Essays about: "everyday politics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 60 essays containing the words everyday politics.

  1. 1. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Álvar González Bujedo; [2023-02-09]
    Keywords : ICT; Digital Services; Rural Development; Economic Growth; Poverty Alleviation; Social Practice Theory; Site Analysis; Participant Observation.;

    Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Att få politiken på kroken : en etnografisk studie över hur åländska fiskare uppfattar och agerar i sitt yrke

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Anni Holmström; [2023]
    Keywords : småskaligt fiske; Åland; habitus; redovisningskultur; alienation; den gemensamma fiskeripolitiken; säl; förädling;

    Abstract : Fisket har enligt tradition varit viktigt på Åland men är ett yrke som alltmer håller på att försvinna. Ökade utmaningar i form av begränsningar och regelverk, samt miljömässiga faktorer stramar åt fiskarnas olika möjligheter att bedriva deras näring. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Three meals a day and a place to stay" : Non-waged labor, household formation and the politics of scale on organic farms in the southeastern United States

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Dean Mirabito; [2023]
    Keywords : family farm; agrarian question; self-exploitation; home; social reproduction; non-waged labor; scale; WWOOF;

    Abstract : Family farms practicing organic agriculture often struggle to make a profit. Unable to pay wages, farms are increasingly recruiting laborers who agree to work without pay, instead receiving food and accommodation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Too private for a politician or too public for a mother? : Representative claims of motherhood in Ebba Busch and Annie Lööf's YouTube videos

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Caroline Lloyd; [2023]
    Keywords : Political communication; motherhood; the representative claim; YouTube; thematic analysis; Swedish politics; Ebba Busch; Annie Lööf; representation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the transformative impact of social media platforms on communication and representation. More specifically, it investigates the themes of motherhood portrayed in the YouTube videos of Swedish party leaders and how these themes relate to the process of democratic representation. READ MORE

  6. 5. “What Else Can We Do?” An examination into sustained anti-authoritarian mobilization in Hong Kong’s Yellow Economic Circle

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Bonnie Tallberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Anti-authoritarianism; Contentious Politics; Democracy; Hong Kong; Mobilization; Yellow Economic Circle; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Civil liberties and freedoms have diminished globally due to the last decades’ deepened authoritarianism. Concurrently, mobilizations countering this development have decreased. READ MORE