Essays about: "social mechanism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 303 essays containing the words social mechanism.

1. 1. How Storytelling Drives Activism and Resistance? : Mobilization behind the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Suad Sadullahi; [2024]
   Keywords : Resistance; SLAPP; Activism; Space; Storytelling; Power relations; Mobilization;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on the stories of activists in Kosovo and why and how they resist in a context where powerful actors increasingly use strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) as a new mode of exercising power. The thesis seeks to understand resistance and new ways of exercising resistance in the context of SLAPP. READ MORE

3. 2. The Propaganda of Iran and its Proxies : A study on the cross-group cohesion of Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Gustav Christensson; [2024]
   Keywords : Iran; Hezbollah; Hamas; Axis of Resistance; social identity theory; Islamist propaganda; content analysis;

   Abstract : Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979 Iran has employed a deliberate and successful strategy centered around the use and support of various proxies, notably Hezbollah and Hamas who are part of the Iranian led Axis of Resistance. There is a vast literature that has studied different aspects of this Iranian proxy dimension, but relatively little research has been conducted on propaganda as a unifying mechanism. READ MORE

4. 3. Influential Factors and Key Actors Shaping Sustainability Assurance Opinions: A Case Study of a Big-4 Firm

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : John Gerendas; Axel Tottie-Håkansson; [2024]
   Keywords : Sustainability assurance; CSRD; Comfort; Task-oriented language; Materiality construction;

   Abstract : The rise in sustainability reporting has increased the demand for sustainability assurance, especially in the light of new legislation, requiring more companies to undergo third-party assurance. This thesis provides insights into the practical work of a sustainability assuror in the sustainability assurance process and how sustainability assurance opinions are formed as well as how materiality is constructed. READ MORE

5. 4. IMPORTED LABOUR: THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL NORM TRANSFER IN IDEA-DRIVEN AID? How the Solidarity Norm was Transferred in the Swedish-Vietnamese Aid Project Bai Bang

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alice Sjöstedt; [2023-01-30]
   Keywords : Norms; Norm transfer; Constructivism; Implementation; Imported labour; Bilateral aid; Solidarity; Solidarity among; Social democracy; Socialism; The Bai Bang project;

   Abstract : Norms present at the international arena is a topic of interest for researchers belonging to the school of constructivism. One being Stålgren (2006), who claims that the core norms in idea-driven projects risks being unsuccessfully transferred to domestic implementation, as there often is a conflict between the international decision-makers and the domestic actors’ constructions of reality. READ MORE

6. 5. The role of compassion for meaning in life and life satisfaction

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Noëlle Anouk Liebe; Charlotta Olofsson; [2023]
   Keywords : self-compassion; compassion for others; meaning in life; life satisfaction; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study examined compassion for self and for others, and how these factors were related to meaning in life and life satisfaction among university students in Sweden. A total of 265 students from different faculties, most of them at Lund university, responded to a self-report questionnaire including the short form self-compassion scale (SCS-SF), the compassion scale (CS), the multidimensional existential meaning scale (MEMS) and the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS). READ MORE