Essays about: "means -tested social assistance"

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  1. 11. Perceptions of barriers to climate change adaptation by Uppsala farmers

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Alan Saritas; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Climate change adaptation; Nordic agriculture; Adaptation decision-making; Barriers to adaptation; Farmers;

    Abstract : Current emissions are likely to produce substantial impacts for the agricultural sector and the salience for adapting to these changes in the agricultural sector is increasing. While Nordic agriculture is faced with both opportunities and challenges from climate change, a still developing political and institutional structure in combination with an extreme drought during the summer of 2018 is exacerbating existing long-term trends of financial pressure in the sector, particularly for meat and dairy farmers. READ MORE

  3. 12. Challenges for Survivors of Anti-Personnel Mines in Post-Conflict Vista Hermosa, Colombia : Resilience, a Way for Improvement?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Tobias Max Große; [2019]
    Keywords : Survivors of Anti-Personnel Mines; Victims; Resilience; Vista Hermosa; Colombia;

    Abstract : The research approach is an embedded-single case study, focusing on survivors of APM in Vista Hermosa, Colombia. The first unit of analysis discloses the current challenges of survivors in light of the historical and legal background. READ MORE

  4. 13. Steering the Client toward Self-sufficiency Swedish Social Workers’ Accounts of Responsibilisation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Daniel Carlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Social workers; labour market policies; activation; responsibilisation; discipline; control; discretion; street-level bureaucracy; automation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the last couple of decades in Sweden, there has been an adoption of “workfare”-oriented policy approaches to unemployment (as opposed to the former, less conditioned welfare-oriented ones). Consequently, labour market policies more and more have started to encompass the Social Services Department (in Swedish; “socialtjänsten”). READ MORE

  5. 14. Social Protection in Kenya: The Use of Cash Transfer Programmes in Progressively Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Krystle Kabare; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Protection; Social Transfer Programmes; Cash Transfer; Human Rights Principles; Progressive Realisation; Capability Approach; Kenya;

    Abstract : This research study focuses on the social protection sector in Kenya, with a special emphasis on social assistance programmes. Although Kenya has made strides in terms of economic development and the improvement of access to education and healthcare, 45.9% of the population continues to survive on less than $1.25 a day. READ MORE

  6. 15. Empowerment according to whom? A critical assessment of Coca-Cola’s Corporate Social Responsibility initiative Parivartan (5by20) in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Anna Berggren; [2015]
    Keywords : Feminization of Responsibilities; CSR; Parivartan; 5by20; Coca Cola; Gender Equality; Women’s Empowerment; India; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : ”In many parts of the world, opening a bottle of Coca-Cola means opening the doors to economic empowerment for women.” Thus, by founding their latest global campaign 5by20, an initiative aiming to empower five million women before 2020 in their position as small-scale entrepreneurs, Coca Cola engages itself in what is called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). READ MORE