Essays about: "Contestation Model"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Contestation Model.

1. 1. The New Trade Union Model: A Strategic Action Field Approach to the Trade Union Organization of Umbrella Company Workers in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Alexander Moser Uppström; [2023]
   Keywords : Trade unions; Solo self-employment; Umbrella companies; Strategic action fields; Collective actors; Industrial relations; Umbrella company workers; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses a new trade union model for umbrella company workers and the changes in the field of trade unions in Sweden. By conceptualizing trade unions as collective actors within strategic action fields I describe and explain how a small independent trade union and challenger in the field, Säljarnas Riksförbund, has managed to construct a new trade union model for umbrella company workers that differs from the traditional model used by the incumbent Unionen, the largest trade union in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. Keep it Radical”: A qualitative analysis of contemporary queer discourse around gay pride

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Aikaterini Tomana; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the last 50 years the gay pride movement has gained more momentum worldwide than ever before. The increased visibility obtained from the Stonewall riots of 1969 in the US, granted queer identities agency. READ MORE

4. 3. Transparency and Objectivity in Contemporary News Journalism : A Meta-study of Ethical Ideals

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Jan Weis; [2021]
   Keywords : transparency; objectivity; journalism ethics; norms; values; ideals; professionalism;

   Abstract : This theoretical master’s dissertation explores the cleavage between how audiences and journalists perceive transparency and objectivity through the following research questions: “Can transparency be understood independently of objectivity, or can it be included in a model of objectivity?”, “What are the underlying interests with normative concepts like objectivity and transparency, and what drives the process of replacing objectivity with transparency?” and “Can transparency replace objectivity’s dominance as ethical ideal in journalism?”. The questions are studied through a comparative research design of the main concepts transparency and objectivity and by employing a methodology that consists of secondary data analysis of qualitative data and qualitative meta-analysis. READ MORE

5. 4. Election Cycles and Microfinance in the Indian States : Political Pressures, Opportunistic Election Cycles and Political Uncertainty Cycles: What Does It Do for the Indian Microfinance Sector?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Gunnarsson; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : In India, election cycles have repeatedly been reported to sway the microfinance sector. Meanwhile, the sector is recognized as an important poverty fighting tool; both the largely privately funded MFI system and the largely publicly funded SHG system. READ MORE

6. 5. Real or Perceived? When powerlessness hinders climate policy support. The France of the Yellow Vests: an application.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Elena Liquet; [2019]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This research draws a parallel between the recent political backlashes witnessed in the (de)-industrialized world and people’s attitudes towards climate policies. In lieu of the rise of populism, subjective feelings induced by individuals’ perceptions of their condition have increasingly been considered by researchers. READ MORE