Essays about: "participation and social capital"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 117 essays containing the words participation and social capital.
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21. Revising the link between neighbourhoods and education: The case of well performing middle schools in Malmö
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : How do neighbourhoods affect life chances? This is a question that researchers have asked in different forms as early as the 50’s –and there is no shortage of papers exploring neighbourhood effects: how where we live affects our well-being or our participation in the labour market, our life expectancy or, in general, our life outcomes. Yet, there is less consensus than one would expect from a field that has been this active: mechanisms are not clearly defined, methodologies are often one-sided, theoretical concepts are outdated and sometimes harmful for communities and contextuality of most kinds is surprisingly rare. READ MORE
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22. Language requirements for Swedish citizenship : Adult language learners' attitudes towards the Swedish language test for immigrants
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskningAbstract : In line with the global trend of increased language requirements for naturalization, the Swedish government decided in 2019 to introduce a language test for citizenship. Drawing on Norton Peirce’s (1995) notion of investment and Fraser’s (2000) definition of participatory parity, this study investigates adult second language learners’ attitudes towards the test and analyzes how investment in language learning and perception of possibilities for participatory parity influence their views. READ MORE
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23. Bracing for the inevitable: An exploratory multi-case study of local climate change adaptation plans
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : Vulnerability to climate change and the capacity to adapt to it are the result of intersecting power structures, system dynamics, and social identity markers otherwise known as intersectionality; and thus, differ greatly between contexts. However, despite the stark contextual differences between small and metropolitan cities, and lower and higher income countries, the policy and study of climate change adaptive planning has often focused on capital cities and technocratic solutions as a default blueprint for adaptation processes. READ MORE
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24. Vad kan kollektivtrafiken tillföra ur perspektivet socialt kapital? : en studie om Tvärbanans roll för ökad tillgänglighet och social inkludering
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Tillhandahållandet av kollektivtrafik kan ses som en nyckelaspekt för mer jämlika förutsättningar till samhällsdeltagande. Ökade ojämlikheter och segregation är återkommande problem i stora och växande städer, och grupper med olika socioekonomiska förutsättningar blir allt tydligare åtskilda geografiskt och socialt. READ MORE
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25. Community Gardening Initiatives - Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Community Gardening Participation in Sydhavn
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : The waterfront community of Sydhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark is architecturally praised, but also criticized for its lack of public green space. Residents in the area have self-organized a community gardening initiative to combat this lack of greenery. READ MORE
