Essays about: "societal transitions"

Showing result 21 - 24 of 24 essays containing the words societal transitions.

  1. 21. Challenging the Transition Paradigm : The impact of arenas of democracy on comparative transitioning processes in Communist Poland and contemporary Egypt.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Davidovic Milos; [2015]
    Keywords : Tahrir; Revolution; Solidarity; Transition Paradigm; Democratization; Democracy; Communist Poland; Egypt; Transition; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the status of socio-political society, rule of law, and economic society in Communist Poland and contemporary Egypt prior to their respective transitions. After establishing a status of aforementioned societal institutions, this thesis will aim to show the influence these institutions had on a transition process in both of these cases. READ MORE

  3. 22. Living in Transition Societal transitions from a youth perspective in Bhutan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Daniela Lehner; [2015]
    Keywords : societal transitions; tradition; modernization; globalization; youth; Gross National Happiness; GNH; happiness; Thimphu; Bhutan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to contribute to a more holistic understanding of youth experiences under the phenomenon of societal transitions caused by processes of modernization. Bhutan has been subjected to major changes in terms of economic development, political and societal transitions. READ MORE

  4. 23. Mainstreaming ecosystem-based adaptation into municipal planning to foster sustainability transitions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Christopher Lüderitz; [2014]
    Keywords : green infrastructure; urban transformation; sustainability science; policy integration; spatial planning; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Unprecedented global challenges demand all-encompassing modification of societal realms to ensure life support functions and human development. In the absence of adequate responses to climate change at a global level and the need for place-based adaptation, local governments are gaining increasing attention to govern and implement solution options to foster sustainability transitions. READ MORE

  5. 24. Transitional Justice - Lustration, Truth-Revealing and Reconciliation in the Political Transitions of the Czech Republic, South Africa and Northern Ireland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Minna Nauclér; [2006]
    Keywords : transitional justice; reconciliation; South Africa; Czech Republic; Northern Ireland; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : During the last decades there has been an ever-increasing amount of democratic transitions taking place all over the world. In connection to this phenomenon, transitional justice has developed as a subfield in post-conflict peacebuilding, dealing with the judicial aspect of transitions. READ MORE