Essays about: "human rights city"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the words human rights city.

1. 16. The Transformative Potential of the Right to the City : An Analysis of the Potential Contribution of the Right to the City in Formulating a Human Rights Response to Urban Socio-Economic Inequalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Ramindu Perera; [2019]
   Keywords : The Right to the City; Human Rights and inequality; Urbanization; Urban inequalities; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The demographic patterns in developing countries have significantly changed in the recent few decades due to the impact of urbanization. The urbanization process has created new challenges; and the enormous divide between haves and have nots has become a defining feature of contemporary urban spaces. READ MORE

3. 17. Human rights activism in Mexico City – A case study on young people’s strategies for enacting citizenship

   University essay from Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola/Institutionen för socialvetenskap

   Author : Michal Viksten; [2018]
   Keywords : Human Rights Education; Social Movements; Civic Participation; Mexico; Critical Pedagogy;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the strategies used by young people in Mexico City to exercise civic participation in the form of human rights activism. Mexican society is currently markedby an increased amount of human rights violations, together with high levels of corruption, violence and severe flaws within the democratic system. READ MORE

4. 18. Human Rights Cities: Local Governance or a Way of Life? - A study of the historical conception of human rights cities and their progressive potential in promoting a more inclusive and participatory human rights paradigm today

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Sofie Viborg Jensen; [2018]
   Keywords : Sociology of Human Rights; Critical Theory; Human Rights; Local Governance; Community Development; Cities; Human Rights Education; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In a time where political populism and critiques against the international human rights paradigm has resulted in a global backlash against global governance systems, including human rights, the thesis sets out to explore the notion of human rights cities as a prospective mean to confront contemporary social challenges related to social inclusion and participation. The thesis relies on an emerging human rights-oriented sociological framework, emphasising a critical tradition, which view human rights as relevant for the study of welfare policies and management. READ MORE

5. 19. Museum as Activist: (Re)inventing Institutional Paradigm at the Museum of Movements in Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Olga Zabalueva; [2018]
   Keywords : migration museums; participation; activism; museum definition; democracy; Museum of Movements; museology; civil society; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Vad händer bakom museimontrar och magasindörrar? Vem bestämmer vilket kulturarv som ska bevaras och vilken del av det ska utställas? Vem driver det osynliga maskineriet av museernas backstage-funktioner och genomför dagliga museirutiner? Museer som modernitetsinstitutioner har en särskild roll i processen för kunskapsproduktion och maktfördelning inom samhällen, först och främst genom att synliggöra vissa grupper och historier. Sedan 1900-talet uppmärkte man efterfrågan på strukturella förändringar i museer och på 2000-talet står det klart att museer behöver agera och framhålla sitt sociala ansvar. READ MORE

6. 20. Educating Roma Women & Girls. Bringing European Standards to the City. Experiences from Suceava & Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Patricia Iacob; [2017]
   Keywords : Education - minorities - gender rights - Roma - human rights cities - intersectionality - EU Framework for Roma Inclusion - participation in decision-making - local implementation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Since EU’s expansion to incorporate former Communist countries, attempts to solve the so-called “Roma issue” spurred an unprecedented array of policies, interventions and measures at national and transnational level. Instead of the expected positive changes, discrimination and poverty worsened. READ MORE