Essays about: "Hopelessness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the word Hopelessness.

  1. 1. ‘Overcoming Hopelessness’: Asylum Seekers’ Experiences of Precarity and Empowerment in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Hugo Fritjofsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; asylum; migration; qualitative; refugees; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sweden has long been seen as a generous, inclusive provider for refugees, historically granting social rights on par with citizens shortly upon arrival. However, extensive recent academic literature has come to critique this perception, highlighting retrenchments and restrictive developments in asylum policy amid increasing precarity for asylum seekers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Silent Exodus : A study on Gender-Based Violence and Migration Decision-Making of Women from Honduras in the USA

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Andrea Nicolle Alemán Martínez; [2023]
    Keywords : GBV; decision-making; aspirations; capabilities; mobility;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the role of GBV in the decision-making process of Honduran women that migrate to the U.S. Drawing upon de Haas’s aspirations-capabilities framework, this study aims to understand women’s aspirations to migrate and their interplay within a broader societal context. READ MORE

  4. 3. Images and International Relations : Analysing the images of children in the Syrian war

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Mattis Bodvill; [2023]
    Keywords : International Relations; Images; Visual Global Politics; Poststructuralism; Children; Syrian War;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the study of images in International Relations (IR). Even though images play an important role in global politics, images have received little attention by IR scholars. In this thesis I aim to answer how images can be studied. READ MORE

  5. 4. Disengagement, Defection, Abandonment - Why? : A qualitative case study on reasons of disengagement from the Fridays For Future Movement in Västerås, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Corinne Lejdström; [2022]
    Keywords : Disengagement; Fridays For Future; Biographical unavailability; Collective inefficacy; Hopelessness; Psychological pressure;

    Abstract : This study explores a little researched question by the scholars of social movements - why activists disengage before the movement’s goals have been attained. Based on interviews with former and current activists of the Fridays For Future movement in Västerås, this study argues that disengagement occurs due to four reasons, either combined or separately. READ MORE

  6. 5. Theology of Hope(lessness) : Constructing a Theological Understanding of Hopelessness and Searching for Theological Resources Relevant to Facing Hopelessness Experienced Due to Eco-Anxiety

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologi

    Author : Hannah Hartell; [2022]
    Keywords : Hopelessness; Eco-Anxiety; Eco-Theology; Theology of Hope; Climate Change; Naive Hope; Complex Hope;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to construct a theological understanding of hopelessness, as well as to explore what theological resources could be relevant in confronting and handling hopelessness that is endured due to the current day experience of eco-anxiety. Throughout the study hopelessness is viewed as a personal dysphoric state, as well as an individual's part in a collective response to an unjust system. READ MORE