Essays about: "Crisis Complexity"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 80 essays containing the words Crisis Complexity.

  1. 26. Behind the scenes of lockdowns and quarantines : A quantitative assessment of how legitimacy and capacity shaped early governmental responses to Covid-19 in European countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emelie Hägerström; [2020]
    Keywords : Covid-19; stringency of lockdown policies; crisis management; coordination capacity; political trust; EU; Europe;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to gain insight to lockdowns and social distancing measures taken by European governments during the early period of the Covid-19 pandemic. Questions have been raised of whether the variations of responses can be systematically explained, which have so far received little attention in research. READ MORE

  3. 27. Embracing complexity: Dynamics governing urban drinking water supply security in Mexico City

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Sofía Valeria Cortés Calderón; [2020]
    Keywords : Water security; water governance; qualitative system dynamics modelling; power dynamics; social-ecological systems;

    Abstract : Drinking water supply insecurity is globally on the rise, and prevalent in most low and middle-income urban areas. Multiple responses have emerged to cope with the lack of a reliable and equitable supply of safe and sufficient drinking water in cities, which presents a wide range of social-ecological implications. READ MORE

  4. 28. Crisis Communication and the Fashion Industry : Image Repairing in Racially Charged Crises

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Ellinor Näslund; [2020]
    Keywords : crisis communication; social media; twitter; blackface; fashion; image repair; Benoit;

    Abstract : This thesis brings the study of crisis communication on social media into the studies of the creative industries and the fashion industry. The aim of this study is to investigate the crisis communication of the two Italian high fashion brands Prada and Gucci to see if there are any differences in the way they communicated during two racially charged crises. READ MORE

  5. 29. “Oh shit, should I be afraid now?” : Interpretations of responsibility and individual resilience in Stockholm

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Emma Henriksson; [2020]
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    Abstract : This thesis aims to attain a deeper understanding of individual resilience as shaped by interpretations of individual responsibility in Stockholm. The research questions that will guide this effort are which interpretations of responsibility for crisis preparedness are there among Stockholm citizens? And, how do understandings of responsibility influence individual resilience? To answer those questions, seven semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted and analysed through a thematic analysis, using resilience as a theoretical framework. READ MORE

  6. 30. You First Then Me : Exploring Complexity with Art Workshops

    University essay from Konstfack/IBIS - Institutionen för bild- och slöjdpedagogik

    Author : Mostyn de Beer; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainability; art education; generative methods; posthumanism; visual ethnography; hållbarhet; bildpedagogik; generativa metoder; posthumanism; visuell etnografi;

    Abstract : This work takes as its starting point the idea that awareness and understanding of the complex nature of relationships, among people and the natural and built environment, is of crucial importance against the background of the ongoing environmental crisis. The author explores how holding art workshops can contribute with specific knowledge about this complexity. READ MORE