• Struggling over Rights of Romani EU Migrants - An Inquiry into Biopow...
  Dieskau, Johanna  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2017)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English 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. This thesis explores these different rights discourses by tracing their underlying power relations through a Foucauldian discourse analysis. Foucault’s understanding of biopower, rights, and subjectivity is applied. The findings suggest that the municipality saw the camp residents as not entitled to housing rights because they were seen as occupants threatening private property and foreign EU citizens burdening the local welfare system, while critics resisted such rights denial by highlighting the persons’ humanity and vulnerability as Roma people. All actors where thus concerned with the biopolitical responsibility of the municipality to protect the life of the population, but saw this realized either through denying or granting rights to the camp residents, depending on what kinds of subjects they were seen as. This study exemplifies the power struggle through which people’s entitlements to rights are constantly produced, reproduced, and challenged as they are placed into different subject positions.

  Struggling over ... i EU Migrants - Thesis.pdf   (683.8Kb)

• Struggling over Rights of Romani EU Migrants - An Inquiry into Biopow...
  Dieskau, Johanna  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2017)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English 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. This thesis explores these different rights discourses by tracing their underlying power relations through a Foucauldian discourse analysis. Foucault’s understanding of biopower, rights, and subjectivity is applied. The findings suggest that the municipality saw the camp residents as not entitled to housing rights because they were seen as occupants threatening private property and foreign EU citizens burdening the local welfare system, while critics resisted such rights denial by highlighting the persons’ humanity and vulnerability as Roma people. All actors where thus concerned with the biopolitical responsibility of the municipality to protect the life of the population, but saw this realized either through denying or granting rights to the camp residents, depending on what kinds of subjects they were seen as. This study exemplifies the power struggle through which people’s entitlements to rights are constantly produced, reproduced, and challenged as they are placed into different subject positions.

  Struggling over ... i EU Migrants - Thesis.pdf   (683.8Kb)

• Den paradoxala kvinnan - En kritisk diskursanalys om könsmakt och nor...
  Bergstrand, Gabriella  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2018)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:

  This study covers the complexity of norms with inherent patriarchal ideas in relation to sexual offenses- especially in the case of rape-, from the feminist perspective that these have a negative impact on women and their basic rights. Through a critical discourse analysis, I investigate different legal cases before and after the reformation of the Swedish sexual violation act from 2005, in order to track how it got transformed. The aim of the survey is to develop such knowledge that provides a broader insight into the shortcomings that interact in these unique contexts, where women become potential victims in a double sense as they are already subordinated at several levels of society to begin with. Thus, it can be assumed that norms flourishing within the framework of criminal law, not only violates the rights of women, but as an institution of power, confirms its eligibility which ultimately ensures a normalization with devastating consequences for women’s psychical and mental health. I find that the implementation is successful in terms of increased norm criticism while at the same time deficiencies and tensions at different sides and edges, calls for a modernized approach in which injustices are exposed as far as possible, so that women's rights are respected and fulfilled not only through language but in reality.

  Gabriella Bergstrand_kandidatuppsats.pdf   (340.2Kb)

• Mental ohälsa och den psykiatriska institutionen - En fallstudie av d...
  Kristensson, Hanna  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2018)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:	The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to examine the different kinds of technologies of biopower that exist within the Swedish psychiatric institution. The method of use is case studies, that will be used in conjunction with theories about biopower. The theorist that is primarily used is Michel Foucault, however the theories about biopower will be further complemented by more philosophers and researchers. The analysis will be limited to three diagnoses; schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and borderline. The theories and methodology will be used in order to identify the different therapies used for the patients as well as the technologies of power that occur in the treatments. The result of the analysis shows that the main forms of treatment for the diagnoses are drugs and cognitive behavioral therapy which consist of two different forms of biopower, both regulatory power and disciplinary power.
  Swedish abstract:	Denna kandidatuppsats har i syfte att granska de olika teknologierna för biomakt som gestaltas inom psykiatrivården i Sverige. Metoden som kommer att användas för analysen är fallstudier vilket kommer att användas tillsammans med teorier om biomakt. Den teoretiker som främst förekommer är Michel Foucault, men teorin kommer att kompletteras med fler filosofer och forskare. Analysen kommer att ha en avgränsning vid tre stycken diagnoser; schizofreni, bipolär sjukdom och borderline. I granskningen kommer teorierna och metoden användas för att identifiera vilka olika behandlingsformer som används för patienterna samt vilka teknologier för makt som förekommer i behandlingarna. Resultatet för analysen visar att de huvudsakliga behandlingsformerna för diagnoserna är läkemedel och kognitiv beteendeterapi vilka gestaltar två olika former av biomakt, både regulativ makt och disciplinär makt

  Hanna Kristensson_kandidatuppsats.pdf   (570.3Kb)

• The right to life, A case research on how article 4 of the American C...
  Hedlund, Beatrice  : Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle (2018)	Bachelor thesis

  

  

  English abstract:	The aim of this paper is to evaluate how the right to life has a connection with the forced disappearance of persons, according to the Inter-American Court on Human Rights. In order to reach this purpose, a legal dogmatic approach and a case study is used, in the light of a legal theory. The research concerns relevant cases that the Inter-American Court on Human Rights has been confronted with, and, to clarify the contextual importance, a brief explanation on the surroundings is provided. With the grave human rights violations committed by State authorities in mind, the thesis shows that the standard of proof, and principle of state responsibility, becomes of importance, in order to be able to determine whether the right to life is violated in cases of forced disappearance. The essay will conclude that the issue prevails defectiveness in relation to preventing and protecting human rights in cases of forced disappearance of persons.
  Swedish abstract:	Syftet med uppsatsen är att utreda hur rätten till liv har ett samband med tvångsförsvinnande enligt den Inter-Amerikanska Domstolen om Mänskliga Rättigheter. För att uppnå uppsatsens syfte genomförs en rättsutredning kring gällande rätt, där en rättsdogmatisk metod och fallstudie applicerats. Uppsatsen kommer vidare att analyseras mot bakgrund av en rättsvetenskaplig teori, där relevant rättspraxis som den Inter-Amerikanska Domstolen om Mänskliga Rättigheter bemött samt en kortfattad genomgång av kontexters påverkan. Under utredningen av de konventionella källorna finns vissa krav för att uppfylla om en stat kan hållas ansvarig. Utifrån det och med de grova mänskliga rättighets kränkningarna staten utfärdat i åtanke, är bevisbördan och statsansvar av stor relevans för att klargöra sambandet mellan rättigheten och handlingen. Uppsatsen avslutas med att konkludera att det råder brister i hur den Inter-Amerikanska Domstolen om Mänskliga Rättigheter arbetar mot att förvara och skydda Mänskliga Rättigheter i fall som berör tvångsförsvinnande.

  Beatrice Hedlund_kandidatuppsats.pdf   (480.7Kb)

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