Essays about: "Servitude"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Servitude.

  1. 1. “Freedom is the greatest gift your master can give you”; Understanding a protracted emancipation process from slavery to freedom from the perspective of Mauritanian master’s

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Christine Olsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Labour coercion; Emancipation; Property right; Economic incentives; Capital markets; Narrative analysis; Mauritania; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Using Mauritania as a case study this thesis compares the decline of two forms of coercive labour, slavery and servitude, to understand how masters’ incentives differ depending on property right and thus affect conditions for decline. By re-analysing sociological research through an economic lens, this thesis offers a new angle on Mauritania’s emancipation process. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cleaning off stigmas: Domestic work and collective identity building in Uruguay.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Elena Achotegui Sebastian; [2021]
    Keywords : domestic work; identity building; sociology of work; trade unions; Uruguay;

    Abstract : Domestic work and care tasks have historically been assigned to women and have never been considered as real work, as they happen within the private scene of the home in both its forms, salaried and unpaid. Due to this conception, dating back from the servitude and slavery systems of the colonial era, and rooted in the patriarchal structure of societies, domestic workers have struggled, and still struggle today in many countries to see their rights recognised. READ MORE

  4. 3. MODERN SLAVERY ACT (2015): A CRITICAL INSIGHT INTO THE UK’S FIGHT AGAINST SLAVERY & HUMAN TRAFFICKING FROM THE VICTIM’S PERSPECTIVE, A LITERATURE REVIEW

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Muntasir Islam; [2019]
    Keywords : Human rights; Modern slavery act 2015 ; NRM; Trafickking; UK; Victim;

    Abstract : Modern Slavery is a complex type of crime. It may take many forms starting from the forced labor, servitude, sexual exploitation, organ harvesting, slavery, to trafficking and others. READ MORE

  5. 4. Unfolding Slavery: a comparative analysis of definitions and positive obligations in the IACtHR case of Hacienda Brasil Verde Worker v. Brazil and the ECtHR case law on slavery and forced labour

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Flávia Cieplinski; [2018]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Slavery; Servitude; Forced Labour; Trafficking in Persons; Positive Obligations.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In October 2016, the IACtHR issued the judgment of the case of Hacienda Brasil Verde Workers v Brazil. The case concerns the subjection of 85 workers to slavery-like conditions in a private-owned livestock farm located in the north of Brazil. Brasil Verde Workers v. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Shackles of Women's Servitude : a comparative analysis of He-Yin Zhen and Emma Goldman’s views on women’s oppression and emancipation at the turn of the 20th century

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Miriam Follin; [2017]
    Keywords : He-Yin Zhen; He Zhen; Emma Goldman; the Birth of Chinese Feminism; early feminism; tidig feminism; anarcho-feminism; women’s suffrage criticism; livelihood; shengji; context; kontext; comparative analysis; komparativ analys; qualitative content analysis; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; History and Archaeology; Cultural Sciences; Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rysk-amerikanska Emma Goldman och kinesiska He-Yin Zhen kom från två olika delar av världen och var aktiva inom olika kunskapstraditioner och kulturer. Ändå var de båda anarkister som kämpade för kvinnlig frigörelse, och båda var de kritiska till de samtida rörelserna som stred för kvinnors politiska rättigheter. READ MORE