Essays about: "Democratic culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 105 essays containing the words Democratic culture.

  1. 1. Evaluation of the effectiveness of narcotics policies by the Swedish Government

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Amit Kumar Singh; Barjinder Kaur; [2023]
    Keywords : Evaluation of narcotics; Substance misuasge; Mortality;

    Abstract : Swedish news media are questioning whether Sweden's zero-tolerance drug policy can be sustained. Even in northern Europe, governments seldom take such a strong stance, and the UN has criticised Sweden's "balanced health and human rights strategy. Sweden's tough attitude is one factor. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Stalling Democracy in the Middle East : Failure of US Foreign Policy or Absence of Democratic Culture?

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Erik Paananen; [2022]
    Keywords : Middle East; United States interventions; Democratic culture; Case studies; nationally representative public opinion surveys.;

    Abstract : The objective of this essay is to investigate whether the repeated failures to democratize in the Middle East depends on the United States' unsuccessful foreign policy or if it is caused by an absence of democratic culture, focusing primarily on Afghanistan whilst also including Iraq and Libya based on the criteria of having been the subject of US military incursion(s). The research made for this paper is based upon the case study method combined with a quantitative dataset from the Arab Barometer in order to measure democratic culture. READ MORE

  5. 4. How to make culture comprehensible : comparative case study of popularisation activities at the Louvre in Paris and the Historiska Museet in Stockholm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Pierre-Jean Leymarie; [2022]
    Keywords : Popularisation; Louvre; Historiska Museet; popularization; museology; case study; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This work is a qualitative comparative case study of popularizing activities at the Louvre in Paris (2015-2019) and the Historiska Museet in Stockholm (1999-2005). Throughout a press content analysis, the two museums’ take and initiative to promote the intelligibility of cultural knowledge is decrypted and then compared. READ MORE

  6. 5. The (non)democratic superhero? : A study of the reproduction of democratic society in character narratives in superhero films.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Evelin Nyberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Democracy; Popular culture; Superhero; Agency; Structuration;

    Abstract : This study uses political philosophy to understand how democracy is communicated as transmutating or transitioning in superhero narratives. The study combines a conflict-based conceptualisation of democracy with Anthony Giddens’ structuration theory to discuss the characters’ actions in relation to their respective society. READ MORE