Essays about: "economic theory of suicide"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words economic theory of suicide.

  1. 1. A para(t)oxic relationship between conservatives and climate. Analyzing climate denial in the frames of the Estonian Conservative People's Party EKRE and their embeddedness in toxic masculinity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Maris Pedaja; [2021]
    Keywords : toxic masculinity; climate denial; far-right; intersectionality; sustainability science; Estonia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The nexus between the far-right ideologies, toxic masculinity, and climate denial urgently calls for more research. Drawing on intersectional feminist theory and framing theory, a qualitative frame analysis based on the Estonian Far-Right Populist Party’s (EKRE) conservative news platform was conducted to scrutinize the role of toxic masculinity in legitimizing climate denial. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Mass Culture on the Loman Family : The Frankfurt School Critical Theory Applied to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Henrik Levin; [2021]
    Keywords : Miller; Marx; alienation; Frankfurt School; critical theory; mass culture; conformity; consumerism; escapism; law of success;

    Abstract : This essay discusses the effects of mass culture on the Loman family in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman. The focus is to identify whether conformation to mass culture and alienation have caused the characters to be lonely and to give up what they enjoy and to fall in line with a system where individuality is replaced by totality. READ MORE

  4. 3. Economics of suicide in Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Niyazi Kilic; [2019]
    Keywords : Suicide; society; socio-economic; fixed-effect; panel data; Självmord; samhället; socioekonomisk; fasteffekt; paneldata;

    Abstract : Suicide is social tragedy that devastates families and is very costly for society. Even though suicide have been a known social problem for over a century society have yet to solve it. The purpose of this essay is to examine whether the socio-economic theory can explain the variance of suicide rate in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Life Is Strange a mediated game reception analysis

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Etnologi

    Author : Leili Mänder; [2017]
    Keywords : Video games; computer games; game theory; gender theory; women in games; media reception; media studies; feminist theory; gender studies; Life Is Strange; YouTube;

    Abstract : In this essay a mediated video game reception of the game Life Is Strange is made, with the purpose of examining the players' meaning-making processes from a gender perspective. The materials of this essay consist of videos from six different YouTube channels where each player film themselves whilst playing through Life Is Strange as a way to review and share the gaming experience. READ MORE

  6. 5. Understanding Suicide : A Socio-Economic Approach

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Jusufbegovic Jasmin; Ottoson Johan; [2011]
    Keywords : suicide; socio-economic theory of suicide; panel data; fixed effects;

    Abstract : This thesis uses a panel of Swedish counties over the years 1976-2007 to investigate the relationship between suicide and a range of socio-economic determinants. Moreover, the thesis is combining sociology and economics in order to understand the part of suicide that can be considered as rational. READ MORE