Essays about: "activist"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 181 essays containing the word activist.

1. 21. Climate Justice Movement as Norm Entrepreneur in Global Politics : Creating an Alternative Future in Lützerath to Protest Coal Mining

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Sara-Lorena Mehl; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Movements; Global Norms; Norm Entrepreneurs; Everyday Utopias; Prefiguration;

   Abstract : This thesis argues that contemporary climate justice actions can present a case for how social movements and activists engage as norm entrepreneurs with global politics. Following a case-based approach (McKee, 2003) and combining perspectives of political science with anthropology, theoretical concepts of everyday utopias (Cooper, 2014) and prefiguration (Maeckelbergh, 2011b; 2014) are applied to the case of a village occupation in Germany against a lignite coal mine expansion. READ MORE

3. 22. Energy justice for members only? A study of German energy cooperatives’ contributions to energy justice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Juliane Marie Miller; [2022]
   Keywords : energy democracy; energy poverty; community energy; prosumption; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Energy cooperatives are seen as a way to achieve energy democracy in both academic and activist circles, with often an implicit expectation that they also contribute to energy justice. These assumptions are increasingly being questioned, often on the grounds of the limited diversity of energy cooperative membership. READ MORE

4. 23. People help the people: A critical discourse analysis of NGO activism against water privatisation in El Salvador

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Line Lundager Olsen; [2022]
   Keywords : activism; El Salvador; water politics; water privatisation; power; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns itself with the current state of water activism in El Salvador. For 20 years the topic has been a point of conflict for the nation, with both wins and losses for the water activists. The previous academic research into this consists of ethnographic studies. READ MORE

5. 24. “What kind of generation is this?” - A social anthropological study about youth climate activism in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Emma Lewin; [2022]
   Keywords : Social anthropology; youth climate activism; identity; morality performance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The climate crisis is upon us and our planet is crying out for help. This thesis is a story about the young people that have chosen to answer the call and take action. READ MORE

6. 25. Citizen OSINT Analysts : Motivations of Open-Source Intelligence Volunteers

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Josie Cochrane; [2022]
   Keywords : open-source intelligence; citizen journalism; self-determination theory; social media; Russia-Ukraine war; fact-checking; activist journalism; psychology; media psychology;

   Abstract : The amount of open-source information – that is, data, images, and footage that is openly available to the public - is growing exponentially. With it, so is the number of citizens analysing this data to form open-source intelligence (OSINT). READ MORE