Essays about: "Inequality of Opportunity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 essays containing the words Inequality of Opportunity.
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1. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. READ MORE
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2. Multi-crop solutions for sustainable agriculture : A Minor Field Study in Ratchaburi, Thailand
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Agriculture is facing many challenges, such as decreased biodiversity, soil erosion, water scarcity, and social inequality, because of industrial farming and its focus on high yields at the expense of sustainability. This also includes Thailand and the province of Ratchaburi. READ MORE
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3. Unga tjejers perspektiv på den urbana närmiljön : promenadintervjuer med tjejer i åldern 8-12
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : Det urbana landskapet har genomgått en stor förändring de senaste decennierna, och den ökade trafiken, förtätningen och rädslan för fulla gubbar begränsar barns rörelsefrihet idag. Möjligheten att röra sig fritt utgör tillsammans med tillgång till många miljöerbjudanden, grundstenarna i en barnvänlig miljö. READ MORE
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4. Turning the Doughnut from Vision to Reality in Wales – the Case of Bannau Brycheiniog National Park
University essay fromAbstract : The world is simultaneously facing social and environmental sustainability issues. There is a decreasing window of opportunity to limit global warming in accordance with the Paris Agreement, significant biodiversity loss, and mounting inequality. READ MORE
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5. Between career development and modern slavery : A netnographic exploration of how LinkedIn users conceptualise and experience the unpaid internship
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Societal demand to enhance individual employability in an increasingly congested postgraduate labour market has led to a boom in unpaid internships in the 21st century. This has produced a continuum of attitudes, from perceiving the unpaid internship as an important career opportunity to perceiving it as exploitative slavery. READ MORE