Essays about: "the notion of the individual"

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  1. 1. Unionism and Income An analysis of the Right to work laws on wage dispersion in the United States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Karl Palmgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Right-to-work; Right to work; wage dispersion; Difference in Difference; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the effect of introducing Right-to-work laws on wages and the dispersion of wages in the United States, using a staggered Difference in Difference model pioneered by Callaway & Sant’Anna (2021) on wages and individual wage quantiles. Introducing Right-to-work laws appear to have a generally positive effect on wages and wage dispersion for all wages. READ MORE

  3. 2. Homescape

    University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

    Author : Anastasiia Demidova; [2023]
    Keywords : home; urban home; lövholmen; redevelopment;

    Abstract : Home is a complex and multifaceted concept that holds significant importance on both individual and societal levels. Despite its rich and diverse nature, the definition of a home is often limited to the domestic scale of an apartment or house, disregarding the importance of creating a home-connection to a larger urban site and shifting the attention away from public and communal spaces. READ MORE

  4. 3. WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT - A STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WIDOWS IN NAIROBI, KENYA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kajsa Lindström; [2023]
    Keywords : Widowhood; Women’s Empowerment; Gender Equality; Kenya; Power Structures.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As international actors and public policies have centered the ambition of gender equity, empowerment has become a buzzword within international development. With its original conceptualization suggesting a process of redefining the structures of power, feminist scholars have noted how empowerment has been robbed of its central element; power. READ MORE

  5. 4. Rejection, Repercussion & Redefinition : An Interview Study on Conscientious Objectors in Israel

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Agnes Jönsson Roseen; [2023]
    Keywords : Conscientious objection; citizenship; discipline; norms; power; Israel; Vapenvägran; medborgarskap; disiplin; normer; makt; Israel;

    Abstract : Conscientious objection to military service is a widely studied subject in many fields, peace and conflict studies included. The military institution has been an integral part of Israeli society and culture since its inception. READ MORE

  6. 5. Market life and the city (of Vienna) - The social infrastructure of attachment to place

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Ulrika Elina Stevens; [2023]
    Keywords : place attachment; public markets; Vienna; social infrastructure; production of space; emotional geography; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the relationship between people and places is investigated through examining how migrants in Vienna create place attachment to food markets in the city. A place attachment is understood as the emotional bond that forms between an individual and a specific space, the theoretical foundation of this thesis lies within emotional geography, a sub-field of human geography which examines the relationship between emotions and spatial practices. READ MORE