Essays about: "American societies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words American societies.

  1. 1. Private Climate Litigation: A Viable Tool for Climate Justice?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : August Carlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : private law; private climate litigation; climate justice; environmental justice; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay concerns private climate litigation as a tool through which victims of loss and damage can access climate justice. Anthropogenic climate change is already today causing substantial harm to people and communities all over the world. READ MORE

  3. 2. What is feminism in foreign policy? : A case study of the Latin American trend of implementing feminist foreign policy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elsa Rechlin; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist foreign policy; Latin America; Mexico; Chile; Colombia; Global North; Global South; Feminist theory;

    Abstract : Recently, the implementation of feminist foreign policy (FFP) has gained traction in the Global South. The trend is most visible in Latin America, where Mexico, Chile, and Colombia have announced their commitment to the policy. Nevertheless, FFP has been dominated in the Global North sphere as Sweden pioneered the policy in 2014. READ MORE

  4. 3. Eyes on the prize-winners – a descriptive study of radical change in five contemporary award-winning Arabic picturebooks

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien- och Mellanösternstudier (IAM)

    Author : Julia Krueger; [2023]
    Keywords : children’s literature picturebooks; Arabic; radical change theory; directed qualitative content analysis;

    Abstract : Radical change theory (RCT) was conceived in a North American context in the mid-1990s, in order to explain changes in contemporary literature for youth related to the digitization of society. This study uses directed qualitative content analysis (DQlCA) to look at a select sample of contemporary award-winning Arabic picturebooks through the lens of radical change theory. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. HOW AYAHUASCA-CEREMONIES CHANGE PERCEPTIONS OF NATURAL VALUES IN PARTICIPANTS : THE LINKS TO NATURE AND THE ROLE OF SHAMANIC RITUALS

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Klaus Blomster; [2021]
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    Abstract : The South American psychedelic brew ayahuasca has seen a surge of popularity among western users in the past decade, both in the Amazon and in the Western World. This has caused interest in the field of psychiatric research, as some psychedelics have been approved in some countries for clinical trials in treating mental illnesses. READ MORE