Essays about: "despair"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the word despair.
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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. Competitive cities and architecture. : A case study of Malmo, Sweden
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Abstract This thesis explores the evolving relationship between architecture and the globally competitive city, specifically examining how architects are involved in the realization of market metaphors that underpin city-branding on global markets. Specifically, this research focuses on waterfront redevelopment projects of post-industrial cities. READ MORE
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3. Economic and Sociological Factors of Deaths of Despair in Sweden and Norway: A Regional Panel Data Approach
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : I employ a descriptive study design to examine the relationship between the rate of deaths of despair and higher education, unemployment, gross regional product per capita, divorce, and sex ratios. Aggregate regional data is used. A first analysis is performed in Sweden across age and sex groups. READ MORE
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4. Re-imagining the World Through Popular Poetry Set in Motion by the Ultimate Signalling Officer Alan Alexander Milne
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Alan Alexander Milne’s authorship was never limited to being the author of the very beloved teddy-bear, far from it. In addition to being a successful playwrite and editing Punch, Milne also wrote several poetry collections which all have been out of print since the 1940s in the entire English-speaking world. READ MORE
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5. ”The shrieking of nothing is killing me” : Representations of society of the spectacle and hyperreality in David Bowie’s lyrics
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This text explores how the lyrics of David Bowie can be applied as supporting the critique against hyperreality and society of the spectacle, as articulated by Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard. This is done by focusing on three questions: 1) what elements in Bowie’s lyrics support Debord and Baudrillard, 2) how can these elements function to portray Bowie as primarily a sociologist and secondly an artist, and 3) what are the benefits of using fiction (in this case lyrics) as empirical material? From a theoretical framework building on Debord’s society of the spectacle and Baudrillard’s focus on hyperreality, I will apply a two-folded methodology of sociology through literature and socio-poetics. READ MORE
