Essays about: "chile poverty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words chile poverty.

  1. 1. The Impact of Water Privatisation on the Indigenous Mapuche in the South of Chile. A Qualitative Content Analysis from a Human Rights Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Anna-Lena Wissmüller; [2021-09-27]
    Keywords : Chile; water privatisation; neo-liberalism; indigenous communities; Mapuche; human rights;

    Abstract : This study aimed to investigate the impacts of water privatisation on Mapuche communities in the South of Chile. The effects and the resulting demands and actions were examined from a human rights perspective. READ MORE

  3. 2. Natural disasters, unnatural consequences? Characterizing the causes of natural disaster’s vulnerability in Chile

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Sacks; [2019]
    Keywords : natural disasters; inequality; vulnerability; Chile; multilevel logistic regression; household data; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Reducing inequality in Chile has long been a priority of policymakers because of its negative impacts over political representation, spatial segregation and distribution of opportunities. Through the framework of vulnerability, this research suggests that an unexpected impact of inequality in Chile is an increased likelihood of experiencing losses due to natural disasters. READ MORE

  4. 3. Up-Rising Out of Poverty: The Role of Self-Determination, Political Attitudes and Legitimacy in the Mapuche Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Karen Malmqvist; [2013]
    Keywords : Chile; Mapuche; worldview; post colonialism; neoliberal multiculturalism; Self-determination; political attitudes; capitalistic; hegemony; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Chile is often portrayed as the paradigmatic case of a smooth transition from dictatorship to democracy, sustained by high rates of economic growth. This picture conceals a more complex reality of social conflict provoked by political reform that favors capitalistic advancement at the expense of resource exploitation and the continual and irreversible reduction and destruction of Mapuche land. READ MORE

  5. 4. NGOs and Governmentality in Chile The Case of TECHO and slum eradication programs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Katja Frösén; [2013]
    Keywords : Chile; governmentality; NGOs; slum erradication; social policies; housing; poverty; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study analyses the Chilean NGO TECHO, now present in 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, from the perspective of Foucault's concept of governmentality, as elaborated by Rose and Miller (2008). They argue that non-state modes of power are the defining features of contemporary societies, and that these operate through loose, associative networks through which actors come to define common perceptions of problems and common aims. READ MORE

  6. 5. Development of Chilean Poverty : Evidence from 1990 - 2009

    University essay from Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Larsson; [2011]
    Keywords : absolute poverty; relative poverty; inequality; Chile; economic growth; pro-poor growth;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE