Essays about: "class conflict"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words class conflict.

  1. 16. SoFo in Stockholm: Placemaking in the age of hipster urbanism

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

    Author : Christopher Pickering; [2020]
    Keywords : critical urban theory; gentrification; grassroots; place; placemaking; housing; small business;

    Abstract : The transformation of cities through gentrification and the commodification of culture and green space are central problems in Urban Studies. This thesis investigated how cities like Stockholm can move forward from this gentrification. READ MORE

  3. 17. In the Middle of an Urban War: Middle-Classness and Fear of Violence in Rio de Janeiro

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

    Author : Gustavo Segat; [2019]
    Keywords : New Wars; phenomenology; fear; violence; urban conflict;

    Abstract : This research frames the context of Rio de Janeiro as a New War, and explores the phenomenological formation of fear among residents in the middle of the socio-economic pyramid. Through eleven semi-structured interviews, the body sensations and context in which fear of violence is likely to emerge are explored in a quest to describe the consequences for the group living amidst war. READ MORE

  4. 18. 'The Hate in Our Midst' : The 2017 Unite the Right Rally and Representations of Voice, Race, and Emotions in CNN International and Al-Jazeera English 

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Nadja Schaetz; [2018]
    Keywords : global television; Unite the Right rally; representation; emotions; voice; race; racism; strategic ritual of emotionality; media;

    Abstract : Although the 'affective turn' in social sciences lead to a new understanding of the effects of emotions on society, the role of emotions in media remains scarcely researched. Purpose of this study is to shed light on emotions in global television news and the ways in which gendered and racialized power relations may shape, and may be shaped by, emotional practices and discourses. READ MORE

  5. 19. Political Conflict and Economic Competition

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sebastian Flennerhag; [2016]
    Keywords : Political Economy; Conflict; Economic History;

    Abstract : A key ingredient for a dynamic economy is a modicum of competition, but with weak institutions powerful elites have strong incentives to collude to generate economic rents. Weak institutions also increase the scope for political violence, as an array of powerful elites have incentives to use coercion for private gains. READ MORE

  6. 20. They do not treat us like humans here: A study of Syrian refugees' integration in Egypt

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ylva Berglund; [2016]
    Keywords : integration; othering; racism; structures; equality; Egypt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : While the current European integration regime focuses on ‘cultural diversity’ as either a challenge or an asset and takes a assimilative or multiculturalist direction, this paper looks beyond ‘diversity’ and challenges the prevalent perspective. By studying the integration of Syrian refugees in Egypt it aims at finding a new understanding to the integration process, other than one of cultural conflict. READ MORE