Essays about: "Therese Norman"

Found 2 essays containing the words Therese Norman.

1. 1. Political Violence in Media: A case study of the media framing of the Kurdish female fighters in Northern Iraq and Syria

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Therése Lundmark; [2016]
   Keywords : Kurdish female fighters; YPJ; Peshmerga; critical discourse analysis; media framing; political violence;

   Abstract : The aim and purpose of this study is to explore how the Western media, more precisely six British newspapers, portrays the Kurdish female fighters of the Women’s Protection Units and the Peshmerga, who today are fighting against Deash in Northern Iraq and Syria. There have been a growing media interest in the Kurdish female fighters since the rise of Daesh, and they were an often recurring subject in newspapers and other media platforms during 2014 and 2015. READ MORE

3. 2. Progresa and its Impact on School Attendance : Disparities between Mexican rural and urban areas

   University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Therese Norman; Michaela Norrman; [2010]
   Keywords : Progresa; education; human capital; Mexico; conditional cash transfers; poverty; logistic regression model; Progresa; utbildning; humankapital; Mexiko; villkora bistånds-program; fattigdom; logistisk regressionsmodell;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of a conditional cash transfer program, Progresa, on school attendance in Mexican rural and urban areas. Within recent years, conditional cash transfer programs have become one of the most accepted remedies for poverty alleviation in many countries. READ MORE