Essays about: "spatialized power relations"

Found 2 essays containing the words spatialized power relations.

1. 1. "There's no I in team" : A study of roles of civil society in Holmsund, and it’s connection to constructions of Holmsund

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

   Author : Irma Olofsson; [2018]
   Keywords : civic engagement; civil society; centre-periphery; radical democracy; spatialized power relations;

   Abstract : The civil society and civic engagement is a prerequisite for democracy (Putnam, 1994), and in the form of the popular movements it has in many ways defined the Swedish democracy. This thesis focuses on the locality Holmsund located in the municipality of Umeå, Holmsund has a history that are in ways defined by activeness from civil society in similarity with many other places in Sweden (Ambjörnsson, 2001). READ MORE

3. 2. Counterspaces : On power in slum upgrading from a Thirdspace perspective. A case study from Kambi Moto.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rosshagen Erik; [2007]
   Keywords : Thirdspace; Edward Soja; Henri Lefebvre; Informal settlement; Slum; Slum upgrading; Nairobi; Kenya; Shack Slum Dwellers International SDI ; Pamoja Trust; Muungano wa Wanavijiji;

   Abstract : The study takes its point of departure in the urgent problem of slums that follow on the rapid urbanisation worldwide. Focusing on the small informal settlement of Kambi Moto in Nairobi, Kenya, the study tries to answer the question of how power can be worked out in slum upgrading – a way to change the physical environment of a slum without demolishing and rebuilding the whole settlement. READ MORE