Essays about: "political agency"

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1. 1. Securitized or Not Securitized? : A Case Study of Sweden's COVID-19 Strategy During the First Year of the Pandemic

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Max Anklev; [2024]
   Keywords : Securitization Theory; De securitization; Non-securitization; COVID-19; Sweden;

   Abstract : This thesis analyzes Sweden's unique and puzzling approach to the COVID-19 pandemic by using the securitization framework, exploring if Sweden's strategy during the pandemic's first year reflects securitization, (de)securitization, or non-securitization. It employs content analysis to evaluate Sweden's response, analyzing primary sources and academic literature, and uses a discourse table based on existing theoretical studies by Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, and Jaap de Wilde (1998) and Lene Hansen (2012) to assess indicators of securitization, (de)securitization or non-securitization. READ MORE

3. 2. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nadja Gollbo; [2024]
   Keywords : dark ecology; object-oriented ontology; internal critique; political theory; speculative realism; ecological philosophy; environmental issues;

   Abstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE

4. 3. The Kampala Convention vs. Bare Life : A Qualitative Analysis of the Kampala Convention and its Impact on IDPs’ Quality of Life

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Clara Ternström; [2024]
   Keywords : Kampala Convention; bare life; IDPs; quality of life; legislation; biopolitics; displacement;

   Abstract : This study aims to identify potential ways in which the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention) improves the quality of life for IDPs. Relying on the concept of bare life, it answers if and how the convention prevents bare life. READ MORE

5. 4. Business doing pleasure? A comparative interview study of experiences of vulnerability and strategies of resistance amongst sexworkers in Sweden and the Netherlands

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linnéa Falk; [2024]
   Keywords : sexwork; vulnerability; resistance; intersectionality; interviews; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Sexwork is a complex phenomenon. There are different forms of legislation surrounding the issue, ranging from complete decriminalization/legalization to complete criminalization. In this thesis, the cases of Sweden and the Netherlands are compared. READ MORE

6. 5. Dreams, hope and future; An anthropological study about poverty and future plans among of vulnerable youth in Cape Town

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Gustav Carlsson; [2023-09-27]
   Keywords : Hope; Social mobility; Capital; Social suffering; Temporality; Potentiality;

   Abstract : This thesis is a result of Minor Field Studies (MFS) carried out in Cape Town, South Africa and funded by the Swedish public authority SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. South Africa struggles with poverty and has the greatest inequality in the world. READ MORE