Essays about: "representations of poverty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words representations of poverty.

  1. 1. Why Educating Girls Is More Important? : Human Capital, Human Rights and Capability approaches to the Importance of Girls’ Education

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Sineka Jayasundara; [2023]
    Keywords : Girls’ education; human capital; human rights; capabilities; development agencies; critical discourse analysis; what is the problem represented;

    Abstract : Girls’ education is one of the main attributes that contribute to the development of a nation and society. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the girls’ education is discursively constructed by the development agencies promoting girls’ education. READ MORE

  3. 2. Girls’ Education in Policy Discourse: The Case of Chad in Representation of the Problem in International Organizations’ Strategic Development Plans, its Silences, and Effects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alina Gineityte; [2023]
    Keywords : Girls’ education; international organizations; problem representation; strategic development plan; Chad; WPR approach.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Education, particularly girls' education, is essential for personal and national development, addressing issues such as poverty, and political instability. However, gender disparity in education remains a significant problem, leading to increased interest from governments and international organizations in addressing the issue through policy implementation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mainstream Media Representations of People Experiencing Poverty And/or Social Exclusion in Greece in 2022

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : ADAMANTIA BAMPOULA; [2023]
    Keywords : poverty; social exclusion; representation; framing; visual lexicon;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to analyse how poverty and social exclusion are visually represented through photographic images in the Greek mainstream media, following relevant articles in 2022. It contributes to the discourse on poverty using visual research methodologies, examining media-generated visuals that accompany articles on the same topic, addressing a gap in similar work within Greek media. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dissonance in Gaskell’s Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life and Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Kristian Jeremic; [2022]
    Keywords : Elizabeth Gaskell; Mary Barton; George Orwell; Down and Out in Paris and London; Marxism; class; class consciousness; historical materialism; Althusser; internal distantiation; unreliable narrator; intranarrational unreliability; extratextual unreliability; representations of poverty;

    Abstract : This essay identifies a type of narrative dissonance in the depictions of working-class conditions within Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life and George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. In this thesis, the dissonance is argued in part to be the effect created when an author belonging to one social class attempts to portray a class separate from their own. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Others: Media representations of Indigenous Peoples in the coverage of environmental and political matters : A Critical Discourse-Analysis of the media coverage regarding the Mayan Train environmental protests and concerns in Mexico

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Viviana Levet; [2022]
    Keywords : indigenous; indigenous peoples; indigenous representations; Mexico; media; media outlets; train; mayan; mayan train; environment; environmental discourse; media discourse; sustainability; social sustainability; indigeneity; racism; discrimination;

    Abstract : In the coverage of the Mayan Train in the Southeast of Mexico, national newspapers have either ignored Indigenous peoples as the main stakeholders affected by this project or portrayed them as victims and enemies of modernization. The purpose of this study is to analyse how the Mexican newspapers, La Jornada & Reforma, have omitted or ‘othered’ Indigenous communities in their coverage of the Mayan Train between March and June 2022. READ MORE