Essays about: "Micro actors"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 86 essays containing the words Micro actors.

  1. 31. Approach, Adjust or Avoid? : A descriptive case study on how women human rights defenders in Colombia cope with political violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karin Carlsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Colombia; Women human rights defenders; coping strategies; political violence;

    Abstract : Violence targeting politically active women is increasingly researched and recognised as a barrier to gender equal political participation. Previous studies on political violence targeting women have tended to focus on women in formal politics and mostly on the prevalence of violence rather than the impact it has on actors who continue to navigate violent political contexts. READ MORE

  3. 32. An examination of local resilience against violent Islamic extremism in Sweden

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Elise Östevik; [2020]
    Keywords : local resilience; violent extremism; violent Islamic extremism; Sweden;

    Abstract : The following thesis seek to examine the area of resilience in the context of violent Islamic extremism in Sweden. Its goal is to probe a theoretical typology of resilience to explore its contribution to a more precise description of local resilience against violent Islamic extremism in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 33. Sustainability Transition in the Italian Electricity System: Incumbent Actors and their Power

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Filippo Guarnieri; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : On a global scale, the energy system is the biggest contributor to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, which accelerate the processes of global warming and climate change. The sustainability transition of energy systems is fundamental if the Paris Agreement goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature to below 2˚C compared to preindustrial levels is to be achieved. READ MORE

  5. 34. The right to one's home

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Kinga Zemla; [2020]
    Keywords : affordable housing; affordability; CLT; cross laminated timber; prefabrication; panel system; Warsaw; gentrification;

    Abstract : “The right to one’s home” is a project that raises the issue of affordable housing, challenging this broad concept both in universal terms and later applied to specific condition of a site located in Warsaw, Poland. Beside the obviously economic dimension, affordability stretches out to urban politics by proposing new power relations and redefining neoliberal cities of today. READ MORE

  6. 35. The last mile check-up

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Fredrik Brändström; Viktor Löfwensporr; [2020]
    Keywords : Shared micro mobility services; Theory of planned behavior; Consumer Attitude; Consumer Behavioral Intention;

    Abstract : By 2050, an equivalent of two-thirds of the world's population will live in urbanized city areas. While urbanization has presented many opportunities, it also presents significant challenges in regard to urban transportation. Adherently to this trend, sustainable urban transportation is a challenge for Swedish city areas. READ MORE