Essays about: "Legitimization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 58 essays containing the word Legitimization.

  1. 1. Finding Legitimacy : Discourse Analysis on Authoritarian Legitimacy in Chinese State-run Media News Articles

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ellinor Fast; [2023]
    Keywords : Authoritarian environmentalism; Authoritarian legitimacy; China; International climate change negotiations; Discourse analysis.;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to examine the construction of legitimization strategies in Chinese state-run media connected to China’s role and efforts in international climate change negotiations. To understand how authoritarian environmentalism is legitimized, i.e. READ MORE

  3. 2. Starting-Up Alternative Food Systems. Understanding the potential of value-based supply chain startups to localize the food system in Germany through a Multi- Level Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Theresa Meyer; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability Sciences; Scaling-up; Niche innovation; Localization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As the global food system fails to cope with its social and environmental depletion, Alternative Food Systems (AFSs) have emerged. While previous studies have focused on localization efforts through consumer and producer food initiatives, emerging start-ups which act as mediators between the farmers and consumers have been neglected. READ MORE

  4. 3. Delegitimizing COVAX? A study of Sub-Saharan’s African leaders’ public statements

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alicia Skantze; [2022]
    Keywords : COVAX; public statements; de legitimization; sub-Sharan Africa; public-private partnership; global inequalities; Covid-19 vaccines; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating across the globe, not the least for countries already struggling with insufficient health systems and a lack of medical resources. As soon as the crisis hit vaccines started being developed and seen as a way to get out on the other side, and with new techniques multiple vaccines quickly became effective. READ MORE

  5. 4. Toward establishing CO2-securitization’s warning process and likely non-conclusion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sören Floderus; [2022]
    Keywords : Securitization; Climate; Warning process; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For understanding undue politicization, Wilhelm Agrell and Gregory Treverton in their book National Intelligence and Science (2015) describe ‘Intelligence Modes of Science’ at work in also science’s policy-maker-analyst interface, while analytical social epistemology points at medialization as additional background. In this paper, securitization’s process is used as frame for exploring how IPCC’s, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, claim at its conclusion (Brauch, 2009) fares in the area of CO2/climate, for an independent account and with an eye for Swedish processes in particular as they’ve been covered. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Popeye Paradox: Understanding Barriers to Plant-Based Consumption Maintained by Masculine Identities A Phenomenological Study on Dutch Vegan Bodybuilders

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Iris Martine Theresia Arts; Siannie Quartero; [2022]
    Keywords : Plant-Based Consumption; Gender Identity Maintenance; Stigma; Legitimization; Lifestyle Transitioning; Hyper-Masculinity; Z-MET; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: A Contribution to the understanding of plant-based consumption by researching how bodybuilders navigate identity issues associated with a plant-based diet. Theoretical Perspective: We take on a consumer culture theory perspective by researching identity theory, stigma, lifestyle transitioning, and legitimization strategies of the subculture. READ MORE