Essays about: "civil associations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words civil associations.

  1. 1. Tapestry of rural lives : trust and ties within BYGDSAM association

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Zana-Sofia Merdovic; [2024]
    Keywords : weak ties; civil associations; rural development;

    Abstract : Local communities across Europe have been experiencing a decline in population and public services. To counter this trend, civil society often steps up through voluntary associations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Individers användning av socialt kapital i den kollektiva utvecklingen av lokalsamhällen

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Frans Elf; [2022]
    Keywords : lokalsamhälle; lokal utveckling; socialt kapital; landsbygdsutveckling;

    Abstract : Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka betydelsen av kompetenserna hos ledande representanter inom civilsamhället i Sverige och deras möjligheter att omsätta sina kompetenser till utveckling för sina lokalsamhällen. Studien har genomförts med en kvalitativ ansats där intervjuer med representanter från föreningar som arbetar med att utveckla sina lokalsamhällen på landsbygden har utgjort grunden för insamlandet av empiri. READ MORE

  4. 3. A sovereign abode – Democracy, discipline and deliberation in a Swedish housing association from 1943 to the present

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

    Author : Marcus Schmidt; [2021]
    Keywords : Autonomy; civil society; collective decision-making; freedom; Hannah Arendt; Jürgen Habermas.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since its inception, the discipline of sociology has struggled to bridge the gap between structure and agency. How is it that individuals can be free whilst also part of a larger context that determines their actions? This study aims to make a small contribution towards solving this conundrum. READ MORE

  5. 4. Effects of armed conflict on forest cover and vegetation seasonality in Cambodia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : David Ebert; [2021]
    Keywords : conflict; forest cover; vegetation seasonality; NDVI; remote sensing; Cambodia; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Armed conflicts have definitive wide-ranging and diverse impacts on the environment. This thesis examines associations between conflict and land cover change in Cambodia, focusing on the last decade (1989 - 1998) of a thirty-year long Civil War. READ MORE

  6. 5. Populism Versus the Populist Parties : An Analysis of the Relationship Between Ideology and Populism on the Cases of Fidesz and Syriza

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Oscar Petersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Populism; Ideology; Right-wing populism; Left-wing populism; Civic Space; Fidesz; Syriza; Freedom of association; Freedom of peaceful assembly; Freedom of expression.;

    Abstract : This is a case study aiming to clarify the potentially outdated focus on the populist features in modern populist parties. By analyzing the right-wing populist party of Fidesz and the left-wing populist party of Syriza the aim is to clarify whether populism as a feature is descriptive enough to illustrate these parties, regardless their ideological stance, or whether ideology should be taken more into account than it tends to do today. READ MORE