Essays about: "Democratic Participation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 226 essays containing the words Democratic Participation.

1. 16. Municipal urban transformation through children’s participation : A comparative study of eight municipalities in Skåne

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Johanna Sandelowsky; [2023]
   Keywords : Children’s participation; urban transformation; social sustainability; collaborative planning; networks; Skåne;

   Abstract : The Convention of the Rights of the Child has become law in Sweden, entailing municipalities to adapt to the pillars of the convention, one of them being children’s right to participate. Due to the Swedish planning process, the convention is overruled by other planning- and building laws, meaning that municipal practitioners are free to adapt the convention on their own terms. READ MORE

3. 17. Democratization of the Swedish Housing Policy

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Emelie Berglund; [2023]
   Keywords : Self-building; participatory design; autonomous architecture; demo- cratic housing policy; sustainable transitions; standardizations;

   Abstract : This report explores an alternative housing policy to Sweden’s overpriced and problematic housing situation. Research has revolved around how flexible frameworks of Swedish regulations and standardizations in the housing policy can improve sustainability through planning participation and self-building processes. READ MORE

4. 18. Ecomodern masculinity? An intersectional feminist analysis of barriers for participation in Renewable Energy Communities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Julia Hönnecke; [2023]
   Keywords : renewable energy communities; marginalized groups; inclusion; sustainability science; just transition; empowerment strategies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Renewable Energy Communities (REC) are seen as a way to promote energy justice and security and advance a democratic, socially-just energy transition. However, energy justice scholarship indicates that some social groups are not included in RECs. READ MORE

5. 19. The Doorstep Realm Exploring children’s democratic experimentalism in public space

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

   Author : Amelia Dray; [2022-05-27]
   Keywords : Child Culture Design; Child culture;

   Abstract : The Doorstep Realm explores children’s everyday acts of democracy within the frame of Democratic Experimentalism [Unger, 2001] for the purpose of enriching and extending children’s spatial belonging and democratic engagement in public space. The project argues that children have limited opportunity to engage within a wide range of public space. READ MORE

6. 20. Deliberation and sustainability : a frame analysis of policymakers' understanding of the relationship between deliberation and sustainability

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

   Author : Elin Wärm; [2022]
   Keywords : Deliberation; sustainability; frame analysis; environmental and ecological democracy; system change; participation; conflict;

   Abstract : As the effects of climate change intensifies, the tension between slow democratic processes and the need for urgent change towards sustainability is becoming more evident. This thesis aims to investigate how policymakers understand the relationship between deliberation and sustainability through a frame analysis and to identify tensions between the frames. READ MORE