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1. 1. Dreams, hope and future; An anthropological study about poverty and future plans among of vulnerable youth in Cape Town

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Gustav Carlsson; [2023-09-27]
   Keywords : Hope; Social mobility; Capital; Social suffering; Temporality; Potentiality;

   Abstract : This thesis is a result of Minor Field Studies (MFS) carried out in Cape Town, South Africa and funded by the Swedish public authority SIDA - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. South Africa struggles with poverty and has the greatest inequality in the world. READ MORE

3. 2. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Louise Lindfors; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender-based violence; institutional feminism; CSO civil society organizations; grassroot activists; South Africa;

   Abstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE

4. 3. Drivers of populism in post-apartheid South Africa : A critical discourse analysis of the Economic Freedom Fighters and AfriForum

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Josefina Lidman; [2023]
   Keywords : Populism; Land reforms; Land expropriation without compensation; EFF; AfriForum; Critical discourse analysis; South Africa;

   Abstract : This research aims to deepen the understanding of drivers of populism by analysing different camps in the debate around land reform, using South Africa as a case. The research is conducted through a critical discourseanalysis (CDA) of two actors that represent different positions in a deeply divided society. READ MORE

5. 4. Sustainable Use: A Contentious Promise - A Case Study on International Funding of Consumptive Sustainable Wildlife Use in South Africa's Biodiversity Economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Mara Glas; [2022]
   Keywords : biodiversity economy; sustainable use; international conservation finance; community-based conservation; economic development; wildlife economics; South Africa; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In South Africa, sustainable use of wildlife is widely recognized as providing economic incentives and actively engaging rural communities in conservation management. Aiming to combat rampant poverty and wildlife crime in communities around protected areas (PAs), the country’s biodiversity economy envisions to scale (non-)consumptive activities in the pursuit of creating economically and environmentally viable wildlife businesses. READ MORE

6. 5. Raising children in the midst of gang crime : A minor field study in South Africa

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för pedagogik och lärande (PEL)

   Author : Mirjam Einarsson; Jennifer Ljungkrantz; [2022]
   Keywords : Caregivers; Cape Flats; South Africa; Gangsterism; Risk and protective factors; Social initiatives;

   Abstract : The purpose of this field study is; through caregivers' description of their community, to gaina greater understanding of caregivers' experiences of raising children in areas with high gang crime in the Cape Flats, South Africa. This is achieved through ethnography and qualitative interviews with six caregivers. READ MORE