Essays about: "Social antagonisms"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 essays containing the words Social antagonisms.

1. 6. Sexual rights of the other

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Sofie Rex Iversen; [2012]
   Keywords : Sexual rights; Post-colonialism; Post-structuralism; Bhabha; Mouffe; othering; heteronormativity; Danida; LGBT.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates the Danish approach to sexual rights in development through the national development agency’s (DANIDA) strategy for sexual and reproductive rights (SRHR) and a small side project sponsored by Danida on LGBT rights in the global south. In doing so, the thesis utilizes post-colonial and post-structural perspectives of among others Chantal Mouffe and Homi K. READ MORE

3. 7. Tolerance or truth? : The good, the bad and the political in the discourse of the American Family Association

   University essay from Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Madeleine Roghult; [2012]
   Keywords : usa; american politics; new christian right; religious right; the political; tolerance; LGBT; LGBT rights; discrimination; neoliberalism; progress; polarization; discourse analysis; kristna högern; amerikansk politik; usa; tolerans; diskriminering; diskurs; diskursanalys; HBT; HBT rättigheter; populism; högerpopulism; det politiska; nyliberalism; polarisering;

   Abstract : This master’s thesis conducts a discourse analysis on a political organization within the New Christian Right (NCR), the American Family Association (AFA). The purpose of the study is to analyze the conditions of possibility for a politics that aims to prevent progress for LGBT rights and does so by analyzing the political terrain where operations of power produce particular and meaningful political practices. READ MORE

4. 8. The Battlefield of Breadwinners and Housewives - A study of gender identities and discourses of empowerment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Cecilia Ohlsson; [2006]
   Keywords : Discourse theory; Social antagonisms; Gender identities; Alternative development; Kenya; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The study evolves around the emergence of a gender awareness in the Kenyan political consciousness, as a consequence of the adoption of the alternative development discourse, promoting values like equal participation and empowerment. My task has been to determine the outcome of local development initiatives in terms of women's empowerment and then relate the findings to theories on discursive dislocations and struggle for hegemony in order to create an increased understanding of the social processes behind gender based identities and interests. READ MORE

5. 9. Following 9/11: George W. Bush Discursive Re-Articulation of American Social Identity

   University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Efe Peker; [2006]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Utilizing a poststructuralist and neo-Gramscian meta-theoretical framework as the leading tool,this study aims at conceptualizing the discursive re-articulation of American social identity in George W. Bush's post-9/11 oratory. READ MORE