Essays about: "Informal law"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 94 essays containing the words Informal law.

1. 21. Translating Climate Change Adaptation to Local Context and Practice:The case of floods and landslides in Rwanda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Natalie Martinsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Rwanda; climate change adaptation; floods; landslides; translation theory; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of conducting this study was to analyze how forced expropriations and the demolitions of informal settlements could fall under the umbrella of “climate change adaptation” measures. Using an actor-network lens and translation theory, these translations are systematically broken down between three distinct levels: global discourse, national discourse, and implementation. READ MORE

3. 22. Graffiti: A subculture alive within the legal. A pluralistic study of the regulations within Swedish graffiti and the influences of formal law.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Hjalmar Ericsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Graffiti; Subculture; Legal pluralism; Sweden; Ethnography; Semi-autonomous social fields; Norms; Informal law; Gatekapital; Respect; Social capital; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The world of graffiti is an immense social construct which stretches to every corner of the globe. To many, graffiti may seem to be the simple act of applying paint to a surface, often depicting names or letters. READ MORE

4. 23. The Tastes of Discrimination: A qualitative field study investigating experienced economic racial discrimination against Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sofia Gjertsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Discrimination; refugees; economic discrimination; racial discrimination; informal labour; Lebanon; Syria; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Economic and racial discrimination goes hand in hand in the case of Syrian refugees in the labour market in Lebanon. Ever since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, millions of the Syrian population has fled abroad, most of whom are currently residing in its neighbouring countries, Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan. READ MORE

5. 24. Social Change through Daily Life – An Exploratory Study on University Student Opinions on Personal Status Laws in Lebanon

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

   Author : Matthew Heinrichs; [2020]
   Keywords : Lebanon – Sectarianism – Personal Status Laws – Social Non-Movement – Youth – Social Change – Women; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Recent studies have shown the discriminatory and patriarchal nature of personal status laws in Lebanon (Geagea et al. 2015; Mikdashi 2018b). READ MORE

6. 25. In between letter and practice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Leila Fall; [2019]
   Keywords : Parity Law; informal institutions; formal institutions; gender dynamics; parliament; Senegal; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Male dominance remains commonplace in institutional settings, including the political arena. In order to challenge the status quo, gender quotas have been applied in various parts of the world to increase the descriptive – or numerical - representation of women in decision-making bodies. READ MORE