Essays about: "Tamil Nadu."
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11. The power of parents´aspiration - A project evaluation in rural India
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : The objective of this thesis is whether women accessing education and credit affect her and her husband’s aspiration concerning their child’s future age of marriage, preferred occupation and educational attainment. By measuring the effect of a Self Help Group (SHG) project in Tamil Nadu, India, it is shown that microfinance+ does affect fathers’ aspiration for their children’s future age of marriage. READ MORE
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12. Engendering Food Sovereignty: Feminist Post-Development and Gendered Discourses in the Food Sovereignty Movement
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The food sovereignty movement (FSM) calls for transformative change towards equality in power over food systems and social relations, including gender relations. The purpose of this feminist critical discourse analysis (FCDA) was to gain insights into the gendered discourses of the FSM at the international level and discursive repertoires on gender and food sovereignty at the grassroots level in Tamil Nadu, India, through feminist post-development (FPD) thought on gender and transformative change. READ MORE
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13. A holistic approach to early childhood education : An exploratory study of a holistic approach to early childhood education in India
University essay from Södertörns högskola/LärarutbildningenAbstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the idea and method of holistic education and if traces of these can be found in four preschool teachers’ statements about their practices in two private preschools located in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Working holistically is something which UNESCO (Marope & Kaga, 2015) recommends when it comes to early childhood care and education. READ MORE
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14. Subjects of the Sovereignty Impulse
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the state of refugeehood in the political order of the nation-state system through a case study study of the Tamil refugee population in Tamil Nadu, India. How, and in what ways, does refugeehood affect peoples’ lives as political subjects? And what is the role of the refugee figure in the political order of the nation-state system? The research questions are explored through a theoretical framework based on the concepts of: Citizenship (or the lack thereof); the Sovereignty impulse; State-thinking; the State/Space of Exception, Bare Life; Political Action; the Space of Appearance. READ MORE
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15. Rabies, dogs and education : A cross-sectional study on the knowledge, attitude and practice in school children in Tamil Nadu
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public HealthAbstract : Although known and feared for thousands of years, rabies remains a real and present threat to thousands of people, especially in low- and middle income countries. In India, rabies is an endemic disease, causing human deaths every year. The primary mode of transmission is through the bite of an infected dog. READ MORE
