Essays about: "DIVISION OF LABOUR"

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1. 1. Mitigating and Adapting to Water Shortage: A Case Study of Women Small-scale Farmers in Morogoro, Tanzania

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alma Riby; [2023]
   Keywords : Water Shortage; Women Small-scale Farmers; Mitigation; Adaptation; Morogoro; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The thesis is a qualitative case study of women small-scale farmers in Morogoro, Tanzania. The research explores how women small-scale farmers experience water shortages, their mitigation and adaptation strategies, and what the implications of these are. READ MORE

3. 2. Homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh : women’s contribution to sustainable local food system and security

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Khondaker Nusrat Sharmin Tumpa; [2023]
   Keywords : Homestead gardening; sustainable; food system; food security; women;

   Abstract : This thesis presents qualitative research to explore women’s contribution to sustainable food systems and security through homestead gardening in rural Bangladesh. In rural Bangladesh, women frequently undertake homestead gardening, a traditional and widespread practice of producing different vegetables and rearing domestic animals in a small plot of land beside their house. READ MORE

4. 3. Balancing the books and the planet: A single-case study investigating the relation between sustainability involvement and the occupational identity of management accountants

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Hedda Jonasson Blank; Jakob Söderblom; [2023]
   Keywords : Occupational identity; Sustainability reporting; Management accountant practices; Aspirational identities; Role enlargement;

   Abstract : Through practice of a single-case study, this paper aims to shed new light on the interdisciplinary area of management accountants' approach to, and involvement in, sustainability-related activities. Through the application of identity theory, with particular influence from Hughes' (1951) findings of a moral division of labour and Thornborrow and Brown's (2009) concept of aspirational identities, we show the existence of an interdependent relationship between the occupational identity of management accountants, and their engagement towards sustainability reporting and adjacent activities. READ MORE

5. 4. A Theoretical Analysis of Labour Exploitations in the New British Readymade Garment Industry using the 'Sweatshop Regime' Theory

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Eilidh Dempsey; [2022]
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   Abstract : The recent phenomena of reshoring apparel manufacturing back to the UK has developed economic opportunities for the British garment industry alongside worsening labour conditions and social costs for its workers. Historic and ongoing international debates and research that have focused on the topic of labour conditions of global apparel manufacturing have been achieved and published using the sweatshop regime theory, which here is defined as the unjust and socially oppressive labour system of garment manufacturing. READ MORE

6. 5. The Effect of Changing Gender Roles on Fertility-An analysis of two European country groups

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Pauline Bode; [2022]
   Keywords : Gender equality; fertility; housework division; Gender revolution; gender egalitarian attitudes; demography; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to test the effect of changing gender roles on fertility. Previous literature has suggested that moving towards gender equality in the household sphere can increase fertility. I test whether a more equal division of housework or gender-egalitarian attitudes affect fertility. READ MORE