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I denna uppsats används reflexiva etnografiska metoder för att problematisera relationen mellan bidrag från Väst, den Kenyanska samhälleliga kontexten och HBTQ-organisationer. Ett queerteoretisk, intersektionellt perspektiv används för att undersöka ämnen som bidrag, bidragskrav, mänskliga rättigheter och kulturrelativism för att förstå hur bidrag från Västerländska institutioner som NGOs och myndThis thesis uses reflexive ethnographic methods to problematise the relationship between Western aid, the Kenyan societal context and LGBTI-rights organisations. It takes a queer theoretical intersectional approach to the themes aid and aid conditionality, human rights, and cultural relativism in order to understand how aid from Western institutions such as NGOs and governments affects the work of

The focal point of this thesis is the peacebuilding environment in Nepal following the end of the civil war in 2006. A fieldwork investigation was conducted focusing on the perceptions of inhabitants of Kathmandu on peace and peacebuilding issues using semi-structured interviews. By investigating these perceptions the study seeks to answer three main questions: -How can the contrasting perspecti

This study investigates how regionalism and regional identity is perceived and promoted in the Oresund region including a specific focus on Malmö, particularly from the perspective of the Oresund committee as an actor. The relevance of this focus is sanctioned by reported growth of regionalism in the Oresund region, and the sparse amount of research in whether organizations and their work could be

Background: Anterior cruciate ligament injury is a common knee injury and the treatment may be surgical and/or conservative. Different studies have shown surgical and conservative treatment, respectively, as the best intervention. Therefore it is uncertain which treatment is preferable. When searching in PubMed, no articles were found describing the thoughts and experiences of orthopedists and phy

Spatial analysis, playing an essential role in data mining, is applied in a considerable number of fields. It is because of its broad applicability that dealing with the interdisciplinary issues is becoming more prevalent. It aims at exploring the underlying patterns of the data. In this project, we will employ the methodology that we utilize to tackle spatial problems to investigate how the cell

The radical right has established themselves as permanent actors in the European party system over the last decade. The determinant factors explaining their increased electoral success have been thoroughly researched. Despite this fact the knowledge of their policy impact is largely unknown. This thesis argues that the local level in Sweden offers unique opportunity to study the policy impact of t

The paper seeks to examine the determinants of Chinese banks' foreign direct investment in EU. Based on the results of a full-scale survey of the Chinese banks which have their branches and subsidiaries in EU, the author draw the conclusion that the Chinese banks direct investment in EU depends significantly on: (1) ownership advantages related to the bank’s size, domestic capital and deposit

This thesis is an attempt to understand the process behind honor killings. This phenomenon has been unknown for most people in Sweden until two Kurdish girls were murdered. Both these girls, Pela and Fadime, were from Kurdistan. This thesis will compare the Swedish and the Kurdish society. The two most important purposes of the thesis are to see how the patriarchy is maintained in Kurdistan in dif

The divide between the two major paradigms within the scientific study of nationalism, modernism and ethnosymbolism, has increased recently. A significant theoretical shift in the study of nationalism, the relational turn, has undermined the analytical treatment of nations as substantial entities and postmodernist scholars drawing from the modernist paradigm and the relational approach have reject

To attain an Internal Market, in which goods, capital and natural and legal persons can move from Member States to Member State, is one of the main aims of the EU. The Treaty of Rome was laid down in order to tear down obstacles that existed and to create bonds between the Member States. The EC Treaty contained the fundamental freedoms, essential in the work to­wards an Internal Market. In order t

This thesis presents a closer look into the application of the Merger Regulation on various transactions concerning the concentration of undertakings, and it begins with an analysis of the legislative winds of change leading up to its adoption, followed by a closer assessment of some of the results of the reform with relevance to the basic theme of the thesis, namely efficiencies. Furthermore, the

The current study set out to investigate patterns of loanwords in a sample of 1,460 lexical meanings in the Finnish lexicon by means of quantitative methods. The methodology used was borrowed from the Loanword Typology project (Haspelmath & Tadmor 2009a), and consisted of a template including various fields, where information about each lexical item was coded. The fields included measures such

As women are increasingly becoming a part of political life on par with men, their role in politics is charged with diverse beliefs and expectations from all segments of society (constituents, women’s groups, the media). On top of increasing female presence in legislatures, they are expected to represent female constituents’ concerns, be representative of femininity, break gender stereotypes, etc.

The higher education system of countries is an important area that determines the countries drive for development. This thesis aims to scrutinize the higher education system in Georgia and how the system translates and resonates with Georgia’s development. Several questions have been raised in light of the several reforms that have greeted the higher education system in Georgia and these questions

The aim of this thesis is to interpret and analyse how migration has played a role in the European Union’s enlargement process in the period of 2014-2018. By undertaking theoretical and methodological concepts from Reinhart Koselleck, the study takes a conceptual historical approach to answer the question: What conceptual development has migration undergone within the European Commission’s annual

Under den senaste tiden, har försörjningskedjan för livsmedel genomgått stora förändringar när det gäller strukturen av marknaden. Många faktorer har påverkat denna utveckling, till exempel ändrade preferenser hos konsumenterna, möjligheterna till internationell handel, administrativa krav och handels egna varumärken. Denna utveckling har medfört en obalans av marknadsmakt. Återförsäljarna har mycRecently, the food supply chain and especially the grocery retail sector has been subject to a significant change in relationship structure. The retail sector has become increasingly concentrated. Many factors have contributed to this development, including changes in consumer preferences, the facilitation of cross-border trade, administrative requirements and local zoning laws and the popularity