Browsing Master of Human Rights and Multiculturalism by Title
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A clean image? - A study of Qatar, the human rights violations they are accused of and the strategies the country uses to improve its image
(Master thesis, 2022)On the 2nd December 2010, Qatar succeeded with its most prestigious attempt thus far, to become a player on the world stage. The announcement that awarded them the task to host the FIFA World Cup in 2022 was in some way ... -
A Constructionist Approach Towards Culture Ways of Analytically studying and Understanding Culture as a Process of Meaning-Making Practices
(Master thesis, 2023)Culture is said to be one of the most perplexing concepts in human and social sciences to understand and define. In more traditional conceptualizations, culture is held as a complex whole depicting the totality of a ... -
A Critical Discourse Analysis of the role of the lustration law on the process of democratization in Ukraine after the power shift in 2014
(Master thesis, 2018)The 2013 – 2014 Ukrainian revolution, which started as a non-violent demonstration for European integration, rapidly developed into a riot against corrupt government officials, human rights violations and power usurpation, ... -
A Study into Academic, Social, and Professional Integration of Bangladeshi International students at USN in Light of the Theory of Multicultural Education by Banks
(Master thesis, 2021)Norwegian Universities are welcoming an increasing number of international students in recent years (SIU, 2016, P.11, Norway Today, April 30, 2021). However, they face integration issues, particularly in respect of social ... -
Abortion and The Society: An Argumentation for How Sociology Can Contribute to Human Rights Discourse, Using Abortion as a Case Study
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper aims to provide deeper insight on the case of self- determined abortion. As ‘the Right to Life’ of the unborn child is a question within Human Rights, and more specifically in reference to Article 6 in The ... -
‘Art Puts Questions in All Directions’: Sámi Creative Expressions and Self-Determined Futures
(Master thesis, 2022)Inspired by Nils-Aslak Valkeapӓӓ’s (in Sámi: Áillohaš, 1943-2001) ecocritical perspective and strong critique of Western colonialism and capitalism, this study seeks to address the multidimensionality of Sámi contemporary ... -
Attitudes towards incels - A meta study on negatives attitudes in research
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis addresses incels or involuntary celibates. A group that entered the sight of mainstream media in 2018 after the Toronto van attacks, and since have garnered an increasing amount of media attention. Several ... -
Boxed Masculinities in a ‘Boxed’ Region: Exploring Masculine Performative Roles in the Gaza Strip
(Master thesis, 2023)Human dignity is a basic yet fundamental character of what constitutes a human, as humans deserve to be respected, treated with value, and equality. Dignity is the basis for all human rights, and thus, every violation of ... -
Challenging the Humanitarian Great Power A critical discourse analysis on opposing ideas in the current Norwegian Migration Governance
(Master thesis, 2020)Academic scholars from different fields, but also international organisations, agencies and NGO’s have expressed concern for migration policies in Norway and how current European governance might endanger asylum rights and ... -
Children human rights and empowerment: implementation of Articles 12 and 13 of the CRC in the international school
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the implementation and practice of the child participation in international schools. The main two research questions are: What is the level of the child participation in international schools?; and How ... -
Children’s voices in emergencies
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate children's right to be heard in emergency orders issued by the Norwegian Child Welfare Services (Barnevernet in Norwegian) and whether the introduction of the UNCRC in ... -
Ciminalizing Migration, Rejecting Rights
(Master thesis, 2022)International organisations, non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and human rights agencies have all expressed grave concern for the increasingly restrictive migration policies and the migration discourse in Greece. Two ... -
“Coming to Norway as a refugee can be misinterpreted as a bad thing” Exploring the Individual Educational Experiences of African Youth in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)There is a lot of research written about unaccompanied minors in Norway, but this thesis is concerned with the individual education experiences of African unaccompanied minors. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the ... -
Comparative Analysis of Multicultural policies in post-conflict societies: the cases of Kosovo and Macedonia
(Master thesis, 2017)Multiculturalism as a theory and policy in its essence aims to address the needs of national minoritites, protect them against assimilation and accommodate them in state institutions by a politics of recognition. This study ... -
Constructions of "Us" and "Them": A Critical Discourse Analysis of intergroup polarizations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)This study analyzes public discourses on immigrants and racialized minorities that have prevailed in the public sphere during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway, and examines if and how these discourses have constructed ... -
Cultural factors that limit the sexual and reproductive rights of adolescent girls: individual, social, and structural barriers
(Master thesis, 2021)Researching in what ways cultural factors limit adolescent girls' enjoyment of SRHR. -
Democratic values in public primary schools in Bangladesh: A qualitative investigation
(Master thesis, 2020)The People’s Republic of Bangladesh is a democratic country according to the national constitution. The country has a strong history of student participation in active democracy based activities since before its liberation ... -
Digital Space, Belonging and Translocational Positionality: A Study on the Nepali Diaspora in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Abstract This study explores the notion of identity and belonging of the Nepali diaspora living in Norway. It focuses on Nepali digital diaspora's engagement in social site network Facebook in connection with diasporic ... -
Discussing racial preference with white Norwegian women: stereotypes and colorblind rationalizations
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis aims to take a critical look at stereotypes that can be connected to different racial groups and how they work in conjunction with categorizing according to preference. The questions of the thesis are a) Which ... -
Does the Norwegian Introduction Program Empower Individual Refugees?
(Master thesis, 2020)This qualitative study investigates the Norwegian introduction program for refugees to identify whether or not it empowers its individual participants. Moreover, it examines the extent to which this program might be ...