Essays about: "population policy discourse"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words population policy discourse.
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1. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. READ MORE
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2. Favouritism in migration policy? : A discourse analysis on the rhetoric around Ukrainian refugees, as compared to other migrants and refugees, in the Swedish parliament
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : After the attack on Ukraine in 2022, the European Union member states have experienced a major migration wave. This gave the EU opportunity to activate the Temporary Protection Directive for the first time, a framework that was created due to the effects of the Yugoslavian civil war in 2001 and which gives refugees certain rights upon arrival in any EU member state. READ MORE
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3. Spatial Visions and the Future of Norrland : A case study of the spatial vision following Northvolt’s establishment in Skellefteå
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)Abstract : In March of 2017, Northvolt announced at a press conference in Skellefteå that they had received the green light on their factory Northvolt Ett, a lithium-ion battery factory running on 100 per cent renewable energy. The industrial establishment has meant a great increase in population and a consequent increase in demand for housing and services. READ MORE
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4. Won't Somebody Think of the Children-A Critical Analysis of the Swedish National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : This thesis critically analyses Sweden’s National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria, with the aim of providing recommendations for amending the guidelines to provide better access to gender affirming treatment for young non-binary people. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, supplemented with a group dialogue with three non-binary persons, the National Guidelines are analysed through the theoretical lens of performativity, Dean Spade’s theories on the population-management mode of power, and critical age studies. READ MORE
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5. Aviation Discourses in News : The influence of the political climate on climate politics
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Climate change must be considered one of the most critical issues of the coming decades that poten- tially poses foundational threats to human societies. Aviation has relatively little impact on green- house gas emissions globally, but this picture changes when focusing on emissions of rich industrial states. READ MORE
