Essays about: "Symbolic capital"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 59 essays containing the words Symbolic capital.

  1. 21. Talsinki

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Tatu-Matti Pekkarinen; [2019]
    Keywords : Regionalization; Cross-border cooperation; Megaproject; Finland; Estonia; Twin-city;

    Abstract : Finland and Estonia, the two peripheral states of the European Union’s north-eastern corner have steadily converged since the fall of the Soviet Union, both bilaterally and in a multilateral European context. The co-operation is significant and covers multiple sectors of society. READ MORE

  2. 22. The Elite Choice : ’Unpacking the elite’ in Mukungule Chiefdom, Zambia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Gilbert Mwale; [2019]
    Keywords : elite control; elite capture; community-based natural resources management CBNRM ; local democracy; decentralization;

    Abstract : Community-based natural resource management has been advocated for by many scholar and environmentalists to improve natural resources management, equity, and justice for local people. However, its implementation on the ground does not always reach the intended goal. READ MORE

  3. 23. Profit-making businesswomen or (too) proud women and prostitutes? : change and continuity in the social practice of gender at Kiwira market, Tanzania

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Nora Wahlström; [2019]
    Keywords : market women; rural development; gender; gender practices;

    Abstract : African women’s involvement in the informal economy as market sellers is a topic which has received substantial attention, often with an interest in the possibilty of empowerment which comes from earning money and conducting business outside of the household. However, this topic suffers from an urban bias as well as a focus mainly on West Africa. READ MORE

  4. 24. Striving for dignity : insights of young people in Rwanda on youth engagement in agriculture and urban migration of rural youth

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Boneza Patrick; [2018]
    Keywords : agriculture; farming; rural life; urban migration; youth; aspirations; habitus;

    Abstract : In the global development discourse, it is argued that concerns of youth unemployment and slow agricultural development in Africa can be solved through investing in youth engagement in agriculture. However, little attention is paid to whether young people aspire to engage in agriculture, or what it would take to otherwise change that. READ MORE

  5. 25. The Disparate Effects of Legal Violence: Access to Family Reunification for Refugees in Denmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sarah Scott Ford; [2018]
    Keywords : sociology of law; legal violence; family reunification; danish refugee policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a case study on the family reunification procedure for refugees in Denmark, in the context of an increasingly restrictive environment. It sought to find out how structural facets of Danish immigration law interact with and influence the practices of navigating a family reunification process, for people with a refugee background. READ MORE