Essays about: "Collective freedom"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 51 essays containing the words Collective freedom.

  1. 21. FLOATHUB- mobile living in the 21th century : Re-imagining housing in the quest for freedom

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : DANIELA LAMARTINE; [2018]
    Keywords : Housing Shortage; Millennials; Nomad; Mobility; Affordability; Mobile dwelling; Living on water; Urbanism; Sedentary; Flexible Rigid; Bostadskris; Nomad; Mobilt; Mobilt boende; Vattenboende; Flexibel;

    Abstract : Sweden is experiencing a national housing shortage. The housing market has created a financial inequality between generations and as a result, homeownership has become unachievable for many. Citizens who have become tired of the situation have found their solution in the mobile dwelling. READ MORE

  3. 22. Kneeling Heroes, Standing Heroes: the role of identity discourses in the national anthem controversy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jesper Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : National Anthem Controversy; American Identity; External Threats; Patriotic Symbols; Culture Wars; Freedom; Security; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The controversy over the national anthem protests became the latest battleground in an ongoing ´Culture war´ to define American identity. Domestic debates are where the content of common identity is negotiated, in this case the arguments made in the debate also taps into established discourses on identity. READ MORE

  4. 23. “There is no point in trying”: Conformity & Resistance : An anthropological study of student attitudes in a Swedish upper secondary school.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Sam Nissander; [2018]
    Keywords : Attitude; Bourdieu; Collective habitus; Conformity; Freedom of choice; Resistance; Swedish upper secondary school.;

    Abstract : Based on a two month-long fieldwork in a Swedish upper secondary school, this thesis examines student attitudes and strives to increase the understanding of how they are formed, how students and teachers are positioned to the collective habitus, as well as how the students’ views of their attitudes relates to their practical expressions of them. The study is placed in a scientific debate regarding student resistance and conformity but shifts the focus from the implications they have to the motivations they are the result of. READ MORE

  5. 24. Labour Rights Protection in Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster Recovery: What Role for International Labour Standards?

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

    Author : Lara Wilkinson; [2018]
    Keywords : Labour rights; human rights; international labour standards; ILO; post-conflict; post-disaster; post-crisis; development; decent work; employment; rights at work; right to work; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The world continues to be shaped by crises in both new and familiar forms. International and non-international armed conflicts and disasters are barriers to individual wellbeing, development, stability, and in the case of the former, represent a basic challenge to peace. READ MORE

  6. 25. The right to undertake industrial actions against an employer already bound by a collective agreement - An analysis in the light of the conflict in the port of Gothenburg

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Axel Stigmar; [2018]
    Keywords : Collective agreement; ECHR; EU; Freedom of association; Hamnfyran; ILO; Industrial action; Industrial peace; LO; Port of Gothenburg; the right to strike; The Swedish model Transport ECHR; Fredsplikt; Föreningsfrihet; Göteborgs Hamn; Hamnkonflikten; Kollektivavtal; Stridsåtgärder; Strejk; MBL; Svenska modellen Transport; Business and Economics; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to analyse the right to undertake industrial actions and freedom of association, especially in the case where a collective agreement already is in place. The thesis applies mainly three perspectives: a national, an international and lastly one with the concrete use of the ongoing conflict in the port of Gothenburg. READ MORE