Essays about: "change in political ideas"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 73 essays containing the words change in political ideas.

1. 16. Men, Machos and Masculinity – A Qualitative Study on how Bolivian Women’s Organizations Approach Gender and Masculinities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Charlotte Pedersen; [2020]
   Keywords : feminism; indigeneity; masculinity norms; hegemonic masculinity; patriarchy; gender equality; machismo; decolonial feminism; new masculinities; Bolivia.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper examines understandings of gender with an emphasis on masculinities among Bolivian feminist and women´s organizations. The specific aim has been to find out to what extent their understandings of gender include masculinities, and if so, what are their agendas and political positionings in relation to their work with men and boys. READ MORE

3. 17. Has the use of apocalyptic narrative explanations by climate activists broadened the window of political opportunities for the swedish Green Party?

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hanna Dudenhöfer; [2020]
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   Abstract : Using thematic analysis, this study aims to find out if this broadened use of apocalyptic narrative explanations by the current climate change movement has spread to the swedish Green Party, which was chosen because the Green Party is the political party with the closest connection to the modern climate change movement, in terms of ideas and believes but alsoopen support for the movement. Furthermore, this thesis discusses whether or not a change inthe window of political opportunities regarding policy suggestions (Overton window) could be detected in relation to this use of apocalyptic narrative explanations. READ MORE

4. 18. Indigeneity as a base for rural development : a case study of the indigenous community Ramada, eastern Bolivia

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

   Author : Line Munk; [2020]
   Keywords : Bolivia; TCOs; Indigenous peoples; Agrarian question; Rural development; Agrarian political economy; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Central to the field of agrarian political economy, is rural development and capitalism’s advancement in the countryside and its consequences for the peasantry, ‘the agrarian question’. With the present case study, I examine the interplay between social relations of production and agrarian change in eastern Bolivia. READ MORE

5. 19. Are climate budgets the new green? A critical study of environmental discourses in Oslo's climate budget

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Anne-Sofie Sejer Sejer Petersen; [2020]
   Keywords : Oslo; climate budget; environmental discourses; degrowth; consumption-based emissions; city GHG mitigation; environmental science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the city scale continues to be of high priority. Oslo pioneered a cross-sectoral steering method ‘the climate budget’, effectively branding themselves as ’green leaders’. READ MORE

6. 20. Entrapped Between State and Tradition: The Effects of Graffiti and Street Art on the Jordanian Society

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

   Author : Aram Tarawneh; [2020]
   Keywords : Graffiti; Street art; Social change; Murals; Women s rights; Equality; Amman; Jordan;

   Abstract : The last seven years have been a transformation point for graffiti and street art in Jordan. Due to the constant inequality that women face in Jordan, graffiti and street artists grabbed the first opportunity presented to them in order to address these issues, when the Baladk Street Art Festival took place in the capital of Jordan, Amman. READ MORE