Essays about: "informal social networks"

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  1. 6. Integrating feminist foreign policy and climate resilient development : Case study of socio-cultural configurations in Liberia

    University essay from KTH/Lärande

    Author : Martin Demmelmaier; [2022]
    Keywords : Socio-cultural configurations; Climate resilient development; Feminist foreign policy; Ethnography; Liberia; Informal settlements; Socio-economic disadvantaged communities; Embassy of Sweden; Climate adaptation; Marginalization; Social justice; Ecological masculinities; Environmental feminism; Gender as a social construction; Transforming masculinity norms; State-citizen relations; Female empowerment strategies; Land-ownership; Religious leaders; Sociokulturella konfigurationer; Klimatresilient utveckling; Feministisk utrikespolitik; Etnografi; Liberia; Informella bosättningar; Socioekonomiskt utsatta områden; Svenska ambassaden; Klimatadaptering; Marginalisering; Social rättvisa; Ekologiska maskuliniteter; Miljöinriktad feminism; Kön som en social konstruktion; Förändra maskulinitetsnormer; Stat-medborgare relationer; Strategier för kvinnlig egenmakt; Markägande; Religiösa ledare;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the socio-cultural configurations in Liberia in relation to climate resilient development and feminist foreign policy carried out by the Embassy of Sweden in Monrovia. It builds on the intention to explore potential points of integration between the feminist foreign policy with the construction of climate adaptation capacity. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Role of Informal Controls in the Management Control Package : A Case Study of a Hybrid Organization

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)

    Author : Oliver F. Savklint; [2022]
    Keywords : Management Control; Management Control Package; Informal Control; Social Network Analysis; Social Network Theory; Hybrid Organization; Verksamhetsstyrning; Styrpaket; Informell Styrning; Social Nätverksanalys; Social Nätverksteori; Hybrid Organisation;

    Abstract : Purpose – This thesis aims to investigate the use and design of informal controls inan organization’s management control package (MCP). Informal controls areoperationalized as the intra-organizational social network.  Design/methodology/approach – An inductive case study is used to investigate ahybrid organization. READ MORE

  4. 8. The relationship between social capital and saving in Tanzania

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Jennie Nyberg; Jooseppi Kalliokoski; [2021-08-04]
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    Abstract : It is generally agreed that the poor in the developing world would bene t from increased saving (Dupas & Robinson, 2013b; Karlan et al., 2017; Steinert et al., 2018), and in this paper we investigate how social capital may be an important factor connected to the savings decision in the context of Tanzania. READ MORE

  5. 9. City Districts as Sites of Experimentation and Learning for Sustainable Development : An Analysis of mid-sized Swedish Cities

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Mareike Oelrichs; [2021]
    Keywords : Urban Living Lab; Experimentation; Case Study; Sweden; Learning;

    Abstract : In Sweden, it is expected that more than 90% of the population will live in cities by 2040. Therefore, cities have an important role in sustainable development to ensure high quality of life in the face of climate change and social challenges. READ MORE

  6. 10. Negotiating the moral community : Moral intimacy in the shadow of Colombia's rebel rule

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Phaidon Thymios Benedetti Vassiliou; [2021]
    Keywords : morality; Colombia; armed conflict; peacebuilding; moral anthropology;

    Abstract : While cultural anthropology has a well-established tradition of studying armed conflict and postconflict societies, its consideration of morality in this context has hitherto been granted a tangential, rather than central role. Addressing this gap, the present thesis draws on qualitative data collected during four weeks of fieldwork carried out in the rural inland of Colombia’s Urabá region between June and July of 2018 to explore the ways in which morality is locally constructed in communities afflicted by a history of armed violence and rebel governance. READ MORE