Essays about: "biopower"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 45 essays containing the word biopower.

  1. 31. Struggling over Rights of Romani EU Migrants - An Inquiry into Biopower in the Case of the Eviction of the Sorgenfri Camp in Malmö, Sweden

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

    Author : Johanna Dieskau; [2017]
    Keywords : Roma; Human Rights; European Union; Migration; Foucault; biopower;

    Abstract : In 2015, local authorities in Malmö, Sweden, evicted an informal settlement, the Sorgenfri Camp, in which mostly Romani EU migrants were living. No housing alternatives were offered. Critics saw this as a human rights violation, but the municipality found that the people were not entitled to the rights in question. READ MORE

  3. 32. Refugee Biopolitics: A discourse analysis of the Swedish government’s recent shift in the speech on refugees

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jakob Gometz; [2016-08-25]
    Keywords : Refugee; Sweden; biopolitics; biopower; bare life;

    Abstract : The increased movement of people across nation borders of recent years further complicates the relation between nationality and citizenship, thus challenging the nation state’s project of controlling its population. One group that perhaps provide the starkest contrast between birth and nation are refugees, who are forced to flee their homes and whose juridical status in practice is ambiguous. READ MORE

  4. 33. The Unwanted: negotiating the refugeehood in Sweden : A qualitative discourse analysis of individual narratives of denied asylum seekers.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier

    Author : Maryna Vertiachykh; Malin Lindroth; [2016]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; asylum refugeehood; power resistance; subjectification.;

    Abstract : By using critical discourse analysis this study aims to understand the asylum process in Sweden through the experiences of the denied asylum seekers as they are expressed in their narratives published online. The study also aims to explore how the applicants influence the asylum process and if the applicants perform any resistance. READ MORE

  5. 34. Diagnostic Powers : What a new diagnosis tells us about current workings of medicine.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Malin Lorensson; [2016]
    Keywords : Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; PMDD; Biomedicalisation; Biopower; Contested Diagnosis;

    Abstract : This essay researches current workings of medicine in relation to contested, female diagnoses. This is made by looking at the construction of the new psychological diagnosis Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) in Swedish media, and relating it to a current trend seen in medicine; to medicalize women’s underperformance. READ MORE

  6. 35. New healthcare system regulations, same problems : A Study on the Effects of Unattainable Healthcare and a Non-Government Funded Organization in New York City

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Jennifer Garcia; [2016]
    Keywords : biopower; volunteers; uninsured patients; stigmas; United States Healthcare System; medical anthropology;

    Abstract : Throughout the existence of the United States there have been multiple ways to seek healthcare insurance, and healthcare services and treatment. As the country developed a system in which healthcare was distributed was created. READ MORE