Essays about: "conservative countries"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 65 essays containing the words conservative countries.

  1. 21. Tracing Bolivia's Swing of the Pendulum : Tracing the process of popular resistance in Bolivia.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Emil Wenlöf; [2021]
    Keywords : Double Movement; Bolivia; Evo Morales; Social Mobilization; Popular Resistance.;

    Abstract : Policy regime shift through popular societal resistance in developing countries, advocating a state-regulated economic model, has been a frequent occurrence in the 21st century, during a period where neoliberalism has dominated the world market. Scholars have brought up the framework of double movement to explain these social, economic, and political changes from free-market regimes to state-controlled regimes, claiming that it is a societal reaction to the commodification of land, labor, and money. READ MORE

  3. 22. “I don’t have to say thank you for what is my right” : Social movement networks and public policies for migrant women in Florianópolis, Brazil

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Gabriela Martini dos Santos; [2021]
    Keywords : Immigration; Public Policies; Migrant women; Social movement networks; Florianópolis; Santa Catarina; Brazil.; Imigração; Políticas Públicas; Mulheres migrantes; Redes de movimentos sociais; Florianópolis; Santa Catarina; Brasil.;

    Abstract : Brazil, like other Latin American countries, has witnessed an increase in south-south migration rates in the last decade. This scenario led to important changes in migration policies at the Federal level – the update of the conservative Foreigner Statute from 1980 to a rights-based Migration law in 2017 is the prime example of how migration flows can contribute to the promotion of rights and strengthen democracy in host societies. READ MORE

  4. 23. Political leaders' motives to action : An analysis of Jair Bolsonaro's and Emmanuel Macron's motives in the Amazon rainforest fires

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Sofia Kjellin; [2020]
    Keywords : Political leadership; rational choice; political psychology; motives; actions; Jair Bolsonaro; Emmanuel Macron; the Amazon rainforest;

    Abstract : This study seeks to explain political leaders' motives to action, by studying how Jair Bolsonaro and Emmanuel Macron have acted in the matter of the fires in the Amazon rainforest. It is assumed that while political leaders may try to act rationally, they are influenced by psychological factors in terms of educational background and style. READ MORE

  5. 24. The verification and validation of a probabilistic risk analysis method for road tunnels

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Kim Genberg; Karin Sandin; [2020]
    Keywords : Tunnels; fire; evacuation; probabilistic risk analysis; QRA; verification and validation; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In this thesis, a new probabilistic risk assessment tool for road tunnels has been verified and validated. The verification and validation were performed along with a literature review to find different key variables that affect the risk in a road tunnel and find out how these variables can be handled. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Ebb of the Pink Tide and a Turn to the Right in Latin America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Natalia Andreea Neicu; [2020]
    Keywords : turn to the right; economic voting; religious voting; Latin America; retreat of the pink tide; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The left-wing governments that possessed the power of the executive in Latin America for almost two decades are now under duress. The event that has posed the initial threat to the “reign” of the Pink Tide is believed to be the 2015 election of Mauricio Macri in Argentina. READ MORE