Essays about: "Political opportunity structures"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the words Political opportunity structures.

  1. 16. Sorry for the Inconvenience, But They are Killing Us - A Case Study of the Ni Una Menos Protests’ Impact in Chile

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Ida Mårtensson; [2018]
    Keywords : social movements; political opportunity; resource mobilization; framing processes; Ni Una Menos; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis draws upon social movement theory to explore the impact of the Ni Una Menos protest in Chile. In October 2016 thousands of people took the streets of the capital Santiago to protest the wave of recent femicides in Chile. READ MORE

  3. 17. Ecological Modernisation - Isolation and Masculinisation? The Decline of the Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement in Light of Ecomodernism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Angelica Wågström; [2017]
    Keywords : Anti-nuclear Movements; The Swedish Anti-nuclear Movement; Ecological Modernisation; Ecomodernism; Masculinity; Professionalisation; Hegemony; Discourse; Nuclear Power; Political Opportunity Structure; Human Ecology; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : What happened to the Swedish anti-nuclear movement after the referendum on nuclear power in 1980? Scholars describe a period of ecological modernisation, affecting discourse and structures within environmental organisations and politics, entailing a professionalisation of NGOs. Drawing on accounts of a decline of the Swedish anti-nuclear movement since the 1980s, this thesis explores how ecomodernism has affected this movement since then. READ MORE

  4. 18. An Invisible Gender-based Violence : Exploring Iranian male university students’ thoughts on street harassment

    University essay from

    Author : Nazanin Biglarbegi; [2017]
    Keywords : Street harassment; Gender-based violence; Iran;

    Abstract : Background and Aim: Street harassment is an international and trans-cultural phenomenon that has short and long-term negative effects on its individual targets impacting millions of people, mostly women and young girls, everyday. Most studies on the subject have been focused on defining the problem from a law point of view leaving a knowledge gap on how social structures and the various political, economic, and cultural means interact to (re)produce and perpetuate this social phenomenon. READ MORE

  5. 19. Max(imum) vegan : a case study on vegan products in the food service sector

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Julia Marcopoulos; [2017]
    Keywords : consumers; food; food service sector; marketing; plant based diet; sustainable eating; sustainability; vegan;

    Abstract : Animal based foods have been important components of the Swedish diet for many years. As the meat, dairy and eggs require more resources than plants the sustainability advantage of the vegan diet is becoming incresingly acknowledged. However, research has shown evidence of it being difficult to change peoples’ dietry habits. READ MORE

  6. 20. Mexico’s Anti-Femicide Movement : Comparing Subnational Political Opportunity Structures in Chihuahua, Yucatán and Mexico City

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Internationella relationer

    Author : Helena Olsson; [2017]
    Keywords : femicide; political opportunity structures; global justice movements; Mexico; genusbaserat våld; politiska möjlighetsstrukturer; globala rättviserörelser; Mexiko; femicidios; feminicidios; movimientos globales de justicia; México;

    Abstract : This paper explores femicide and social movements impact on politics, a phenomenon where national, international and transnational politics overlap. The Mexican anti-femicide movement belongs to the global justice movement and struggle for women’s right to life. READ MORE