Essays about: "democracy and poverty"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words democracy and poverty.
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1. How democratic backsliding impacts security and development in El Salvador
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : The security and development nexus outlines the interdependence between security and development, this theoretical framework has been used in peacebuilding efforts around the world and the idea of the concept is that both security and development reinforce each other, more security is expected to create more development and vice versa. If a society is riddled with poverty and economic despair, insecurity will follow as a result, and likewise an economy will not be able to grow and flourish if a secure environment is not applied. READ MORE
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2. Managing trees and power relations : analysing power in two tree restoration projects in central Tanzania
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Nature restoration and carbon forestry projects in the Global South are considered central tools for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Proponents claim that projects have the potential to deliver win-win solutions, supporting poverty alleviation and local empowerment in addition to environmental benefits and carbon sequestration. READ MORE
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3. The shadow pandemic : a feminist institutional perspective on civil society's work on gender-based violence in post COVID -19 South Africa
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokratiAbstract : This field study is a thematic and feminist institutionalist analysis on how the civil society and grassroot activists in Gauteng province, South Africa, has been affected and mitigated during and after the COVID -19 pandemic in their work against gender-based violence. The data consist of five semi structured interviews with primary sources, divided in the two sub-groups of activists and formal NGO representatives. READ MORE
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4. Energy justice for members only? A study of German energy cooperatives’ contributions to energy justice
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Energy cooperatives are seen as a way to achieve energy democracy in both academic and activist circles, with often an implicit expectation that they also contribute to energy justice. These assumptions are increasingly being questioned, often on the grounds of the limited diversity of energy cooperative membership. READ MORE
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5. The Transformative Irenic Rebellious Power of Street Art in Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Concerns are growing within the field of development as global democracy rates decline. As a solution to how to rebuild democratic systems is currently unclear, this thesis looks at the case of Colombia and the national protests (colloquially referred to as El Paro) that began in April 2021. READ MORE