Essays about: "The Clash"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 141 essays containing the words The Clash.

  1. 31. Between national commitments and local actions: the role of regions in climate change mitigation governance : A French case-study

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Franck Mathevet; [2021]
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    Abstract : The institutional landscape of French regions has evolved in the past decade, both in terms of regional divisions and of competencies carried out by the regional authorities. Especially, the regions have experienced a reinforcement of their role in the planning and implementation of climate change mitigation policies, interacting with all the actors of the French territorial organization, from the State to the local actors. READ MORE

  3. 32. “Holy” War on Human Rights : A hermeneutic study of the complex situation of human rights activists in Afghanistan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Zandra Bergman; [2021]
    Keywords : Human rights; religion; violence; human rights activists; human rights defenders; women’s rights; hegemony; Taliban; fundamentalism; Afghanistan;

    Abstract : Title: “Holy” War on Human Rights - A hermeneutic study of the complex situation of human rights activists in Afghanistan Author: Zandra Bergman Supervisor: Maud Eriksen Examiner: Johanna Romare Department of TheologyMaster program of Religion in Peace and ConflictMaster’s thesis, 15 credits  In September 2020, the latest attempt to bring peace to Afghanistan, the intra-Afghan peace talks formally began. The opening of the peace negotiations failed to produce the long-desired ceasefire. READ MORE

  4. 33. Intersection between the Right to Data Portability within the GDPR and the Sui Generis Database Right - Do the two rights interfere with the free flow of data generated from connected devices?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Jyoti Gogia; [2021]
    Keywords : Right to data portability; portability right; sui generis database right; database directive; general data protection regulation; ownership of data; connected devices; big data; property rights in data; digital single market; data economy; internet of things; machine learning; artificial intelligence; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The internet has brought about vast knowledge in the form of “data” to the 21st century. As a part of its digital single market strategy, the European commission has sought to develop a European data economy and consequently the regulation and allocation of data is becoming increasingly important. READ MORE

  5. 34. Shaping an Iconic Species : From the giant panda to the red panda and the Tibetan antelope

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Kefan Huang; [2020]
    Keywords : Iconic species; Giant panda; Crested ibis; Red panda; Tibetan antelope; Ethography; Anthropomorphism; Panda base; Mascot;

    Abstract : This thesis is based and developed on the ambiguous and open conception, iconic species, which reveals the relationship between human society and non-human species that goes be- yond its biological status. From the case of the giant panda, I attempt to deconstruct the shap- ing process of an iconic species from multiple perspectives, which includes how a specific cultural context, or a specific historical period contributes to the shaping process and how the government and the public diverge or even clash around the shaping process. READ MORE

  6. 35. Actants and Networks in 'Skagboys' – Thatcher, Crime and Mundane Artifacts as Mediators

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

    Author : Thomas Pedersen; [2020]
    Keywords : Skagboys; ANT; Actor-Network Theory; Thatcher; Crime; Heroin; Irvine Welsh; Bruno Latour; Mediator; Trainspotting; Literature; Scotland; Edinburgh; Agency; Detection; Objects in literature;

    Abstract : While Skagboys portrays the descent into heroin addiction of young, working class Scots during the Thatcher era, shifting the analysis from a strictly human perspective to one focusing on the agency of objects opens up the novel to new readings wherein morality emerges through nonhuman actors. Welsh’s work has traditionally been hailed as Scottish working-class realism that portrays its characters unideologically, to the point that the novels, through the characters, appear without morality. READ MORE