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This essay shows how Freudian psychoanalytic literary criticism can be used to analyze representations of what could be called literary characters’ unconscious, i.e. their thoughts and dreams, to attempt to determine and explain their view of women. The analysis serves as an example of what EFL teachers can focus on regarding Freudian criticism. This is applied to Winston, the protagonist of Georg

In the mid 2010’s, a loosely defined online collective of involuntary celibates came to the forefront of media discourse, after a high profile terrorist attack was perpetrated by a self-identified “incel”. While infamous for their extremely misogynistic views, incel forums have nonetheless remained a sparsely researched area. This paper aims to elucidate the way incels feel towards society and the

Geologi är ett samhällsviktigt ämne som kan kommuniceras genom geoturism. Geoturism är en typ av naturturism med fokus på geologi, som även skapar mervärde åt naturupplevelser och kulturella värden. I en geopark används geoturism som ett verktyg för att förmedla kunskap om jordens historia och det viktiga sambandet mellan geodiversitet och biodiversitet. Geologiska förutsättningar genererar livsvi

As the world’s fifth largest oil producer, and holder of the third largest proven oil reserves, Canada is poised to significantly impact future global carbon emissions. The present government, under the leadership of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is seeking to simultaneously position itself as a global climate leader while supporting the exploitation of Canada’s extensive bitumen oil rese

Uppsatsen är baserad på två hovrättsdomar angående internetavstängningar i Indien med en systematisk innehållsanalys av rättsliga yttranden och en teori om yttrandefrihet i informationssamhället. Syftet med studien är att förstå resonemangen från domarna kring implementeringen av lagarna, både i de två utvalda domsluten och domarnas tolkning av yttrandefriheten och rätten till personlig frihet. DeThis thesis is based on two High Court decisions regarding internet shutdowns in India with a systematic content analysis of judiciary opinions and a theory of freedom of expression in the information society. The purpose of the study is to understand the reasoning by the justices, both in a manner of implementing laws in the two decisions and in a manner of interpreting freedom of expression and

Fathers’ involvement (FI) in the education and development of their young children is a growing phenomenon. Research has shown that children with parents involved in shared reading exhibit stronger cognitive, social, and problem-solving skills (Betawi et al., 2014). Unfortunately, FI is still lacking in shared reading, especially in the Middle East and North Africa region. We Love Reading (WLR) tr

Den svenska lagstiftaren betraktar doping som ett oönskat beteende vilket på olika sätt bör bekämpas. År 1991 infördes en särskild dopinglag, lag (1991:1969) om förbud mot vissa dopningsmedel. Till stöd för ett rättsligt dopingförbud anfördes argument om skydd för folkhälsa och minskad dopingrelaterad kriminalitet. År 1999 utvidgades lagen till att omfatta ett förbud mot bruk av dopingmedel. I takThe Swedish legislator views doping as an unwanted behaviour, which in many ways should be fought. In 1991, the first anti-doping law, “lag (1991:1969) om förbud mot vissa dopningsmedel”, was founded. To justify a legal prohibition against doping, the government adduced arguments such as protection of public health and reduction in doping related crime. In 1999, the law was extended to include a p

In Zambia, the privatisation of state owned companies is challenging job security, working conditions and workers’ rights. It has also weakened the role of government as a regulator of labour legislation, which in Zambia is quite progressive, compared to other countries in the region. Workers struggle to survive and therefore turn to trade unions in order to change their situation. This study exam

This thesis examines how the Climate Justice Movement in Germany is set up today and how activists relate to and feel about their activism. Specifically, factors are investigated that make people feel unhappy about their activism or even leave the movement. Furthermore, potential changes of the movement in order to become a healthier and more sustainable environment for activists are suggested. Pa

The last few years has seen the world slipping back into the classic dividing lines of the Cold War - marked perhaps most clearly by Russias invasion of Crimea in 2014. At the same time, a new phenomenen has entered modern politics. We discuss fake news, information warfare and election meddling - again with Russia as a proposed assailant. What is the driving force behind this? And is it something

Are we as a society (global, national or local) incomplete if we do not adhere to the substantial truths to be gained by alignment with the western democratic notion of the rule of law? Is the notion of the rule designed with the built in paradox that the rule of law will itself become the basis for future designs of society, defining where we are, where we want to be and even in time, possibly (r

The aim of this sociological study is to explore and to understand mechanisms of power being embedded in daily procedures of detention establishment with the focus on the case officers’ work tasks. In the study the emic approach is being used in order to understand from within power at detention. Observations, field notes, interviews and written documents constitute the empirical material being co

The aim of this thesis is to understand how the feeling of home can appear in a youth care institution for unaccompanied children. Unlike other youth care institutions that deals with psychosocial problems, these youth cares become more permanent to unaccompanied children. The study is made from qualitative approach, with ethnographic studies at a youth care for unaccompanied children. The observa

Water resources management has been reconfigured over time and space; as power over decision-making processes has increasingly been vested from the state and distributed among networks of private and non-governmental actors. Geographical scholarships of environmental governance seek to critically analyse this transformation in order to grasp how decisions are made, and the consequences that entail

A well-known maxim defines politics as "the art of the possible". This definition implies that the nature of politics is relative to specific circumstances and derives from an adoption of the line of action possible under given circumstances; correlated to this is a rejection of political activities whose realisation is impossible while being subjected to these circumstances. This essay

Studiens syfte var att nå en fördjupad förståelse av småbarnsföräldrars användande av interaktiva skärmar när de umgås med sina barn; vilken mening användandet har för individen och vilka följder detta kan få för relationen mellan förälder och barn. Semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med åtta småbarnsföräldrar som sällan, ibland eller ofta använde sig av interaktiva skärmar. Tematisk analys The aim of this study was to gain a greater understanding of the usage of interactive screens by parents of young children, whilst interacting with their children; what role does the usage of interactive screens play for the individual and how does the usage affect the relationship between parent and child. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight parents of young children who rarely,

Research Purpose: To explore the understandings of workplace inclusion through indepth investigation of the concept in an organizational context. Research Question: How do employees in Microsoft Denmark understand workplace inclusion? Methodology: Following an interpretive paradigm, we seek to explore in-depth understandings of employees in our case company. We conducted a multi-method qualitati

The purpose of this thesis is to critically examine the anti-EU party the Swedish demo-crats own political medium SD-Kuriren and its articles regarding the European Parliament elections of 2014. The study aims to analyse how the use of language in SD-Kurirens articles forms the basis for how nationalist and populist discourses are shaped and expressed. The theoretical framework applied in this the

This thesis analyses how social policy in the form of benefit sanctions targeted at the long-term unemployed is made by case workers within the Swedish Public Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen). Since the 1990s, rising unemployment and fiscal pressures on the welfare states made countries more oriented towards policies of “activation”. In 2007, the Job and Development Programme (JOB), was init