Essays about: "everyday politics"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 60 essays containing the words everyday politics.

1. 21. Stigmatization and Discrimination: A Qualitative Case Study of the Transgender Community in Brazil.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nikita Lourenco Calling; [2020]
   Keywords : transgender rights; discrimination; stigmatization; Brazil; LGBTQ ; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a qualitative case study of discrimination based on stigmatization towards transgender individuals in Brazil. The current President, Jair Bolsonaro has made some extreme statements about the LGBTQ+ community throughout his career in politics, starting when he was a congressman in Rio de Janeiro and keeps doing so today, normalizing stigma and discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community. READ MORE

3. 22. Social Media for Social Change: A Case Study of Online News Consumption among the Zimbabwean Diaspora in Botswana

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Eleanor Brooks; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Around 1 in 4 Zimbabweans lives outside their home country, with the majority of these having emigrated between 2000-2010 due to economic instability and political repression. The emergence of new technologies and social media means that the 4-5 million members of the diaspora scattered around the world are now connected to the families and friends they left behind, as well as to each other, via an extensive web of online communications networks, which remain engaged in politics by discussing political issues relating to their homeland. READ MORE

4. 23. The Swedish gasoline tax - A battlefield between the people and the elite? : A cultural performative analysis of the antagonisms in the Swedish gasoline tax debate.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Matilda Larsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainability science; Gasoline tax; Sweden; Environmental politics; Framing; Cultural legitimacy; Populism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is the debate regarding gasoline taxes in Sweden which is an example of a polarised sustainability debate. The aim is to get an in-depth understanding of the antagonisms of the debate by looking into how the pro and contra sides create and maintain cultural legitimacy and societal resonance through discursive struggles. READ MORE

5. 24. Love and Pride in the times of DOMA

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Faith James; [2019]
   Keywords : Everyday Political Resistance; Disclosure Practices; Resistance Narratives; Children of SSA parents; Queer LGBTQIA Families; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This qualitative study explores the ways children of same-sex attracted (SSA) parents engage in everyday political resistance. Poststructuralism, Queer Theory, Intersectionality, and theoretical notions of resistance and politicization of identities are foundations of this work. READ MORE

6. 25. Normed Sustainability : A socio-technological journey in hygiene practices

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : HANNA GUSTAFSSON; [2019]
   Keywords : Sustainability; norm-critic; energy practices; hygiene; Hållbar utveckling; normkritik; energipraktiker; hygien;

   Abstract : This report will guide you through a journey of a socio-technological research where questions evolved from the intertwining of technology and social structures will be answered. During spring 2019, this research project has taken part as a pilot study of a research project called Gendered sustainability: Norm-Critical explorations of energy practices for everyday transitions. READ MORE