Essays about: "Western science"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 210 essays containing the words Western science.

  1. 1. Risk & Policy: The relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in the safety discourse.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Hans Nagtegaal; [2024]
    Keywords : Wildavsky; Resilience; Anticipation; Cultural Theory; Global Safety; Political Science; Safety Discourse; Social Power; Economy of Safety; Net Benefit; FLMU06; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The main finding of this thesis is that the relevance and influence of Aaron Wildavsky’s book Searching for Safety in today’s safety discourse is limited although Wildavsky may be considered to be the linking pin between RE, HRO and NAT. The safety discourse may benefit from Wildavsky’s work in political science: I.e. READ MORE

  2. 2. Weaving relations: Exploring the epistemological interaction between indigenous & traditional ecological knowledge and Eurowestern paradigms in education for sustainable development - an umbrella review

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Alexandra Silvestru; [2023-06-08]
    Keywords : Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge ITEK ; education for sustainable development ESD ; education for sustainability EfS ; sustainable development; western epistemology; ontology; epistemic justice; decolonization; transformative paradigm; umbrella review; systematic review;

    Abstract : Aim: This thesis aims to explore the epistemological challenges and opportunities of integrating Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the context of Euro-Western paradigms. Theory: In considering epistemological interactions between ITEK in ESD, the theoretical framework for this study is a "weave" of the transformative paradigm as the warp; postcolonial, decolonial, and Indigenous research methodologies as the weft; and the transdisciplinary approach as the frame. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Swedish Political Mainstream in Crisis: In The Light of Radical Right-Wing Populism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ida Seirup; [2023]
    Keywords : Radical right-wing populism; mainstream party strategy; party competition; issue-ownership; immigration; social-investment policy; social-consumption policy; multiculturalism; PSO-theory; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The rise of radical right-wing populism in Western Europe has severely altered the political landscape during the last decade, and mainstream parties, from left to right, are struggling to employ strategies preventing voters from deserting to the radical right. In this thesis, I examine two mainstream parties in the context of Sweden, the Social Democratic party (S), and the Moderate party (M), to learn what strategies the parties have applied in the light of rising radical right-wing populism, relating to two issue-dimensions: the socio-cultural and the socio-economic. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Effects of Voting Rights on Political Competence : A Regression Discontinuity Approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Theodor Thisell; [2023]
    Keywords : voting age; political competence; political knowledge; communicative skills; regression discontinuity design;

    Abstract : At what age people ought to be given the right to vote has become a salient issue in both contemporary Western politics and political science. A prevalent argument opposing lowering the voting age to 16 asserts that 16- and 17-year-olds lack the necessary political competence required of voters. READ MORE

  5. 5. Development Studies from a Decolonial Perspective:Discourse Analysis on the OECD Development Reports

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ana Lucía Garín Rodríguez; [2023]
    Keywords : Development; Decolonial Thought; Discourse Analysis; Postcolonial and Neo-colonial Theories; OECD; Global South; Wester-centrism.; Pensamiento Decolonial; Subalternidad; Pensamiento Latinoamericano;

    Abstract : The concept of development has been extensively researched, and it isa key topic in political and economic international and domestic agendas.Modernization and globalization theories have been the most prevalentanalytical approaches to development, but from a postcolonial and decolonialperspective, these theories are Western-centric, overgeneralized, andoverused. READ MORE