Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Fact or Fiction? Hate Crime in Sweden and it's Representations in Swedish Popular Culture
Published 2012-01-01Sweden’s global representation suggests that it is one of the most gender- equal, open and forward- thinking countries in the world. This thesis, however, exposes Sweden’s darker side, where hate crime towards immigrants, ...Open AccessThesis -
The President as a Perception-setting agent: Presidential Rhetoric, the Russian State and Identity, and the Search for Political Legitimacy in Post-Soviet Russia.
Published 2012-01-01Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 the state that has emerged, the Russian Federation, has been engulfed in a search for a legitimate and valuable identity and role for the state. This search was given new life in ...Open AccessThesis -
The Case of Egypt (1981-2011)
Published 2012-01-01The 2011 Egyptian revolution ousted President Hosni Mubarak after nearly thirty years in power. An agency centred approach dominated the discourse that followed the revolution. This dissertation contends that this ...Open AccessThesis -
Power/Knowledge in Discourses of Climate Justice
Published 2012-01-01Rawlsian political philosophers and theorists approach climate justice using ideal theories of the fair distribution of climate change burdens, and the rights to be protected in the face of those burdens. Other theorists ...Open AccessThesis