Essays about: "Ideal-type"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 57 essays containing the word Ideal-type.

  1. 11. Green capitalist or critical environmentalist? : A comparative study of the environmental policies of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) and the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna)

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Michel Mohseni Tabrizi; [2022]
    Keywords : Ecological Modernization Theory; Critical Environmental Sociology; Vänsterpartiet; Socialdemokraterna; Ideal types; Green capitalist; Critical environmentalist; Environmental politics; Environmental political discourse; Capitalism; Post-capitalism;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the environmental policy documents of Vänsterpartiet (Left Party) and Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party) based on the theories of ecological modernization (EMT) and critical environmental sociology (CES), constructed as ideal types. The aim is to explain ideational differences and similarities based on the ideal types of each theory and how well the parties can be linked to the ideal types of EMT and CES, their similarities and differences. READ MORE

  3. 12. Myth and Othering in EU Enlargement Discourse : The Case of Kosovo’s European Integration

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Ejner Pedersen Trenter; [2022]
    Keywords : Political myth; liminality; discourse analysis; Kosovo; EU enlargement; Europeanness;

    Abstract : This paper argues that the EU’s enlargement discourse can be understood as a form of political myth wherein a subject must align itself with an fantasmatic ideal type ofEuropean state. It works through positing a past from which the subject must advance, and a mythical horizon towards which the subject strives. READ MORE

  4. 13. Animal Protection in the Anthropocene

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nanna Friman; [2022]
    Keywords : animal protection; animal welfarism; animal rights; idea analysis; debate; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Increasing knowledge of animals’ physical and emotional needs calls for a constant revision of how to best protect them through legislation – a contentious issue with two main perspectives: animal rights and animal welfarism. The two perspectives represent an anthropocentric and a post-anthropocentric ethical approach to animal protection, making the subject interesting also as a case of balancing human and non-human interests in politics. READ MORE

  5. 14. Sustainable development of a global common pool resource among autocratic countries : A case study of the "Regional Action Plan for the Conservation of Coral Reefs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden"

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Saga Iseskär; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Common pool resource; Global common pool resource; Ostrom; Coral reefs; Red Sea coral reefs; PERSGA;

    Abstract : This paper concerns the planning for sustainable development of a global common pool resource within an autocratic region. The study is focused on the coral reef of the Red Sea, shared between the basin countries; Djibouti, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Israel, Jordan and Eritrea, where most nations are autocracies and developing countries. READ MORE

  6. 15. Meet us in the Battlefield Sand to Maintain our Democracy : Militarized masculinities among veteran elites in post-war Namibia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Salomonsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Militarized Masculinity; Namibia; Peace; Gender Norms;

    Abstract : Gender awareness has been recognized as critical in sustainable peace efforts, and gender mainstreaming has become a natural practice in peace projects. While gender has long been equated with focus on women, the inclusion of men has increased. READ MORE