Essays about: "Social Distinction"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 133 essays containing the words Social Distinction.
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16. Bordering the borderlands : The Sweden-Finland border during the Covid-pandemic
University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : The current study was conducted with the purpose of investigating what influence a pandemic may have on the everyday lives and border perceptions of people living on a border, and also how such a change might influence the social construction of that border. To fulfill this purpose, focus was set on the border between northern Sweden and Finland during the border-defining Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE
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17. Green capitalist or critical environmentalist? : A comparative study of the environmental policies of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) and the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna)
University essay from Södertörns högskola/StatsvetenskapAbstract : This paper analyses the environmental policy documents of Vänsterpartiet (Left Party) and Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party) based on the theories of ecological modernization (EMT) and critical environmental sociology (CES), constructed as ideal types. The aim is to explain ideational differences and similarities based on the ideal types of each theory and how well the parties can be linked to the ideal types of EMT and CES, their similarities and differences. READ MORE
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18. Police violence and the state: The negotiation of the boundaries between legitimated and illegitimate police violence in the context of the gilets jaunes protests
University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The French gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protest movement, sparked by a planned carbon fuel tax in 2018 is marked by numerous injuries and mutilations of protesters by police, and characterised by a shift towards a more confrontational protest policing strategy. Viewing protest policing and police violence as interlinked with political processes, this thesis explores the question of how the boundaries between sanctioned and unsanctioned police violence are (re-)negotiated in the intersections of law (enforcement) and politics in the specific context of the gilets jaunes movement. READ MORE
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19. The Impact of Instagram Influencers on Consumer Purchasing Intention
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknikAbstract : Date: (05/01/22) Level: Bachelor thesis in Business Administration, 15 cr Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Las Amin, Saad Husseino, Nour Kellawi Title: The Impact of Instagram Influencers on Consumer Purchasing Intention Supervisor: Noushan Memar Keywords: Influencers, Online purchasing intention, Instagram, Online influencer marketing, Trust, eWOM, Generation Z Research question: What are the impacts of Instagram influencers on online consumer purchasing intentions? Purpose: The primary purpose of this research is to investigate how social media influencers, otherwise dubbed as “Instagrammers,” particularly impact the online purchasing intentions of buyers and understand the role of Instagram influencers in the different online purchasing trends in organizations that rely on these individuals for their marketing activities in e-commerce. Method: Qualitative research using focus group method for data collection and analysis. READ MORE
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20. Being a royal or a noble at death : Funerary expressions of social status in Macedonia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällslivAbstract : This thesis discusses the funerary expression of social status in Macedonia during the 4th century BCE. Specifically, this thesis aims to examine the royal and the noble status and the way this is expressed in death, by making a distinction between royals and nobles. READ MORE
