Essays about: "equality discourses"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 67 essays containing the words equality discourses.

  1. 6. Leadership: An exercise in gendered behavior?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Malin Johansson; Sixten Bigner af Klintberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender; Trait; Discourse; Media; Leadership;

    Abstract : With its high rate of female representation within positions of power, Sweden is frequently regarded as being at the forefront of gender equality. While the division of men and women in leadership roles is an integral prerequisite for achieving equality, societal appreciation for gender characteristics is an important and often overlooked factor. READ MORE

  3. 7. Impeding What It Aims to Improve? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish National Strategy for Regional Development

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

    Author : Viktor Lovén; [2022]
    Keywords : Regional development; Sustainable development; Socio-ecological crisis; Postdevelopment; Sustainability; Discourse analysis;

    Abstract : In a world of systemic environmental destruction and growing social inequality, it is important to explore how decision-making institutions communicate about development and how they attempt to achieve social and environmental sustainability. The institutions define the problems, suggest the strategies, make the policies and set the targets in order to address the present socio-ecological crisis. READ MORE

  4. 8. Language as a Ground of Discrimination: Example Swedish Finns A Critical Discourse Analysis of Swedish Minority Politics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Kia Salmela; [2022]
    Keywords : language; language as a ground of discrimination; power relations; Critical Discourse Analysis; linguicism; linguistic human rights; human rights; national minority; Swedish Finns; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Language is a protected ground for discrimination internationally, but not in Sweden, although minority politics recognize language as a human right. This thesis focuses on Swedish Finns, one of Sweden's national minorities. READ MORE

  5. 9. “Language is power, but not everyone who uses it has the same power” : The effect of Resolution 1325 on gender discourses in peace agreements

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Natali Lestaric; [2022]
    Keywords : Resolution 1325; Gender; Peace agreements;

    Abstract : Peace agreements are important tools towards gender equality, and how they are written in terms of language is of particular importance. In October 2000 the United Nations Security Council acknowledged among other things the need for gender inclusive peace agreements with their Resolution 1325. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Democratizing Potential of Library Digitalization : Re-inventing the democratic mission of libraries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Matilda Grahn; [2022]
    Keywords : Library Neutrality; Digitalization; Democracy; Knowledge Access; National Library Strategy;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the democratic mission of public libraries has been affected by library digitalization by examining discourses on library digitalization in the Swedish national library strategy (2019). The research is based on a methodological framework combining a critical discourse approach with questions from Bacchi’s (2009) What’s the Problem Represented to Be? (WPR) methodology. READ MORE