Essays about: "agency view"

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  1. 1. Securitized or Not Securitized? : A Case Study of Sweden's COVID-19 Strategy During the First Year of the Pandemic

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Max Anklev; [2024]
    Keywords : Securitization Theory; De securitization; Non-securitization; COVID-19; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes Sweden's unique and puzzling approach to the COVID-19 pandemic by using the securitization framework, exploring if Sweden's strategy during the pandemic's first year reflects securitization, (de)securitization, or non-securitization. It employs content analysis to evaluate Sweden's response, analyzing primary sources and academic literature, and uses a discourse table based on existing theoretical studies by Barry Buzan, Ole Waever, and Jaap de Wilde (1998) and Lene Hansen (2012) to assess indicators of securitization, (de)securitization or non-securitization. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cooperative Sustainability : a study of Arla’s Sustainable Incentive Model

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Martin Söderlund; [2024]
    Keywords : Arla foods; Agricultural Cooperatives; Cooperative Sustainability; Incentive Models; Sustainable Incentive Models; Organizational Change; Agency Relationship;

    Abstract : The agricultural industry is a large contributor to greenhouse emissions and therefore faces new challenges to implement sustainable practices. The rising societal demand for sustainability makes the agricultural sector dependent on working towards environmentally friendly practices. READ MORE

  4. 3. Everyday Resistance in Harriet Jacobs’s Autobiography

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Sara Calmius; [2024]
    Keywords : Resistance studies; Everyday resistance; Harriet Jacobs; Black motherhood; Antebellum America; Slavery;

    Abstract : This essay examines Harriet Jacobs’s autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl from the perspective of resistance theory. The essay uses the analytical framework created by Anna Johansson and Stellan Vinthagen in Conceptualizing 'Everyday Resistance': A Transdisciplinary Approach (2020) to concretize and understand different resistance methods and how black women resisted while navigating in society as slaves and as mothers. READ MORE

  5. 4. ¿Quién dió la orden? Mediations for social change, affects and digital media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Gisselle Vanessa Martín Chocontá; [2023]
    Keywords : Mediations; affects; digital media; social change; connective action; collective action; meaning-making; social movements; political agency; Twitter.; Mediaciones; afectos; medios digitales; cambio social; acción conectiva; acción colectiva; producción de sentido; movimientos sociales; agencia política; Twitter.;

    Abstract : In 2019,  Movice and CT created a mural that depicts faces of  high-ranking military officers who were in command when more than 6.000 civilians were killed by soldiers and were presented as guerilla members. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Stakeholder Perspectives on Solid Waste Management in Beirut, Lebanon

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Karima Hared; [2023]
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    Abstract : The city of Beirut needs solutions for a problem that is plaguing the entire country ofLebanon: waste. Statistics from the Ministry of Environment in Lebanon shows that2,700,000 tonnes/ year of municipal solid waste is generated with 44% ending up in landfillsand 36% in dumpsites. READ MORE