Essays about: "Political Elite"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 183 essays containing the words Political Elite.
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1. National Heroes, Digital Soldiers, Vulnerable Children and all the Others: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Videos Communicating the QAnon Conspiracy Theory
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : This thesis analyses the making of Us and Them in videos communicating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which have been circulating on online social forums. For this purpose, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis is used, together with Sara Ahmed’s cultural theory of emotions. READ MORE
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2. WOMEN’S POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT AND SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY A cross-country analysis
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Extensive research argues that women express higher levels of concern regarding environmental degradation and are more likely to act for environmental causes. This raises the question if women’s empowerment could lead to better environmental outcomes. Some research finds that women’s political empowerment indeed has good environmental outcomes. READ MORE
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3. The Political Ecology of Green Hydrogen from the global South : An analysis along the socioecological fix framework
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Infrastructural projects to realize the energy transition are framed by governmentsfrom all around the world very positively. This is also the case for green hydrogen,which is considered as a silver bullet to solve multiple crises simultaneously. READ MORE
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4. Employing Genocide : Narratives, Ethnic Identities, and Political Legitimacy in Post-Genocide Rwanda
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : This thesis offers an analysis on the memory politics in post-genocide Rwanda, and examines the official narratives regarding history, ethnicity, and identity in order to analyse how political elites in Rwanda politicises collective identity and transforms the social environment of its population through establishing power struggles. By adopting of a qualitative content analysis, the thesis focuses on the speeches by the president Paul Kagame held at the start of each year’s commemorative event of the genocide, known as Kwibuka. READ MORE
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5. The naivety towards China is now over : An analysis of the Swedish political elite's changed attitude toward China
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Despite the well-established consensus within the Swedish parliament regarding the benefits of trade with China while at the same time promoting democracy, an unexpected change arose in June 2023, when a united Swedish parliament adopted a report that identified China as a threat to Swedish interests. Consequently, this thesis seeks to address the research question: Can the Swedish political elite's changed attitude towards China be understood through the theory of ontological security? Employing a framework established in Robert J. READ MORE
