Essays about: "macro perspective"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 139 essays containing the words macro perspective.
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1. DEMOCRACIES WITHOUT DEMOCRATS A quantitative study of citizens’ preferences for autocratic regimes
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : What decides whether a person prefers democracy or autocracy? Can the preference be narrowed down to one single influencing factor, or is it instead a combination of several phenomena that determines it? In order to understand the shifts in autocratic tendencies globally from a macro perspective, it is crucial to study the micro perspective behind it: individuals. This essay builds on previous research regarding citizens’ preference for different regime types to map out further why some people prefer autocracy over democracy. READ MORE
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2. DEMOCRACY FOR ALL? A Quantitative Study on How Power-sharing Affects Approval of Non-Democratic Governance in African Post-Conflict Societies
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the Cold War, intrastate conflicts have become more common, and more conflict settlements call for power-sharing. Despite power-sharing being so common as a means of ending civil conflict, academic research indicates that power-sharing could be harmful to democratization. READ MORE
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3. Stitching Sustainability: Exploring the Dynamics of Slow Fashion: A qualitative content analysis of how two Swedish fashion companies operate in practice in relation to a slow fashion framework
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Collective research indicates that the global fashion industry faces extensive challenges within the objective of a just and sustainable development and clarifies the need for slow production and consumption. Slow fashion is both a movement and a theoretical concept aiming to do this, where slow is not time- but quality-based. READ MORE
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4. Understanding Sustainability Transitions: The Perspective of Innovators in incumbent firms - A case study of the roles and challenges faced by innovators and incumbent firms
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Creating green sustainable innovation is a step in the right direction towards a sustainable future. It is however not sure that incremental improvements will be enough, it is instead called for radical shifts in socio-technical systems, so called sustainability transitions. READ MORE
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5. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. READ MORE