The purpose of this study is to examine how gender and (non-) whiteness are portrayed in the three Marvel movies Iron Man, The Avengers and Avenger: Endgame. The analysis is based on Fairclough's critical discourse analysis, and is analyzed with the theories of Edward Said, Stuart Hall and Judith Butler, among others. The results show that the films help to produce and reproduce an image of the woman and non-white people as inferior to the man, and the woman as primarily a body. However, there has been some progression between the films released in 2008, 2012 and 2019.

Uppsatsen syftar till att undersöka de problem som kan tänkas vara hinder till implementeringen av mångfaldstänkande på länsstyrelsen i Skåne län. Efter inledningen diskuteras mångfaldsbegreppets innebörd och framväxt. Därefter lyfts organisatoriska förutsättningar för förändring fram. En mångfaldsmodell presenteras och ställs i relation till delar av resultatet. Tillvägagångssättet var att det intervjuades sju anställda inom delvis olika verksamhetsområden på länsstyrelsen. Intervjufrågorna handlade i stort om inställningen och kunskapen kring det nuvarande mångfaldsarbetet. Intervjuresultaten sammanförs och utifrån det lyfts några möjligheter till ett förbättrat mångfaldsarbete fram och presenteras. Undersökningens resultat blev således att länsstyrelsen i Skåne län saknar en etablerad och erkänd framtidsvision om hur organisationen vill se sig själv i framtiden angående mångfald. En annan viktig slutsats är att mångfaldsarbetet på länsstyrelsen i alltför stor utsträckning är beroende av eldsjälar. Till sist kan det konstateras att intresset för mångfaldsfrågor finnas hos personalen men frågorna är idag lågt prioriterade vilket kan bero på att länsstyrelsen får allt fler generella uppdrag att beakta i sin dagliga verksamhet. / This paper aims to investigate the problems that can be obstacles to the implement of diversity thinking in the county administrative board of Skåne (länsstyrelsen in Skåne län). The introduction is led by a discussion of the concept of diversity and its development, which is followed by identifications of some organizational precondition for change. Furthermore, a diversity model is shown in relation to some parts of the result. The research was conducted by interviewing seven employees in different spheres in the county administrative board. The interview questions where mainly about the attitudes and the knowledge about the present work for diversity. The results of the interviews are brought together and from there some possibilities to improve the work is introduced. The outcome of the research is consequently that the county administrative board of Skåne is missing an established and recognized vision of tomorrow about how the organisation wants to see itself in the future regarding diversity. An other important conclusion is that the work of diversity is far to much depending on real enthusiasts. It can finally be established that the interest of diversity questions exists amongst the employees however the questions have at present low priority due to the growing number of general obligations that the county of administrative have to do in its daily activities.

This study focuses on diversity issues such as ethnicity, gender, and discrimination in the police profession, but mainly in connection with women and people with other ethnic backgrounds in the profession. The study is based on three questions that are answered during the study. To proceed with this survey, I have used a text analysis survey that I built up with the help of empirical data in the form of literature, reports from the government, annual reports of the police and previous publications in the form of blog posts to get the experiences my questions are out after. My theoretical perspectives in this study are the gender system by Yvonne Hirdman. French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's theory of different capitals. Erving Goffman's theory Stigma which deals with classification and social deviations. To understand the aspect of power, I use the concept of Hegemony. The result of my study was that it is constantly working to increase diversity and gender equality in the police profession, but that it is still unequal.

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This is a thesis conducted in San José, Costa Rica during two months in the spring of 2021. The purpose of this study is to explore what factors are causing migration from Nicaragua to Costa Rica, if the migration has included discrimination in any form and to what extend the staff at the non-governmental organizations Dale una mano a tu hermano (Give your brother a hand), and Ticos y Nicas (costaricans and nicaraguans) somos hermanos (Ticos y Nicas, are brothers) find their vision of integrating Nicaraguan refugees into Costa Rica possible.  The data for this project was collected through semi structured interviews with staff members at the non-governmental organizations “Dale una mano a tu hermano”, “Ticos y Nicas somos hermanos” and migrants from Nicaragua. The concepts of The Rational Choice Theory, Lee’s Push and Pull Migration Theory, and Hall’s theory of the “Other” was used as a theoretical framework to the thesis. The conclusion of this study is that migration from one country to another is caused by several factors, that migration can lead to discrimination in any form, and that the mentioned non-governmental organizations still find their work of integrating migrants into Costa Rica hard.

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Speaking to the people is part of politics. But, who are the people? In populistic and nationalistic discourse, the people is constructed against either the elite or the people outside the nation, "the people" is created in opposition to those who are not the people. This thesis examines political manifestos in Sweden during the election years of 2014 and 2018 to investigate how the political parties in the Swedish Parliament construct and speak to the people, whom they exclude from the people and how the discourse changes between the two election years. During the year 2015, Sweden, together with the rest of Europe, had a socalled refugee crisis. An understanding of populism in relation to crises is that it is increasing. This thesis examines, without claiming a causal link, a potential discursive change between the two election years that took place before and after the refugee crisis.

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