Essays about: "Radical Discourse Theory"

Showing result 26 - 29 of 29 essays containing the words Radical Discourse Theory.

1. 26. Climate governance by experiment? Exploring local climate initiatives through transition theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Max Thulin; [2016]
   Keywords : climate change experiments; low-carbon transitions; transition theory; multi-level perspective; KLIMP; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The response to climate change in cities has proliferated over the last few decades, and progressive climate action at the local level is now ubiquitous. More specifically, local climate action often comes in the shape of ‘climate change experiments’, radical innovations at the local level designed to respond to the imperatives of mitigating and adapting to climate change in the city. READ MORE

3. 27. “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free”: Rethinking feminist politics in the 2014 Swedish election campaign

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Kirill Filimonov; [2015]
   Keywords : feminism; feminist politics; identity politics; electoral communication; intersectionality; radical democracy; discourse theory; hegemony; antagonism;

   Abstract : This study explores the hegemonic articulation of ‘feminist politics’ by the Swedish political party Feminist Initiative (Feministiskt initiativ) during 2014 national parliamentary election campaign. The analysis is carried out on two levels: the construction of the hegemonic project of feminist politics and the construction of an antagonist. READ MORE

4. 28. Occupy Wall Street as radical democracy : Democracy Now! reportage of the foundation of a contemporary direct-democracy movement

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Davis Schirmer; [2013]
   Keywords : Direct democracy; hegemony; agonistic pluralism; Occupy Wall Street; discourse theory; social identity; sociopolitical inequality; intersectionality;

   Abstract : Democracy Now! is an independently syndicated hour long daily audio and video program that is broadcast on 1179 radio, television, and internet stations throughout the world, as well as being freely available on their website under a Creative-Commons License. They are a global news organization based in New York City, with the stated goal of providing “rarely heard” perspectives in their coverage. READ MORE

5. 29. Masters of their Own House: A Critical Feminist Analysis of the Sweden Democrats

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ina Knobblock; [2010]
   Keywords : intersectionality; The Sweden Democrats Sverigedemokraterna ; populist radical right parties; gender; nation; emotions; racism ; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a critical feminist analysis of the discourse of the Swedish populist radical right party the Sweden Democrats, focusing axes of social differences, power relations and emotions. Through a theoretical framework consisting of intersectional feminist theory and a methodological framework consisting of intersectionality and critical discourse analysis, selected empirical material from the Sweden Democrats is analysed. READ MORE