Essays about: "post-colonial structures"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words post-colonial structures.
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1. Western Influence in Africa and the Perception of the NPP Youth Wing of Ghana and JMPLA of Angola : A Comparative Study
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This thesis explores how the post-colonial structures in Ghana and Angola are affecting the mentality of the youth members in the political parties of NPP Youth Wing and JMPLA. The purpose is to discover whether the Political Youth Parties are able to provide ideas that challenge the current western influence in their politics. READ MORE
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2. Global Power Structures and the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The thesis aims to generate hypotheses about the power structures within the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. A comparison of the governing of Indigenous Peoples from the Global North and Global South respectively, is made. Firstly, the representatives in the Forum are counted. In a second step, a discourse analysis is conducted. READ MORE
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3. The impacts of a cancelled large-scale agricultural investment on smallholder farmers’ land use and access
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Large-scale agricultural investments have seen a rise in popularity over the years, promising economic growth, food security, and poverty eradication around the globe. Through the rising involvement of development aid agencies with private investors, the number of foreign large-scale investments in developing countries significantly increased. READ MORE
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4. Who is this about? : A multimodal critical discourse analysis of the communication from volunteer organizations
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how three volunteer organizations present volunteer projects on their websites to identify who is constructed as central in the description of the project and which role is created for the reader. This study uses Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA), Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) and Post-colonial theory as a theoretical framework to analyze visual and textual elements from three project descriptions. READ MORE
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5. “They told us we have to plant many trees so that we can harvest air” : hegemony, mistrust and communication failure in a tree planting project in Tanzania
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : PES has become an important tool in climate mitigation policies, and has potential to increase the economic flow to low-income countries and enhance rural development. However, most studies show cases where policy design is in conflict with the local context. READ MORE
