Essays about: "Global Hierarchies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Global Hierarchies.

  1. 11. Lessons from Listening: The Aid Effectiveness Agenda : A Critical Systems Heuristics analysis of the Grand Bargain and Paris Declaration for Aid Effectiveness from the perspective of implementers and local practitioners

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ruth Devadoss; [2018]
    Keywords : Aid effectiveness; Critical Systems Heuristics; Grand Bargain; Paris Declaration;

    Abstract : Wide debates over the last 15 years have questioned the impact of global initiatives like the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness 2005 and more recently the Grand Bargain 2017 on any real improvements to the development effectiveness agenda. Many also ask to what extent do the initiatives consider the concerns and views of practitioners as stakeholders who implement the objectives and who have valuable experience, contextual insights, specific skill-sets and innovative ideas on how to address complex problems (Sjöstedt 2013). READ MORE

  3. 12. THE FALSE PROMISE OF ‘USTOPIA’. Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy: Utopian Feminist Romp or Dystopian Postfeminist Cautionary Tale?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Susanna Rokka; [2016-09-26]
    Keywords : engelska; feminism; subjectivity; gender; dystopia; utopia; Margaret Atwood;

    Abstract : The Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s dystopian MaddAddam trilogy is a text that attempts a critical rebalancing of an established gender hierarchy. The novels expose the fundamental power imbalances present in a binary gender system. READ MORE

  4. 13. New Homes and New Names: The African Migrant Novelin the Digital Age

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Vilasini Roy; [2016]
    Keywords : African; Migrant; African Migrant Novel; Digital Technology; Identity; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; NoViolet Bulawayo; Teju Cole;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I attempt to explore the development of migrant literature in an era of digitalcommunication. The latest developments in communication technology have certainlydestabilized patterns of content creation and dissemination. READ MORE

  5. 14. Lighting a fire of change? : characterizing the learning process in a German non-formal education for sustainability network and examining the outcomes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Christiane Andrea Mössner; [2016]
    Keywords : education for sustainability; non-formal; sustainability science; learning process; agent of change; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) wird als vielversprechender Ansatz zur Lösung von Nachhaltigkeitsfragen angesehen. Resultate sind nicht zufriedenstellend aufgrund des Fokus der Wissensvermittlung im formalen Bildungssektor. Gründe hierfür sind der Einfluss wirtschaftlicher und politischer Interessen auf den formalen Sektor. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the Networked Public Sphere : How to avoid a Convergent Crisis

    University essay from Medier och kommunikation

    Author : James Losey; [2013]
    Keywords : networked public sphere; global civil society; enclosure; digital feudalism; Anti- Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; civil society;

    Abstract : Communications scholarship faces a convergent crisis. Research on networks includes the role of information networks in supporting social movements, networked civil society, the information society, and new forms of communication. READ MORE