Essays about: "Informal social Networks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 82 essays containing the words Informal social Networks.

  1. 1. Gender dimension in the informal trade networks in the ECOWAS region: the case of the Nana Benz

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gloria Sánchez Sánchez; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research focuses on the determinants of participation in informal trade and firms for women in West Africa using the example of the Nana Benz in Togo as a case study. Women have been involved in informal trade for centuries, yet their role tends to be overlooked due to gender inequalities. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Sounds of Our World: Navigating Live Music and Artist Growth in Harare

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Annika Medin; [2023]
    Keywords : live music; zimbabwe; harare; urban sociology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Increasingly connected to urban development and vitality in modern discourses of urban sociology, live music is a social and cultural phenomenon with great potential for improving people’s, including artists, well-being. Still, the systems and networks which shape live music are specific to their local social, cultural and institutional contexts, leading to a range of perceptions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Exploring learning processes and social capital in community urban agriculture projects in Bogotá, Colombia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Lily Begg; [2023]
    Keywords : urban and peri-urban agriculture UPA ; social capital; social learning; knowledge transfer; capacity-building; agroecology; community UPA; Bogotá; huerta;

    Abstract : As the world’s population becomes increasingly urban, the social, economic and environmental living conditions of city-dwellers are under pressure. High levels of pollution, lack of transport links, informal housing, unemployment rates and increasing inequalities are just some of the challenges that rapidly urbanising cities face. READ MORE

  5. 4. Barriers to and Facilitators of Applying Communication and Resolution Programs in Health Care

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Jonathan Stewart; [2022]
    Keywords : patient safety; medical error; hospitals; disclosure; communication; FLMU06; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated why U.S. hospitals that had committed to implementing communication and resolution programs (CRPs) did not consistently apply their programs when patient harm events occurred. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sorry, can I take this call? Ethnography of an Integrated Development Plan in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Casper Falk Wollberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Integrated Development Plan; South Africa; Institutional Bricolage; Participation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The South African government has since its democratisation launched Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to engage institutions and communities in shaping local development. These IDPs have yielded mixed results, especially in relation to participation and institutional integration. READ MORE