Essays about: "Asymmetrical Power Relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Asymmetrical Power Relations.

1. 1. Barriers for Belonging in Fiction : The House on Mango Street as a Resource for Teaching

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Daniel Ekström; [2022]
   Keywords : identity; belonging; discrimination; Sandra Cisneros; Swedish curriculum; syllabus; upper secondary school;

   Abstract : Swedish curricula and syllabi constitute a richness of different considerations. Withinthis composition of principles, it is distinctly declared that all Swedish schools should counteract any inclination of discrimination and that intolerance must be answered with different measures, including knowledge (Skolverket, 2011b, 1). READ MORE

3. 2. Power Asymmetries in Humanitarian Aid : A Discourse Analysis of Power Hierarchies between European Citizen Aid Groups and Non-Western People on the Move

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

   Author : Martine Dahl; [2022]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Aid; people on the move; Power Assymmetries; Racism; Eurocentrism; Postcolonialism; International Relations; Citizen Aid Groups; NGOs; migrants; refugees;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate how three European citizen aid groups (Collective Aid, Refugee Women’s Centre, and No Name Kitchen) handle the asymmetrical power relationships between Western volunteers and non-Western people on the move. Inspired by postcolonial international relations literature and previous research on power asymmetries in humanitarian aid, I conduct a discourse analysis guided by the four categories “assuming equality through horizontal discourses”, “reconstituting social subjects”, “putting minds into motion”, and “civil disobedience”. READ MORE

4. 3. From Development Cooperation to Partnership of Equals : How does the EU construct Africa as an equal partner?

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

   Author : Jasmin-Leyla Virta; [2021]
   Keywords : European Union; African Union; EU-Africa relations; postcolonialism; the WPR method;

   Abstract : The European Union and Africa have sought to establish tight economic and political relations after the era of colonialism. However, European colonialism in the African continent has left behind colonial legacies that are still present in the postcolonial world. READ MORE

5. 4. A Study on Power Relations in Succession : A Conversation Analysis Approach to the Study of Power

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

   Author : Kasper Hirsch; [2020]
   Keywords : Conversation analysis; power; swearing; Succession; power relations; argument structure.;

   Abstract : This study investigates how power relations are organised in conversation between two sets of characters from the HBO-series Succession. The aim has been to analyse how power can be exercised, shifted or struggled over in conversation. READ MORE

6. 5. Sustained Asymmetries: Norrland and sustainable development as envisioned by the ecological modernization and environmental justice discourses

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Lisa Diehl; [2019]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; media representations; Norrland; periphery; discourse analysis;

   Abstract : The gap between rural and urban is widening in ways that reward urban lifestyles and undermine the interests of rural communities. The asymmetrical power relation between rural and urban is relevant in a Swedish context where Norrland, Sweden's northernmost region, is experiencing outmigration and cutbacks in welfare services all the while urban centers in southern Sweden attract innovation, economic capital and an inflow of young, educated people. READ MORE