Essays about: "political grassroots movement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words political grassroots movement.

1. 1. Pepita de oro: How AlVelAl is building a regional regenerative agriculture transformation through social innovations

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Elissa Dickson; [2023]
   Keywords : regenerative agriculture; Spain; sustainability transformation; social innovation; adaptive capacity; institutions; drylands;

   Abstract : Regenerative Agriculture (RA) is increasingly promoted as a sustainable agri-food solution. Agronomic studies find that RA practices (e.g. cover crops, reduced tillage, crop rotation, and agroforestry) can regulate soil moisture, sequester atmospheric carbon, enhance biodiversity, and reduce the impacts of droughts and floods. READ MORE

3. 2. When Activism Meets Party Politics : How the Movement Party Volt Europa Attempts to Strengthen European Democracy: A Case Study Analysis

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Franziska Fink; [2022]
   Keywords : European Union; Democracy; Social Movements; Movement Parties;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the movement party Volt Europa attempts to strengthen European democracy. Using the theory-generating approach of grounded theory, a case study analysis is conducted to assess the prospects of Volt Europa's attempt. READ MORE

4. 3. Regenerative agriculture : a contested open moment

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Rickard Hedling; [2022]
   Keywords : regenerative agriculture; alternative food networks; food sovereignty; political ecology; discourse food systems;

   Abstract : Agriculture is both heavily impacted by climate change and responsible for greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Transitioning towards more sustainable agricultural practices is therefore imperative and requires new ways of thinking about agricultural knowledge and technologies. READ MORE

5. 4. The Gospel of Bernie Sanders: Discourse Analysis for a Radical Democratic Politics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Yuliana Ocampo; [2020]
   Keywords : political activism; discourse analysis; cultural analysis; social movements; grassroots; modern political theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of activism, specifically the culture of political activism at the level of the individual lived experience. Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Towards a Radical Democratic Politics (2014) draws from Antonio Gramsci’s concept of cultural hegemony and develops a theoretical framework for how social movements can effectively organize and mobilize for social change. READ MORE

6. 5. Chilean Uprising : Grassroots movements as an instrument of contestation to social injustice and neoliberal urbanism

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Camila Freitas de Souza; [2020]
   Keywords : grassroots movements; postcolonial and decolonial theory; critical discourse analysis; Santiago de Chile;

   Abstract : In October 2019, a wave of massive demonstrations took place in Santiago de Chile and this movement was stamped in several newspaper covers worldwide. People shouting against the Chilean neoliberal system, holding posters with anti-imperialist sayings, and organizing artistic interventions on the streets went viral in social media. READ MORE