Essays about: "framing struggles"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words framing struggles.

  1. 1. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Neil Dunne; [2023]
    Keywords : Affordability; Affordable Housing; Housing Affordability; Housing Policy; Social Constructionism; Narrative; Housing Regimes; Commodification; Decommodification; Welfare Provision;

    Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE

  3. 2. Framing the Other : A feminist Approach to Media Representations of Women's Issues and Gender Equality in Croatia

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

    Author : Martina Derdić; [2022]
    Keywords : gender inequality; otherness; news framing; retraditionalization; Croatian media;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to identify the discursive techniques through which women are delegitimized, belittled and "Othered" in Croatian media. On top of that, the goal is to identify patterns in news framing processes which reflect the structures of a patriarchal society. READ MORE

  4. 3. ‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Josefine Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Crisis; Civil Society; Women Informal Workers; SEWA; Social Movement Framing; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. READ MORE

  5. 4. Where does the wind blow? : Unfolding the paradoxes of wind energy expansion in Brazil

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Veronica Olofsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Wind energy; sustainable development; framing theory; Brazil; justice; energy transition; territoriality.;

    Abstract : Transitioning towards renewable energy sources is crucial in mitigating climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Global energy consumption is expected to increase 50 % by 2050, meaning one of today’s main challenges is complying with those demands without tampering with the uncertainties of global climate change. READ MORE

  6. 5. Swimming Women : Discursive struggles over women's hours at municipal pools

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Magda Bergkvist Andersson; [2021]
    Keywords : Women s hours; frame analysis; swimming; new institutionalism; discursive institutionalism; feminist institutionalism; pools; multiculturalism; gender equality; Kvinnotider; frameanalys; damtider; badhus; institutionalism; multikulturalism; jämställdhet;

    Abstract : This thesis explores constructions of meaning, or frames, surrounding the policy of women’s hours in public debates and municipal settings, using newspaper articles and municipal documents as main empirical sources. Departing from the puzzle of how women’s hours are depicted as both gender equitable and gender inequitable in the debate, the thesis draws on previous research of how gender equality and multiculturalism relates to each other, potentially producing tensions in policymaking and discourse. READ MORE