Essays about: "Venezuela"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 50 essays containing the word Venezuela.

1. 21. Will Beauty Save the World? A historical context study of the Miss Venezuela pageant as a conceivable contributor to communication for development

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

   Author : Jassir de Windt; [2019]
   Keywords : celebrity beauty queens; beauty with a purpose; communication for development; cultural identity; national identity; popular culture; race and class; internationalisation; economic transnationalism; social norms of beauty; representation women; social change; Celebrity-Development nexus; Venezuela; historical context; qualitative research;

   Abstract : In recent years, old-hand development scholars, in the category of Dan Brockington, have expressed their concern over academia’s neglect of the significance of celebrities in the field. As has been the case of an outturn hereof, namely beauty pageants. READ MORE

3. 22. Legitimacy During Coup Attempts: : A comparative study about the US media framing of coup attempts in Venezuela (2002) and Turkey (2016)

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

   Author : Attila Atik; Jean Jabbour; [2019]
   Keywords : US media; Chavez-Venezuela; Erdogan-Turkey; coup attempts; Legitimacy; Framing.;

   Abstract : This study aims to describe and compare the differences and similarities for US mainstream media’s representation of two different coup attempts by using Robert Entman’s Framing theory in terms of legitimacy. The chosen cases are the coup attempt in Turkey (2016) which is an US ally, having a right-wing government and the coup attempt in Venezuela (2002) which has a strained relationship with the US and having left-wing government. READ MORE

4. 23. The Venezuelan Migration to Brazil

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

   Author : Eduarda Fernandes; [2019]
   Keywords : Venezuela; crisis; migration; Roraima; actors;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate how international, national and local actors have handled the Venezuelan migration in the state of Roraima. It uses the Multi-Level Governance perspective in order to analyze the different levels of actors, being those; international, national and local that are involved in this situation. READ MORE

5. 24. Female Labor Force Participation Rate and Economic Growth

   University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

   Author : Rustam Salimov; [2019]
   Keywords : Labor Force Participation Rate; Economic Growth; Solow Model; Female Labor Force Participation Rate;

   Abstract : This thesis analysed the effect of female labor force participation rate (FLFPR) on economicgrowth and included changes in male labor force participation rate (MLFPR) to help improve thepower of the model. Here, three robust regressions were used on the sample of 16 Latin Countries(Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala,Honduras, Venezuela, RB, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, El Salvador) for theperiod of 1995-2015 in order to identify the effect of each key variable when tested separately andwhen tested together. READ MORE

6. 25. New Authoritarianism in Venezuela during Maduro - a case study on civil and political rights violations

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Ebba Svensson; [2019]
   Keywords : Venezuela; new authoritarianism; Nicolás Maduro; civil and political rights violations.;

   Abstract : This essay discusses how the new theoretical framework of “new” authoritarianism can explain the civil and political rights abuses in Venezuela since Nicolás Maduro became Present in 2013 until today. The presidency of Maduro has evoked international attention about the increasing authoritarian climate. READ MORE