Essays about: "Rationalisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word Rationalisation.

  1. 1. Countering Terrorist Content Online: Removal = Success? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the EU Regulation 2021/784

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Nina McCarthy Hartman; [2024]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Content Moderation; Counter-Terrorism; EU;

    Abstract : This thesis critically interrogates the underlying assumptions which legitimise the hard regulation of online platforms regarding terrorist content, by turning to the case of the EU Regulation 2021/784. Utilising qualitative critical discourse analysis, the study analyses how the EU's strategy against terrorist content online is discursively legitimised through the lens of Theo van Leeuwen's framework for discursive legitimisation strategies, focusing on moral and rational justifications. READ MORE

  3. 2. Internal mobility and Gender stereotypes : workers' acceptance and rationalisation of unequal internal mobility in low-skilled male-dominated occupations

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Tilde Wismar; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender stereotypes; Internal mobility; Low-skilled male-dominated occupations;

    Abstract : The construction and usage of gender stereotypes are a continuous social process that occurs daily in the labour market. It is a common conception that negative stereotypes are harmful; however, they are still regularly used for decision-making. Gender stereotypes affect which occupations are interpreted as suitable for women and men. READ MORE

  4. 3. Human Rights Washing? : The process of rationalising human rights in corporations

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Zetterlund; Nora Bergström Gombrii; [2023]
    Keywords : Business and human rights; rationalisation; consulting; legitimacy; UN guiding principles on business and human rights;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate the process of consulting businesses on human rights through the concept of rationalisation. Corporations have struggled to act in accordance with what is considered responsible business conduct and this has put their legitimacy at risk. READ MORE

  5. 4. Urbana ängar och deras betydelse för vilda pollinatörer

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

    Author : Amanda Folkesson; Felicia Wigbratt; [2022]
    Keywords : urbana ängar; vilda pollinatörer;

    Abstract : Antalet vilda pollinatörer har minskat globalt och även i Sverige, där ett stort antal arter är rödlistade. Samtidigt visar studier att städer har blivit en viktig tillflyktsort för vilda pollinatörer då de kan innehålla en variation av livsmiljöer. READ MORE

  6. 5. Vad hände med den goda beredskapen? : den svenska livsmedelsberedskapen som en del av jordbrukspolitiken, åren 1947–1990

    University essay from SLU/Other

    Author : Oscar Envik; [2022]
    Keywords : livsmedelsberedskap; jordbrukspolitik; problemrepresentation; rationalisering;

    Abstract : Efter stora svårigheter med livsmedelsförsörjningen under första världskriget rustade Sverige upp sin livsmedelsberedskap för att klara av att försörja sin befolkning under en längre tids avspärrning och krig. Under 1900-talets andra del skulle dock den livsmedelsberedskapsförmåga som byggdes upp efter andra världskriget komma att stadigt minska. READ MORE