Essays about: "Ulrich Beck"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Ulrich Beck.
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1. What if something worse happens… : A qualitative study on students’ perceptions of safety and security.
University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : This research aimed to understand how students between 15-19 years at Lagaholm School and Osbeck High School experience safety and security at their schools and how they experience the impact of external events on the perception of safety and security. To investigate this, the following research questions were asked: How do students experience the situation of safety and security at their schools? How do students experience that external events impact their sense of safety and security? What conclusions can be made from the experiences and factors that emerge? The third research question is primarily answered by the researcher’s conclusions and reflections from the empirical evidence that emerges from the first two research questions. READ MORE
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2. Controlling the Uncontrollable? : A qualitative content analysis of the United Nations Sendai Framework and its reflection of disaster risk reduction in a risk society.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Occurrences of extreme weather events are increasing due to the ongoing climate change driven by human actions. In parallel, this triggers a growing need for humanitarian action in the future to help those impacted by disasters. READ MORE
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3. A Capabilities Approach to Late Modernity : Flexibility, Singularity, and Human Flourishing in the Labor Market
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : In my paper, I argue that the underlying social ideals of the late modern labor market, namely flexibility and singularity, undermine human flourishing as conceptualized by Martha C. Nussbaum. It is on these grounds, that we should be critical of late modernity. READ MORE
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4. Marriage and individualism - is there a connection? : Highly educated women in Stockholm in 2020
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : This study examines the values underlying marriage formation before childbearing among highly educated women living in Stockholm. This group has been shown in previous research to have increasing propensity to enter marriage before childbearing, due to changing values. READ MORE
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5. THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC INSECURITY ON AUTHORITARIAN ATTITUDES A study on the effect of cultural and economic insecurity on authoritarian attitudes depending on level of post-materialism
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis explores the relationship between cultural and economic insecurity in post-materialist and materialist countries. This is done using OLS regression to test whether the effect of different forms of insecurity on authoritarian attitudes differs between materialist and post-materialist countries. READ MORE
