Essays about: "Social policy of US"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 103 essays containing the words Social policy of US.

  1. 16. Global Crowdsourcing for Climate Change: Citizen engagement in environmental monitoring : An exploratory case study of breaking a world record with drones

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Yambot Aguilera Bezrokov; Jennifer Bouman; [2022]
    Keywords : Crowdsourcing; drones; environmental data collection; citizen participation and engagement; Self-Determination Theory; Social Exchange Theory; Social Identity Theory; I-P-O model;

    Abstract : The rise of crowdsourcing practices has revolutionized the way in which organizational tasks can be performed. One application of crowdsourcing that has been receiving growing attention over the past decade is using the crowd to collect environmental data that is needed to monitor, manage and predict environmental events. READ MORE

  3. 17. “Nothing About Us Without Us” — The Barriers and Enablers of Persons with Disabilities as Climate Change Agents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Eleonora Moen; [2022]
    Keywords : disability; climate change; environmental justice; accessibility; discrimination; capability approach; ableism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper investigates what the barriers and enablers are for persons with disabilities and organisations of persons with disabilities to engage in climate action. The countries analysed are Bangladesh and Madagascar as two countries in the Global South who are similarly impacted by climate change. READ MORE

  4. 18. Chinese strategies and American policies in the South China Sea : A qualitative study of a geopolitical conflict based on neorealistic theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Mikael Berglund; [2022]
    Keywords : South China Sea; conflict; China; United States; qualitative discourse analysis; neorealism; military; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The tense situation over the territorial conflict in the South China Sea has intensified in recent years with China's increased military presence and actions. This has contributed to increased concern among the ASEAN states in the region. It has also affected the United States´s security policy on how to relate to China as an international power. READ MORE

  5. 19. Smart Power: Bridging Inconstancies in Sweden’s Feminist Foreign Policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ignacio Robaina; [2022]
    Keywords : Global Politics; Feminist Foreign Policy; Arms export; Smart power; International relations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Feminist foreign policy initiatives have since they first appeared weathered criticism when put in relation to an active weapons export often to non-democratic states violating women’s rights. This paper then examines the Swedish case by using argumentation analysis as method to test the moral commitments of Sweden’s foreign policy initiative against recent arms deals. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Wall: The Right to Liberty and Security at the US–Mexico Border

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hanne Karlsson; [2021-07-01]
    Keywords : migration; US–Mexico border; migration; migrants; refugees; detention; asylum; non citizenship; securitization; social constructionism;

    Abstract : The migration and refugee situation on the US–Mexico border has been heavily debated and caused a lot of controversy in the last couple of years, much as a consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration policy and promise of a wall along the border. This thesis, therefore, aims to analyze how migrants’ and refugees’ right to liberty and security was affected by the way the Trump–government portrayed them, and the phenomenon of migration, as a security threat. READ MORE