Essays about: "Parallel Societies"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Parallel Societies.
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1. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. READ MORE
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2. The Insider's Perspective on Sustainable Finance
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/MiljövetenskapAbstract : Finance solutions have the potential to play a key role in the transition to sustainable societies. The financial sector has struggled with multiple parallel definitions and standards for sustainable finance. READ MORE
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3. Controlling the Uncontrollable? : A qualitative content analysis of the United Nations Sendai Framework and its reflection of disaster risk reduction in a risk society.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Occurrences of extreme weather events are increasing due to the ongoing climate change driven by human actions. In parallel, this triggers a growing need for humanitarian action in the future to help those impacted by disasters. READ MORE
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4. China’s Nationalism on Divide : A case study on the shift of national identity in Hong Kong and Taiwan
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis paper sets out to explore nationalism and national identity in East Asia, with a specific lens on China, Hong Kong and Taiwan as the comparative case-study. By examining the theoretical arguments and concepts of nationalism and national identity, the research questions to analyze in this paper are: (1) If individual actors and societies can define and construct their own national identity, simultaneously combat and resist the imposition of a nationalism ideology? and (2) If the rise of nationalism must result in a corresponding rise in the perception of one’s national identity in society? Despite the rising Chinese nationalism, both cases demonstrate a high peripheral and civic identity as Hongkongers and Taiwanese. READ MORE
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5. Residential Segregation and Crime: An empirical analysis of the relationship between residential segregation and crime in the Stockholm region
University essay from Södertörns högskola/NationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis aims to examine if the rise in crime, in the suburbs of the Stockholm region, can be explained by the effect of residential segregation on behaviour. The main focus of this thesis is the three primary approaches to economics of crime; Freeman’s (1999) cost-benefit analysis, Wynarczyk’s (2002) theory on intersubjectivity and morals affect on crime participation, and finally Feldman and Smith's (2014) analysis of how morals effect good and bad people. READ MORE
