Essays about: "radical democracy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 essays containing the words radical democracy.

  1. 11. "There's no I in team" : A study of roles of civil society in Holmsund, and it’s connection to constructions of Holmsund

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Irma Olofsson; [2018]
    Keywords : civic engagement; civil society; centre-periphery; radical democracy; spatialized power relations;

    Abstract : The civil society and civic engagement is a prerequisite for democracy (Putnam, 1994), and in the form of the popular movements it has in many ways defined the Swedish democracy. This thesis focuses on the locality Holmsund located in the municipality of Umeå, Holmsund has a history that are in ways defined by activeness from civil society in similarity with many other places in Sweden (Ambjörnsson, 2001). READ MORE

  3. 12. Revolt of the ‘Left Behinds’? Regional Manufacturing Employment and the Vote Share of European Social Democratic and Radical Right Parties.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Dominic Mealy; [2018]
    Keywords : radical right; social democracy; manufacturing decline; automation; regional variation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In recent years radical right parties have gained electoral strength across Europe, while the vote share of social democratic parties has declined. Using regional data and two fixed effect models this study investigates the impact of manufacturing employment and a range of other economic and demographic variables on the vote share of these parties in both national and European parliament elections from 2000-2014. READ MORE

  4. 13. Connected on a heart level : An anthropological discussion about interracial relationships in post-apartheid South Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Elin Benedictsson; [2018]
    Keywords : race; post-apartheid; interracial relationships; racial thinking; racial order; South Africa; power relations; New South Africa; mixed marriage;

    Abstract : Throughout history South Africa has been dominated by a white race group and during the era of apartheid racial segregation was encouraged as well as an idea of racial order was established through institutionalised racism. Marriage across racial borders was prohibited according to the Mixed Marriages Act. READ MORE

  5. 14. Slum at the center : participation and radical planning in Villa 31, Central Buenos Aires

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Joel Andersson; [2017]
    Keywords : Slum; Radical planning; Activist planning; Citizen participation; Slum-upgrading; Neoliberalism; Buenos Aires;

    Abstract : Citizen participation has as a planning strategy, become increasingly enveloped and is today often described as a way to deepen democracy. At the same time, there is reason to question this rhetoric as many researchers argue that these strategies does not live up to what they promise. READ MORE

  6. 15. Rethinking Populism: ‘the People’ as a Popular Identity Subject in Bernie Sanders’ Discursive Articulation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Andac Baran Cezayirlioglu; [2017]
    Keywords : Populism; popular identity; collective identity; identity politics; political communication; discourse theory; antagonism; Bernie Sanders;

    Abstract : This study explores the articulation of a popular political identity by the US Senator Bernie Sanders and the political coalition he communicates. The analysis part is conducted on two levels: the construction of the populist signifier ‘the people’ and the construction of the antagonist in Sanders’ political communication. READ MORE