Essays about: "social movements and brazil"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words social movements and brazil.

  1. 1. Media Representations of Feminist Protests in Brazil : Analysing Journalistic Discourses and the Challenges of Social Movements

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Bruna Duarte; [2023]
    Keywords : Media representation; feminist movement; critical discourse analysis; Latin American feminism; Brazilian media;

    Abstract : Public policies are often driven by a combination of factors, such as the elected government's political profile and the public opinion and pressure.  Media plays a vital role in documenting and educating public opinion on relevant issues, and that is not different for the feminist and LGBTQIA+ demands. READ MORE

  3. 2. Media Representations of Feminist Protests in Brazil : Analysing Journalistic Discourses and the Challenges of Social Movements

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Bruna Duarte; [2023]
    Keywords : Media representation; feminist movement; critical discourse analysis; Latin American feminism; Brazilian media;

    Abstract : Public policies are often driven by a combination of factors, such as the elected government's political profile and the public opinion and pressure.  Media plays a vital role in documenting and educating public opinion on relevant issues, and that is not different for the feminist and LGBTQIA+ demands. READ MORE

  4. 3. Land Under Attack! : A Study of the Framing Process of the Transnational Social Movement Fridays for Future

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elsa Hellqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Movements; Framing; Fridays for Future; Indigenous Peoples; Climate Change; Mining;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the discursive framing process of the transnational social movement Fridays for Future is analyzed. The analysis builds on cases regarding mining on indigenous peoples' territory. The material used for analysis is social media content from Fridays for Future in three different countries: Sweden, Australia, and Brazil. READ MORE

  5. 4. “If We Stop, the World Stops” – A study on the viability of the strike as a tool of feminist resistance in São Paulo

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Alina Kiel; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminist strike; feminist resistance; strike; brazil; 8M; international women’s strike; feminist movement; direct action; institutionalization;

    Abstract : This study investigates how the feminist movement in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, relates to the International Women’s Strike – a transnational feminist mass strike launched by the Argentinian feminist collective Ni Una Menos in 2017. Based on a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews conducted with representatives of 10 feminist organizations in São Paulo, this text explores the feasibility of a feminist strike in the context of São Paulo and highlights the structural challenges in its implementation. READ MORE

  6. 5. Counterproductivity in Counterterrorism : A Brazilian Case Study

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Blomberg Elias; [2020]
    Keywords : Brazil; counterproductivity; counterterrorism; Law 13.260; Tri-Border region;

    Abstract : This thesis is a qualitative case study of counterterrorism in Brazil. Special focus is put on law 13.260, commonly referred to as “the anti-terror law”, enacted in 2016. Theoretically my focus is on the applicability of the common notion of counterproductivity as used in the theoretical literature on counterterrorism. READ MORE