Essays about: "philippines studies"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 34 essays containing the words philippines studies.

  1. 6. Irregularity meets integration : Conceptualising the agency and positionalities of irregular Filipino migrants navigating the (in)formal rules of a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Patricia Eunice Miraflores; [2022]
    Keywords : Irregular migration; structure and agency; positionality; Brexit; UK; pandemic; self-integration; autonomy of migration; acts of citizenship; Filipino migrants; Philippines;

    Abstract : Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic are two recent crises whose combined effects exacerbated the exclusion of irregular migrants in Europe. In this thesis, I will explore the structure-agency linkages that shaped the everyday survival strategies of irregular Filipino migrants (IFMs) in navigating a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK. READ MORE

  3. 7. FOREIGN AID AND ECONOMIC GROWTH : Evidence from three Southeast Asian developing countries

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Lanxi Ji; [2021]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Previous studies show ambiguous results on how aid affect growth. In order to find out if aid has a positive effect on growth in Southeast Asia, I study Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines during 1990-2019. By using the Mankiw-Romer-Weil version of Solow model, I find aid has a negative long-term effect and no short-term effect on growth. . READ MORE

  4. 8. Assessing the suitability of using Sentinel-1A SAR multi-temporal imagery to detect fallow periods between rice crops

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lukasz Langowski; [2021]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information System; GIS; Remote Sensing; Fallow; Detection; Sentinel-1A; Synthetic-aperture radar; SAR; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Fallow, understood as a period where no crop is cultivated during a growing season, is an important crop management practice. Fallow plays an important role in pest and disease management, and monitoring the presence and duration of fallow can have implications for understanding the extent and effectiveness of this agricultural practice. READ MORE

  5. 9. What constitutes right-wing extremism? - An analysis of three European political parties

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Erik Mellander; [2020-02-18]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The end of World War II resulted in the dissolvent of the German Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP) and the Italian Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF). The strength of fascist and national socialist ideologies was significantly weakened after the war. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Activist's Strategic Toolkit : A study of environmental protesters’ responses to repressive state tactics in the Philippines

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

    Author : Karoline Hermansson; [2020]
    Keywords : State repression; civil society; South-east Asia; Responses to state repression;

    Abstract : The studies on state repression on dissidents has for long puzzled researches with macro-level studies often reaching contradictory results. To that end, the following thesis aims to explore the micro-level effects of state repression on protesters strategies as a case-study on the Philippines, which was the deadliest country for environmental activists in 2018. READ MORE