Essays about: "community mobilisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words community mobilisation.

  1. 1. Communicating Participatory Budgeting : Insights from Makueni County in Kenya

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Elmi Hussein; [2023]
    Keywords : Participatory communication; participatory budgeting; power dynamics; WhatsApp; Facebook; social media; digital tools; mobilisation; dialogue; elite capture; public engagement; development; Makueni; Kenya;

    Abstract : Kenya's 2010 Constitution marked a significant shift towards decentralised governance and public participation as key drivers of sustainable development (Finch and Omolo, 2015). One of the primary strategies county governments employ to achieve this goal is participatory budgeting (PB), which empowers communities and devolves power to support inclusive and equitable development. READ MORE

  3. 2. Prefigurative politics as applied to the climate crisis : A game theoretical assessment

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nathan Carlshamre; [2023]
    Keywords : Prefigurative politics; game theory; prefiguration; climate activism; activism; environmental activism; tragedy of the commons; anarchism; left-libertarianism; political theory; Montgomery bus boycott; constructive program; ecotage; non-violence; violence; cartel theory; salience;

    Abstract : In this paper, I make use of the game-theoretical concepts of cartel theory and coordination theory via salience and Schelling points in order to assess the viability of prefigurative politics when used by group actors to address the particular case of the climate crisis. I show that prefigurative politics as a strategy faces significant systematic disadvantages when used by social movements attempting to address climate change as compared to when it is used by social movements focused on other causes. READ MORE

  4. 3. 1:0 for the environment: Engaging football fans on tackling climate change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jennifer Amann; [2022-01-18]
    Keywords : mobilising climate action; collective action; public participation; social transformation; pro-environmental behaviour change; football fandom; non-league football; community;

    Abstract : In general, the existence of anthropogenic climate change and the need for deeper societal transformations are widely accepted. Less agreement exists on how to best motivate the public to act in a way that allows for these transformations to happen. Currently, research stresses the potential of existing communities. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Josefine Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Crisis; Civil Society; Women Informal Workers; SEWA; Social Movement Framing; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. READ MORE

  6. 5. Passive radicalisation without mobilisation : A narrative analysis of collective identities and emotions as driving forces of online radicalisation

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    Author : Ida Lewenhaupt; [2020]
    Keywords : radicalisation; identity construction; narratives; emotions; collective identities; incels; online communities;

    Abstract : Scholars often consider ideology a crucial factor for radicalisation, but some groups appear radical even though they have been described as lacking clear ideologies. This thesis will explore why members of the incel community appear radical despite the community’s lack of a rigid ideology. READ MORE