Essays about: "social injustice"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 93 essays containing the words social injustice.

  1. 41. More than a pipeline: understanding and responding to the environmental injustices surrounding the Coastal GasLink pipeline conflict

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Avital Meira van Meijeren Karp; [2020]
    Keywords : Environmental justice; First Nations; Indigenous research methods; Pipeline conflicts; Canada; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The winter of 2020 was dominated by Canadian and international news coverage about a group of indigenous land defenders in Northern British Columbia, Canada. At the centre of the media frenzy was a pipeline conflict involving an indigenous community, namely, the Wet’suwet’en Nation, and Canada’s largest private sector investment ever which is set to cross directly through Wet’suwet’en territory. READ MORE

  3. 42. Environmental Justice and Political (Dis)Engagement : A study of France

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Camille Habe; [2020]
    Keywords : environmental justice; social deprivation; abstention; industrial pollution; inequalities;

    Abstract : A wide range of studies have documented the Environmental Injustice situations - particularly in the United States. In France, where inequalities and the environment have been brought to the light by a growing number of demonstrations, more recent data was needed. READ MORE

  4. 43. The Swedish gasoline tax - A battlefield between the people and the elite? : A cultural performative analysis of the antagonisms in the Swedish gasoline tax debate.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Matilda Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability science; Gasoline tax; Sweden; Environmental politics; Framing; Cultural legitimacy; Populism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is the debate regarding gasoline taxes in Sweden which is an example of a polarised sustainability debate. The aim is to get an in-depth understanding of the antagonisms of the debate by looking into how the pro and contra sides create and maintain cultural legitimacy and societal resonance through discursive struggles. READ MORE

  5. 44. Study of availability and accessibility of the green areas and meeting places by neighborhoods with different socio-economic backgrounds

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Mithila Jayalatharachchi; [2020]
    Keywords : Green Areas; Environmental Justice EJ ; Socioeconomic; Availability; accessibility; Income; Segregation; neighbourhood; DeSO; buffer areas; Stockholm; foreign background; children; education;

    Abstract : Green areas are important in people’s lives in many aspects such as physical, psychological, social and health. This study was carried out with the objective of examining if there are differences in green area accessibility and availability in the areas with different socioeconomic backgrounds using environmental justice (EJ) perspectives. READ MORE

  6. 45. Environmental protests- Should I stay or should I go? Reasons for not going

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Vera Holm; [2020]
    Keywords : Environmental protests; protest participation; non-protesters; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Abstract Devastating climate change, polluted oceans and biodiversity loss make up only a few of the issues facing the planet in the current man made environmental crisis. Many efforts have been made, but often failed in an attempt to mitigate the crisis. READ MORE