Essays about: "formal and informal structures"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words formal and informal structures.

  1. 21. An ethnographic study of domestic violence and divorce in Uzbekistan: what is more important, to be free or to be alive?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kerstin Martinez; [2017]
    Keywords : divorce; domestic violence; dominance theory; equality; ethnography; gender equality; hybrid society; legal culture; legal feminist theory; living law; mahalla; Uzbekistan; violence against women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper has been to provide a socio-legal analysis of domestic violence and divorce in secular Uzbekistan. The legislation express that men and women are equal to the law, that any kind of discrimination is forbidden and judicial divorce is possible. READ MORE

  3. 22. Social negotiations behind biosphere reserve Nedre Dalälven River Landscape

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Jenny Jakobsson Kangas; [2017]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; biosphere reserve; Nedre Dalälven River Landscape; critical discourse analysis; formal social structures; informal social structures;

    Abstract : An academic contribution for the urgent work of sustainable development is to detect and analyze important factors of successful work for sustainability. This study explores the factors of social processes behind Sweden´s largest biosphere reserve, a model area for sustainable development, Nedre Dalälven River Landscape. READ MORE

  4. 23. ECHOES OF EUROPEANISATION OF SPATIAL PLANNING IN EU CANDIDATE COUNTRIES : THE CASES OF SERBIA AND BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Marjan Marjanovic; [2017]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Although not an exclusive EU competence, spatial planning in European countries has been influenced by a variety of Union policies and initiatives. This phenomena, labeled as ‘Europeanisation’, is understood as a multi-faceted process of institutionalization of both formal (rules, standards) and informal (norms, concepts, ideas) Community provisions into national planning cultures. READ MORE

  5. 24. Debt Restructuring from a Transaction Cost Economics Perspective - A Comparison between Norway and England

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Olof Kollinius; Adam Färnemyhr; [2016]
    Keywords : Transaction cost economics; Debt restructuring; Opportunistic behaviour; Governance structure; Firm value;

    Abstract : This study describes and compares the civil law jurisdiction of Norway and the common law jurisdiction of England's informal and formal debt restructuring processes. Empirically, we gather evidence by interviewing 15 practitioners, with various expertise and experience from either Norwegian and or English debt restructuring. READ MORE

  6. 25. Lighting a fire of change? : characterizing the learning process in a German non-formal education for sustainability network and examining the outcomes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Christiane Andrea Mössner; [2016]
    Keywords : education for sustainability; non-formal; sustainability science; learning process; agent of change; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) wird als vielversprechender Ansatz zur Lösung von Nachhaltigkeitsfragen angesehen. Resultate sind nicht zufriedenstellend aufgrund des Fokus der Wissensvermittlung im formalen Bildungssektor. Gründe hierfür sind der Einfluss wirtschaftlicher und politischer Interessen auf den formalen Sektor. READ MORE