Essays about: "American International Group"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words American International Group.

1. 1. Towards a Green Workforce: Assessing Green Job Preparation in Panamanian and Costa Rican Universities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Julius Ulrich; [2023]
   Keywords : Panama; Costa Rica; Universities; Education for Green Jobs; Education for Sustainable Development; Green Transition; Green Skills; Triple Planetary Crises; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The triple planetary crisis exerts high pressure on countries to transform their current economic system. The transition to a green economy is not only necessary to ensure sustainable development but also essential for countries to remain economically competitive. READ MORE

3. 2. Social Recovery from Conflict: A feminist study of IFI policies in post-peace agreement Colombia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Olivia Nilsson; [2022]
   Keywords : international financial institutions; post-conflict recovery; social recovery; feminist international political economy; gender centrality; Colombia; qualitative content analysis; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In recent decades, international financial institutions (IFIs) have become loud advocates for gender equality in development and post-conflict recovery contexts. Several organisations have incorporated standalone objectives of women’s empowerment and gender equality in their work. READ MORE

4. 3. How Worldly is the World Digital Library? : Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis of the Library of Congress Subject Headings

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   Author : Woody Oliphant; [2019]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; Global North; Localization; KOS; LCSH; Metadata; African cultural heritage; World Digital Libra;

   Abstract : Based on previous researchers’ criticism of Euro-American bias inherent to universal analogue and digital knowledge organisation systems, this combined qualitative and quantitative postcolonial critical discourse analysis investigates the constructed meanings behind the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) controlled vocabulary hosted by the Word Digital Library’s (WDL) metadata scheme. This is done with a sample of metadata pertaining to their African cultural heritage collection. READ MORE

5. 4. How Worldly is the World Digital Library? : Postcolonial Critical Discourse Analysis of the Library of Congress Subject Headings

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   Author : Woody Oliphant; [2019]
   Keywords : Postcolonialism; Global North; Localization; KOS; LCSH; Metadata; African cultural heritage; World Digital Library;

   Abstract : Based on previous researchers’ criticism of Euro-American bias inherent to universal analogue and digital knowledge organisation systems, this combined qualitative and quantitative postcolonial critical discourse analysis investigates the constructed meanings behind the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) controlled vocabulary hosted by the Word Digital Library’s (WDL) metadata scheme. This is done with a sample of metadata pertaining to their African cultural heritage collection. READ MORE

6. 5. It’s a little bit like drawing the lottery : A study of American and British expats’ educational strategies in Berlin

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Linn Björklund Pettersson; [2019]
   Keywords : Sociology of education; reproduction strategies; school choice; expat; Berlin; Germany; Utbildningssociologi; utbildningsstrategier; skolval; expats; Berlin; Tyskland;

   Abstract : This study examines American and British middle class expats’ educational strategies in Berlin, Germany, from a Bourdieusian perspective. I argue that globalization and an increased mover population make it necessary to study the expat population, a social group that has been largely neglected in sociological research. READ MORE