Essays about: "change in political ideas"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 73 essays containing the words change in political ideas.

1. 21. A climate for metaphors : an inquiry into the cognitive and discursive power of climate change metaphors, supported by a diachronic critical metaphor analysis of opinion articles published in three US newspapers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Kenneth Ravn; [2020]
   Keywords : climate change; political ecology; media; cognition; metaphor; discourse; sustainable development; ecological modernization; Social Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The news media remains as one of the most important sources of societal uptake of climate change information. Its potential to covertly shape public perception and attitudes regarding climate change is therefore considerable but difficult to assess. READ MORE

3. 22. BJP - Champions of Feminism? : A study of Bharatiya Janata Party politics on maternity leave and party affiliated Hindutva gender ideals.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linnea Greven; [2020]
   Keywords : hindutva; maternity leave; BJP; gender roles; religious ideals; women’s empowerment;

   Abstract : In contemporary politics it is argued there exists a friction and contradiction between the right-wing, conservative parties that are gaining prominence around the world, among them BJP in India, and the feminist movement; one movement striving for the preservation of traditions and the other for change. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and compare differences in how a political party with strong affiliation and background in a nationalistic ideology communicates laws which affect women’s opportunities for societal advancement, doing this by analysing the religious, cultural and symbolic aspects of Hindutva ideology. READ MORE

4. 23. Who’s responsible? : A study of strategies for handling climate migration

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : My Andersson; [2019]
   Keywords : climate migration; climate change; framing; problem definition; sustainable development.;

   Abstract : The issue of climate migration has long been struggling to make its way onto the international agenda. This study therefore set out to shed a light on eleven strategies for handling climate migration. The study builds on the work by Ransan-Cooper et al. READ MORE

5. 24. The Nature of the Far-Right's Nature: ‘Nature’, ethno-nationalism and the Finns Party

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Sonja Pietiläinen; [2019]
   Keywords : far-right; Finns party; ethno-nationalism; nature; homeland; place; environment; climate change; racism; whiteness; masculinity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thriving far-right has been transforming social and political space in Western Democracies for decades. Yet despite the contemporary ecological crisis and other environmental problems, there is a considerable lack of research on the far-right’s positions on nature. READ MORE

6. 25. “Nya gröna vågen”- the new back-to-the-landers : Growing new pathways to the future

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Mattias Nitschke; [2019]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; gröna vågen; nya gröna vågen; non-human; material practices; modernity; ontological turn; alternative food provisioning practices; physical surroundings; back-to-the-land; practice theory;

   Abstract : In the face of climate change, political instability, ecological destruction, extinction of species and other global issues humanity is facing, various studies are showing that a radical societal transformation is needed to avoid an ecological collapse. This thesis explores the contemporary social-environmental phenomenon “nya gröna vågen” (new-back-to-the-landers) in Sweden as a response to an urgent need for societal transformation as well as a resistance to the conventional modern society. READ MORE