Essays about: "Higgins"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word Higgins.

  1. 1. The ability to create mixed stands by planting Norway spruce and Scots pine every second row

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Eva Higgins Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Local site index; seedlings every second row; regeneration; biodiversity; climate change; establishment;

    Abstract : Swedish forests primarily consist of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). READ MORE

  3. 2. A war on the marginalised : The legitimisation and inevitability of the protection of privilege through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC), the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB), and the institutions that enable them

    University essay from

    Author : Mia Higgins; [2022]
    Keywords : privilege; marginalised; institutional; human rights; police; media;

    Abstract : This article explores the declining state of and increasing threat to human rights in the UK, through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC) and the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB). It focusses on the ostracisation, demonisation and criminalisation of marginalised groups, and how this has been achieved through a regime of right-wing populism, capitalising on crises within the elite to direct public anger at economic suffering and perceived erosion of social values towards the most marginalised in society by proposing that they are favoured by the elite over 'the people'. READ MORE

  4. 3. Perceptions of sexual violence: A discourse analysis of documents from the Peace and Security Council of the African Union 2010-2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Freya Melin-Higgins; [2021]
    Keywords : Sexual violence; conflict-related sexual violence; African Union; Peace and Security Council; discourse analysis; feminist power theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis dives into the issue of conflict-related sexual violence through the empirical case of the African Union and its Peace and Security Council (PSC), aiming at understanding how conflict-related sexual violence is constructed within the PSC between 2010-2020. Applying a feminist power theory and through a discourse analysis, the thesis asks four open-ended questions regarding: conflicts, perpetrators, victims and solutions to the materials consisting of meeting documents from the PSC. READ MORE

  5. 4. How do situational factors influence performance? Regulatory focus and handball penalty taking at a World Cup stage

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

    Author : Anton Melin; [2021]
    Keywords : pressure; performance; promotion; prevention; regulatory fit; regulatory focus;

    Abstract : Pressure-performance relationship in sport situations was investigated within a self-regulatory focus framework (regulatory focus theory; Higgins, 1997). To that end, the role of regulatory fit in different ecologically valid handball penalty situations taken in the 2021 World Cup was examined. READ MORE

  6. 5. Pedigree reconstruction reveals large scale movement patterns and population dynamics of wolverines (Gulo gulo) across Fennoscandia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Stephanie Higgins; [2019]
    Keywords : wolverine; pedigree; dispersal; genomics; connectivity;

    Abstract : Dispersal is a biological imperative for many species, facilitating gene flow and influencing population dynamics. Modern landscapes are increasingly fragmented, leaving species that rely on dispersal trapped in ever shrinking areas. READ MORE