s adoption of a human security approach and the extent to which it has been part of crisis management discourse as well as practice in the Sahel region of Africa. It tells the story of a maturing process for a core approach in EU security policy; that is, the story of human security and how the concept has evolved from a state of innocence to gradual experience and adolesc
Volunteer tourism is an alternative form of tourism that is constantly increasing. The increase can be considered related to trends about social participation, environmental awareness and moral demands. Volunteering in developing countries has previously been associated with altruism and social responsibility, but more recently volunteer organizations have used personal development as part of thei
The purpose of this paper is to increase knowledge about the extent to which non-governmental charity organizations can influence the western societies’ view of mankind through videos. Three videos from three international charities have been chosen for this study. To answer the questions of this essay, a semiotic picture analysis will be used as well as a post-colonial theory with Spivak as its f
The Covid-19 virus was first discovered in China in December of 2019 and in February of 2020, the Covid-19 virus began to spread worldwide, which caused the World Health Organization (WHO) to classify the virus as a pandemic. Since then previous studies have shown an increase in interest in outdoor life, which has led to an increase in the number of visitors in popular nature areas. Furthermore, t
The aim of this study was to understand how the Swedish district court makes decisions concerning transfer of custody based on the best interest of the child, child’s will and parents rights of their child. The method for this study was a qualitative content analysis of 17 verdicts from the Swedish district courts when a child has been placed in a family home and the child custody case begins. The
In autumn and winter 2015/2016, the Swedish government introduced a border control between the Danish and Swedish side of the Øresund region, which ended almost 60 years of free mobility between the two countries. The scope of the present study is to examine how the introduction of the border control has altered the conditions within the cross-border Regional Innovation System (RIS) of the Øresund
This study aims to problematise food assistance mechanisms in Lithuania in response to rising food insecurity, challenging the prevailing discourse surrounding food (in)security. Using interviews and document analysis within a case study methodology, the research addresses three main questions: How is food insecurity problematised in the Lithuanian state and charity discourse? How does this proble
Acknowledged from the existing literature regarding Daesh’s propaganda, the focus has mostly been on their propaganda on social media, such as Facebook and Twitter. However, I argue that a gap regarding Daesh’s propaganda is the lack of studies on Daesh’s online-magazine Dabiq and this thesis aim to fill this gap. I argue that Daesh’s way of arguing and framing their arguments are the key to under
The aim of this thesis is to analyse what ideas the gender politics of the Swedish nationalist party the Swedish Democrats consists of. The purpose of the study is to identify what they mean when talking about gender inequality and how women are portrayed in material concerning this issue. The objects of the study are written texts, pictures and a video produced by their women’s association SD-kvi
Education is commonly agreed upon as being one of the main drivers of national economic development which has led to a greater incorporation of education policies in development projects. Internationally, the World Bank is the single largest provider of expertise knowledge and financial aid to education development and as such they can play a key role in shaping policies and how problems are under
The trend towards greater globalisation brings the matter of cultural identity to the foreground. Transnational corporations or business networks are culturally diverse places where cultural othering – simply put, the assumption that someone is fundamentally different from you based on the cultural identity projected on- or associated with them – can significantly impact operations across the hier
Members have traditionally played a central role in civil society organisations (CSOs) since they typically are the ones who decide upon the course of the organisation and carry out organisational activities. However, with organisations becoming more professionalised, concerns have been raised about the future role of members. Previous research point to different consequences on membership due to
Den här studien undersöker i vilken utsträckning som Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition (NIWC) bidrog till att göra genus centralt i fredsprocessen i Nordirland under slutet av 1990-talet, samt hur teorin gender centrality av Fionnuala Ní Aoláin kan interpreta fallet. Utgångspunkten i studien är kvinnors historiska exkludering från den Nordirländska politiken och NIWC:s unika roll som kvinnor i fr
Denna studie ämnar till att undersöka professionaliseringens och den ökade kon-kurrensens påverkan på humanitära organisationer samt hur förändringen påverkar deras kommunikation gentemot medlemmarna och bidragsgivarna. För att konkre-tisera det valda ämnet är denna studie en fallstudie med Rädda Barnen som fall. Studien och analysen är av en kvalitativ typ och vårt empiriska material består av inThe aim of this paper is to examine how the professionalization and the increased competition affect humanitarian organizations, as well as how the changes affect the communication with their members and contributors. We are carrying out a case study of the Save the Children organization in order to concretize the chosen subject. The study and analysis is of a qualitative type and our empirical ma
This is a comparative case study of the Committee of the Regions and regional offices. It explores using written records whether history can unveil contrasting features between these two systems using historical institutionalism as the guide. First, it examines the beginning of regional engagement in the European Union with the formation of European Regional Development Fund and the Single Europea
Fatima, f, 34, parent: “It is a small home for our children. They spend many hours here. To us, it is not just daycare. We don’t just come here and drop off our children and say goodbye, then come back in a few hours. They have to feel that this is a home to them”. This ethnographic study of Danish daycares analyses how information is being shared between parents and daycare staff, how conflict is
Denna uppsats undersöker hur hudvårdsmärken effektivt kan använda marknadsföringsstrategier för att differentiera sig och bygga förtroende, med särskilt fokus på The Ordinary, ett varumärke känt för sin minimalistiska och transparenta marknadsföring. Genom en kvalitativ, multimodal innehållsanalys och med hjälp av marknadsföringsmixens ramverk (4P) undersöker studien hur varumärkets visuella, textThis thesis explores how skincare brands can effectively use marketing strategies to differentiate and build trust, with a particular focus on The Ordinary, a brand known for its minimalist and transparent marketing approach. Through a qualitative, multimodal content analysis and by incorporating the marketing mix framework (4Ps), the study investigates how the brand’s visual, textual, and audio c
This bachelor’s thesis examines how urban densification affects children’s opportunities for play, physical activity and time spent outdoors in the emerging Norra Sorgenfri neighborhood in Malmö. The aim is to analyze how children’s need for open space is addressed in municipal planning documents and how these intentions are realized in the physical environment. Through a case study of the Spårväg
In this paper, we empirically and theoretically present regenerative regional development in responsible value chains as an alternative to the prevailing traditional, neoliberal economic rationale of globalization. We develop the argument on the back of a longitudinal in-depth case study on actors’ engagement in the recurring crises in the maritime industry in Sunnmøre/Norway. The alternative pers
