Essays about: "us european culture"
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1. Exploring culture as a driver for urban sustainability
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Many scholars and practitioners consider culture an essential ingredient of sustainability that is often underrepresented in the mainstream discourse on sustainability. However, in the last decade, the idea of culture as an agent of transformation capable of driving urban sustainability has gained momentum. READ MORE
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2. Germany and the integration of EU military capabilities : Understanding zeitenwende from a neoclassical realist perspective
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : Zeitenwende represents a turning point in German foreign and security policy which is analysed in this paper. The analysis is based on three variables from Rose's neoclassical realism which shapes a state's foreign and security policy. The three variables are Military Capability, Strategic Culture, and Threat Perception. READ MORE
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3. Standby citizens or irrational couch potatoes? : A study of what characterizes French people who participate in demonstrations while abstaining from voting
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Recent research shows a global trend of declining voter turnout and increasing levels of elite-challenging political action. In France, elite-challenging political action, such as participating in demonstrations, is especially prominent. In addition, the voter turnout in France has been recently declining. READ MORE
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4. What can Art Teach us about Integration? : The role of art in postmigrant integration: cases from Germany, Sweden and Luxembourg
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO); Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och SamhälleAbstract : The term integration became a buzzword and is omnipresent in the current European discourses. Despite its broad definitions, there is a tendency in migration studies and the political narrative to focus exclusively on migrants and their descendants while upholding the vision of a fixed “host society”, with an established national culture, in which migrants should integrate. READ MORE
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5. The “Tapestries of Practice” conceptual framework : Taking a lens of migration to trace relationships between food cultural practices and sustainability
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Globalization of food systems is cause and consequence of cultural shifts and has profound effects on the socioecological sustainability of agricultural landscapes. Despite this, empirical studies of culture in food system sustainability are rare. READ MORE