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  1. 1. The view on integration in Sweden : A critical discourse analysis of the debate on exempting the whole of Malmö from the EBO law

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

    Author : Carlson Ebba; [2021]
    Keywords : Integration; EBO law; asylum seekers; critical discourse analysis; Sweden; Integration; EBO lagen; asylsökande; kritisk diskursanalys; Sverige;

    Abstract : This study examines the view on integration in Sweden. The material consists of debate articles from 2020 regarding exempting Malmö from EBO, the law on the right for asylum seekers to arrange their own housing. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Unsettlement of the Greek Property Regime and the Emergence of Vigilant Violence in Thessaloniki’s West End

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Nikolaos Vrantsis; [2021]
    Keywords : Housing; Housing System; Property Regime; Loïc Wacquant; Pierre Bourdieu; Social Space; Symbolic Power; Field of power; Thessaloniki; Ksiladika; Vigilance; Vigilant violence; Neoliberalism
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    Abstract : The thesis inquires into the entanglement between the unsettlement of the Greek model of social reproduction that heavily relies on self-regulated property ownership and the emergence of vigilant violence on behalf of local property owners against undocumented migrants in the relegated neighborhood of Ksiladika in Thessaloniki’s West End. It probes the extent to which incidents of vigilant violence can be used as indicators of the structural deficiencies in the Greek housing system and property paradigm. READ MORE

  4. 3. Will Kymlicka’s Liberal Theory of Multiculturalism : A case study of Greenland

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    Author : Anne Cecilie Bechmann; [2021]
    Keywords : Greenland; Inuit; indigenous; identity; independence; multiculturalism;

    Abstract : The Inuit people in Greenland are internationally recognized as indigenous. They, therefore, have been granted protective measures, such as self-government rights in 2009. However, some scholars have started to question whether protective measures are still a necessity because of their increased autonomy rights. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of Municipal Planning in the Permit Decisions on Large Onshore Wind Power Projects in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Sarah Abboud; [2021]
    Keywords : Sweden; wind power; onshore; planning and permitting; municipal approval; local governance;

    Abstract : Sweden wants to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2040 and achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. While wind power is key to this transition, the permit process for large onshore wind power projects is one of the major challenges the country is currently facing, specifically the provision on municipal approval in the Environmental Code, the so-called municipal veto. READ MORE

  6. 5. Protesters, Activists or Land Defenders? Narratives Around Indigenous Resistance in the Canadian Media : Discourse Analysis of Selected CBC Articles on Contemporary Indigenous Resistance

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

    Author : Noah Godin; [2021]
    Keywords : Canada; CBC; Discourse Historical Approach; Indigenous Resistance; Land Defenders; Settler Colonialism; UNDRIP;

    Abstract : Indigenous autonomy, self-government and self-determination have historically been an area of conflict within the settler colonial state of Canada. This thesis aims to analyze critically the Canadian state’s alleged progressive nature in regard to nation-to-nation relations as well as the discourses that portray Canadian society as fostering Indigenous rights. READ MORE