Essays about: "social problems in india"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 34 essays containing the words social problems in india.

1. 11. Urban Solid Waste Management in Mumbai Current challenges and future solutions for Urban Development : Minor Field Study

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

   Author : Yuri Joelsson; Rebecca Lord; [2016]
   Keywords : Municipal Solid Waste Management MSWM ; Mumbai; Urban Planning; System Approach;

   Abstract : This study was conducted as a bachelor thesis at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in the spring of 2016. The study was carried out as a Minor Field Study (MFS) funded by the Swedish public authority Sida - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. READ MORE

3. 12. Greening or greenwashing dirty laundry? Tracing sustainability in the Tirupur textile cluster.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

   Author : Benedikt Koch; [2016]
   Keywords : Intervention; Pollution; Sustainability; Textiles industry; Zero Liquid Discharge;

   Abstract : The contemporary world landscape is epitomised by a highly globalised world economy, where neo-liberal agendas push for ultimate competitiveness and much of the manufacturing and production processes have been relocated from core to semi-peripheral countries. To be able to compete in the global arena, many developing nations and newly emerging economies have sacrificed an approach to sustainable development by neglecting social and ecological aspects. READ MORE

4. 13. Women and Maids : Perceptions of domestic workers, house work and class among young, progressive, middle-to-upper class women in Delhi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Otso Harju; [2016]
   Keywords : Domestic workers; Delhi; Class; Gender roles; Reflexivity; Social change; Family; India; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses ten indepth interviews on domestic workers, class and gender roles with ten young, politically inclined and often adamantly feminist women towards the upper end of the Indian class spectrum. It aims to deepen the understanding of employerworker relations and gendered domestic roles in contemporary Indian households. READ MORE

5. 14. Embodying the Other - A Cross-Cultural Understanding of Misrepresentational Oppression

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Eva-Marie Elg; [2016]
   Keywords : Embodiment; trans; the Other; embodying; crip; cinema; cripface; transface; blackface; Europe; Asia; Otherface; reversal; US; voyeuristic; gaze; phenomenology; imperial; colonial; male; critical whiteness; queer; monster; grotesque studies; gender; post-Darwanism; post-colonial; posthumanism; post-humanism; elite; culture; homogenous; industry; star; ableism; ableist; transphobic; show; freak; representation; misrepresentation; traditions; phenomena; bodies; morphing; hijra; Tamil; global; katoey; third gender; invisibility; visibility; uglyface; mediatedness; media; transing communication; animalizing; infantalizing; funny bodies; immoralizing; sexualizing; comedy; as; comparison; social; transing; queering; self-reflection; relations; looking; progressive; progression; freakery; mockery; awards; Academy; ridicule; Sensationalization; Trivialization; Stabilization; Rationalization; exorcized; bounderies; portrayals; violent; hetero-domesticity; violence; India; drag; faux; pathologised; tomboi; Thailand; character; deviant; Non-Normative; Normative; whitewashing; old age; identity; years; 102; monstreous; 2017; 1915; fantasy; stardom; Little Mermaid; figures; non-human; super-human; actor; exploitation; exclusion; transsexual; transversal; transman; transwoman; transgender; funkis; experiments; transperson; misrepresentational; psychology; oppression; North America; patriarchal; Frozen; films; isolated; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis offers a holistic perspective on the phenomenon of embodying Otherface. It provides a deeper insight into the categories Transface and Cripface, the latter being a term for an able person depicting a person with visible or invisible disabilities, also referred to as cripping up. READ MORE

6. 15. Instrumental Securitization : An Investigation of Contemporary Indo-Pakistani Hydro‐Political Dynamics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Sune Petersen; [2015]
   Keywords : India-Pakistan; International Relations; Security; Hydro-Politics; Securitization Theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Indo-Pakistani rivalry has lasted for more than seven decades, experienced four major wars, countless armed skirmishes and extensive cross-border communal violence, resulting in more than one million casualties, and enormous amounts of resources diverted towards security. The disputed Kashmir region is often cited as the main reason for the persistence of the conflict. READ MORE