Essays about: "Mobility"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 923 essays containing the word Mobility.

  1. 1. “The grandiosity of tasks and mediocrity of tools”: Confronting the transnational social question with mobile CEE citizens’ experiences in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristin Clay; [2019-01-17]
    Keywords : Transnational Social Question; Intra-EU Mobility; European Citizenship; European Dis integration; Coloniality; Decolonial Option;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the debate surrounding east-west intra-EU mobility, the transnational social question and European citizenship by uncovering often undervalued and stigmatized histories, periences, and knowledge from the EU’s central and eastern member states by highlighting the voices of mobile CEE citizens in Sweden. Taking a problem-driven, adaptive approach, this thesis draws on qualitative interviews—with twelve respondents representing Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Latvia, and Estonia—contextualized by official documents from the EU and Sweden, including a European Commission communication and press release, a report prepared by Sweden’s National Board of Trade, and a letter from the EU Affairs ministers of Sweden, Finland, and Norway defending the freedom of movement. READ MORE

  3. 2. Risk, Resilience and Insurance in Sudanese Pastoralism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Alla Safieldin; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate change adaptation; Disaster risk management; Drought; Index-based livestock insurance; Pastoralism; Risk; Resilience; Sudan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel are often identified as a group at the frontline of global climate change. Their existence in arid and semi-arid regions and their reliance on seasonal rainfall are among the factors that contribute to their vulnerability to drought and climate shocks. READ MORE

  4. 3. Bilfritt boende – vägen framåt för en hållbar mobilitet? : en fallstudie av Cykelhuset Ohboy

    University essay from SLU/Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Filip Arnehed; [2019]
    Keywords : bilfritt boende; bilfri utveckling; parkering; parkeringsnormer; parkeringstal; bilpool; hållbar stadsutveckling;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att bidra till ökad kunskap om bilfritt boende som verktyg för hållbar mobilitet. Ett av de främsta verktyg som kommuner har för att styra mot en minskad andel bilresor är just parkering. READ MORE

  5. 4. Who Takes The Lead? : Investigating Leadership In The Climate Change And Human Mobility Nexus

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Wartiainen; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Human Mobility; Migration; Displacement; Leadership; Leadership Modes; Negotiations; UNFCCC; Katowice Summit; COP 24;

    Abstract : Leadership has been claimed to be a critical determinant of success and failure in international negotiations. This thesis brings together the study of leadership in multilateral negotiations with the emerging discipline of climate change-induced human mobility. READ MORE

  6. 5. Social exclusion and discrimination of vulnerable EU migrants Comparative Analysis From the Perspective of Third Sector Organisations in Gothenburg and Copenhagen Master’s Programme

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Lilja Sif Thorisdottir; [2018-10-15]
    Keywords : Vulnerable EU migrants; Third Sector Organisations; Social Citizenship; Social Exclusion Inclusion; Discrimination;

    Abstract : After the EU enlargements in 2004 and 2007, an increased migration has occurred within theEU borders. The right to free movement has made mobility possible within the Member Stateswithout any resident permit. READ MORE