Essays about: "group agency"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 219 essays containing the words group agency.

  1. 16. Protection or Denunciation : A study on Civilian Agency during the War in Kosovo

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

    Author : David Creelman; [2023]
    Keywords : Civilian Self-Protection; Civil Society; Peaceful Communities; Civilian Action; Violence against civilians; Kosovo; Kosovo War; Prizren; Gjakova;

    Abstract : Why do some communities experience more violence against civilians than others? This study argues that civilian communities embracing relationships that bridge salient group divides and norms of non-violence, will commit to actions of protection across those divides, which will in turn limit possibilities for armed actors to commit violence against civilians. On the other hand, communities that do not embrace bridging relationships and instead promote more violent norms, will commit to denunciation of other civilians during war. READ MORE

  3. 17. Förundrad av fysik? : En fenomenologisk studie kring högstadieelevers upplevelser av förundran som epistemisk känsla i fysikundervisningen

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

    Author : Daniel Stoor; [2023]
    Keywords : science education; physics; lower secondary school; epistemic emotions; phenomenology; wonder; Naturvetenskapsundervisning; fysik; högstadiet; epistemiska känslor; fenomenologi; förundran;

    Abstract : Naturvetenskapsundervisning idag tenderar att måla en bild av att allt redan är förklarat och alla samband är upptäckta inom naturvetenskap. Skolans jobb handlar bara om att lära ut alla förklaringarna. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Killing Agent : A comparative transitivity analysis of US news headlines regarding killings of and by the civilian and the police officer

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Wendela Rikardsdotter; [2023]
    Keywords : Agency; America; Authority; News; Critical Discourse Analysis; CDA; Media; USA; Police Brutality;

    Abstract : Due to its status and reach, media discourse can shape its reader's perspective on social actors and events, for good and for worse. This thesis investigates 100 headlines retrieved via searches in the NOW corpus, of which 50 portray killings of police officers by civilians and 50 portray the opposite, killings of civilians by police officers. READ MORE

  5. 19. Effects of clear-cut logging on five old-growth forest bryophyte species. : How does the most common forestry method in Sweden impact vulnerable forest specialists?

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Nathalie Edwards; [2023]
    Keywords : Bryophytes; old-growth forests; forestry; nature conservation; sustainable forestry; mossor; gammelskog; skogsbruk; naturvård; hållbart skogsbruk;

    Abstract : Clear-cut logging is the most widely practised forestry method in Sweden. This often conflicts with nature conservation and leads to issues where economic interests are pitted against ecological values. READ MORE

  6. 20. What do you mean 'climate change'? Framings of climate change in citizens' climate assemblies

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Corinna Zeitfogel; [2023]
    Keywords : citizens climate assemblies; framing; evidence; climate change;

    Abstract : A preliminary technical framing of climate change in the evidence of citizens' climate assemblies (CCAs) might lead to closing down policy options and ignoring other sides of climate change, such as questions of power. A limited range of frames can negatively impact epistemic conditions for deliberation and lead to decreased engagement by participants who do not share the values proposed by the dominant frames. READ MORE