Essays about: "Analysis of a change agent"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 62 essays containing the words Analysis of a change agent.

  1. 36. Fantastic change and where to find it : possibilities for Lithuanian environmental NGOs to increase their impact and chances to mobilize the movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Elvyra Miksyte; [2017]
    Keywords : WUNC; Lithuania; environmental movement; social movements; Lithuanian environmental SMOs; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Currently humanity faces environmental challenges that require political action in order to maintain the integrity of human and environmental systems. However, political authorities are not always ready to make rigorous decisions to support the necessary changes. READ MORE

  3. 37. Revisiting the Glocal : the critical role of alternative food movements in transforming the global food system

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Julia Schrader; [2017]
    Keywords : food system change; alternative food movements; structural change; social movements; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The dominant food system is unable to guarantee food security for 11% of the global population and hasn't solved problems of hunger, malnutrition, and obesity on the one hand side, while it also contributes fundamentally to the degradation of natural resources and makes living in a safe operating space for humankind increasingly unlikely. A transformational reform of the food system enabling increased access to food of the world's food-insecure people is much needed. READ MORE

  4. 38. Mining solar and social innovation : exploring social innovation and the conditions that foster it in a Canadian, community-owned renewable energy project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Luke Hamilton Wilson; [2016]
    Keywords : social innovation; sustainability science; socio-technical transition; community-owned energy; Western Canada; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As a primary driver of climate change, energy systems are often affected by the type of “self-perpetuation and lock-in” that characterize so-called ‘wicked problems’. Although it has a relatively clean energy system, Canada still has provinces (e.g. READ MORE

  5. 39. The House of Stewart as Agent of Language Change : A Historical Sociolinguistic Corpus Analysis of Register Variation and Language Change in the Stewart Letters (1504-1669)

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Niclas Vikström; [2016]
    Keywords : Historical sociolinguistics; corpus linguistics; the Parsed Corpus of Early English Correspondence PCEEC ; Late Middle and Early Modern English; the house of Stewart.;

    Abstract : The present project set out to explore whether or not the members of one of the most powerful families in history functioned as agents of language change. Using the Parsed Corpus of Early English Correspondence (PCEEC), the present project examines and discusses linguistic conservatism and innovation in relation to the historical movement towards a Standard English. READ MORE

  6. 40. China and the United Nations Human Rights Council : Understanding processes of socialization and norm shaping

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Isis Sartori Reis; [2016]
    Keywords : Human rights; China; Human Rights Council; Norm-shaper; Socialization; Identity; Alliance formations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How China interacts internationally can affect human rights inside and outside its borders. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to understand China’s interaction with the United Nations Human Rights Council and its member-states. The analysis was constructed on the basis of two processes, socialization and norm shaping. READ MORE