Essays about: "ideological distance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words ideological distance.

  1. 1. As Dark As Darkness : Using Star Maker and The Hobbit to Promote a Constructionist Understanding of Race in the ESL Classroom

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Martin Svanborg; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Although the popular conception of fantasy has nothing to do with race, in fact, the genre frequently exhibits underlying concerns with racial dynamics. Conversely, science fiction, due to its speculative perspective on the universe and the potential existence of alien species is, by nature, more inherently preoccupied with the concept of race. READ MORE

  3. 2. "Do we care more when we think differently?" - On the relationship between Ideological Polarisation and Voter Turnout

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gerrit Krönert; [2022]
    Keywords : Ideological polarisation; voter turnout; multiparty systems; Europe; electoral competition.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Polarisation is a hotly discussed and eagerly researched topic these days. This research specifically examines the effects of one type of polarisation: Ideological Polarisation on voter turnout. READ MORE

  4. 3. Wanders in Woolwich

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Alastair Porter; [2021]
    Keywords : London; Woolwich; public space; platform; platforms; Aureli; Tattara; correspondence;

    Abstract : From before enclosure, platforms have defined use and purpose within the physical and social world. The demarcation of space through levelling, texture and surface acting together to both enable and restrict use, platforms would later give their name to the socio political construct of the platform as ideological stage. READ MORE

  5. 4. Voices of the flight-free visionary : an overview of the ‘staying on the ground’ narratives and their position in relation to (neoliberal) mobility hegemony

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Sebastian Arrosamena Mellgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; Climate change; Sweden; Transformation; Aviation; Frames; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is encouraging profound and rapid transformation in every economic sector to mitigate escalating climate change. In this context, a public and political debate about aviation as a high-carbon source has emerged in Sweden with growing numbers of people declaring that they are “staying on the ground”. READ MORE

  6. 5. Political budget cycles under single party- and coalition governments How the composition of local governments affects opportunistic fiscal policy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : William Wedenberg Lisa Andersson; [2019-10-21]
    Keywords : Political budget cycles; ; veto player theory; local governments; power dispersion;

    Abstract : This paper examines the empirical relationship between political budget cycles (PBCs) and two types of governments; single party- and coalition governments. Most PBC models implicitly assume that governments have unitary preferences and unconstrained control over fiscal policy, as is the case under single-party governments. READ MORE