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  1. 1. Transgender and gender-diverse youth caught in the intersection of policy making, politics, gender-affirming care, and feminist discourse

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Julia Hagstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : Transgender youth; policy making; feminism; UK; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how presuppositions and assumptions can affect policy making, by investigating if anti-trans and 'gender critical' rhetoric may have affected the now reversed NHS policy ‘Amendments to service specification for gender identity development service for children and adolescents’ which directly influenced the still in use Karolinska University Hospital policy, ‘Policyförändring gällande hormonell behandling till minderåriga patienter med könsdysfori inom Tema Barn’. By using the Foucauldian inspired poststructural WPR policy analysis method by Bacchi and Goodwin, it was uncovered that the underlying assumptions and presuppositions of the hegemonic ‘truths’ the representation of the problem relied on, assumed dominance through an increase of anti-transgender and anti-gender-diverse rhetoric in political and public debates, and in media. READ MORE

  3. 2. Film as a reality creating force: And Then We Danced (2019) dir. Levan Akin

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Julia Hagstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : LGBTQ ; Queer film; Georgia; Pierre Bourdieu;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I have analyzed and problematized the discourse surrounding And Then We Danced (2019) dir. Levan Akin, by analyzing the film itself by using concepts from Pierre Bourdieu, and investigating what role the film has played in the call for action regarding LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia. READ MORE

  4. 3. Has the recent restructuring of the Swedish district courts improved efficiency? : A DEA analysis

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Katarina Hagstedt; Julia Proos; [2008]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper conducts an efficiency study on the Swedish district courts following the restructuring in the late 1990s using DEA. The objective is to establish whether the efficiency has improved after a reform that significantly decreased the number of courts. READ MORE