Essays about: "roles of education in democracy"
Found 4 essays containing the words roles of education in democracy.
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1. From food scarcity to obese children the rapid transformation of health and food consumption in Spain
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : Spain has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world in 2012. This study asks, why, through studying, which food environment some Spanish parents create for their children. It studies the historical perspective of resources of food and the image of body and health this interpretatively has generated. READ MORE
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2. Childbearing Trends in Indonesia since the 1998 Political Reform : Weighing the Roles of Economic Development and Socio-demographic Factors
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Indonesia has experienced three different political eras: ‘old order’ under the regime ofpresident Soekarno, ‘new order’ under the regime of president Soeharto; and ‘reformationera’ in which democracy has been applied until now. The changes of economic and politicalconditions from one era to another have always gone hand in hand with the development ofthe country’s population. READ MORE
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3. Women and political participation A minor field study of the political culture in Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the elections of 2010 there are 14 per cent women in the Colombian congress - a remarkably low number in comparison with several other countries in Latin America where quotas of allocation are common. Decades of armed conflict might give a hint of why gender progress has been slow in Colombia, but at the same time as stereotyped gender roles are highly dominating, women are in no sense passive actors in the public sphere. READ MORE
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4. Work, family and education in post-communist Romania : gender issues andtransformations accompanying the globalization process
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : The thesis identifies past and present mechanisms that contributed to the change in the roles and statuses of the Romanian women as workers, mothers and students actively involved in educational programs. Sweden was chosen as term for comparison, because both Romanian and Sweden have social democratic welfare state regimes, but still promote different social policies, generally speaking, and, in particular, different policies regarding women. READ MORE
