Essays about: "spatial injustice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words spatial injustice.

1. 1. Stigmatization and its overshadow on urban green spaces in Gottsunda : the study of a segregated suburban area where existing green spaces are fading away

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Mashiat Raisa; [2023]
   Keywords : Gottsunda; stigmatization; segregation; green spaces; marginalized; crime; whiteness; planning; redevelopment;

   Abstract : In this modern era, when we are living in a society surrounded by advanced science and technology on the one hand, stigmatization as a form of social injustice is very much evident and still increasing in the social landscape on the other hand. In this thesis, I investigate the ongoing trend of redevelopment and densification projects in the Swedish context, explicitly targeting the marginalized neighborhoods in a Million Program housing areas built after the post-war period. READ MORE

3. 2. Make America Green Again: Understanding Trumpism as it Relates to Environmental Injustice Legislation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Brooke Moore; [2023]
   Keywords : Trumpism; Environmental Justice; Environmental Legislation; Framing Analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The United States is witnessing the emergence of what has popularly been coined Trumpism – a new conservatism inspired by the administration of Donald J. Trump, however, extending beyond to other far-right politicians. READ MORE

4. 3. Can the power in people be greater than the people in power? : Understanding how differences in discourse can influence tension between social movements and governments regarding spatial justice in Cape Town

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Roelf van Till; Lovisa Leijon Schöld; [2022]
   Keywords : spatial injustice; social movements; governments; discrepancies; tensions; Apartheid; meaningful engagement; participation; Cape Town; gentrification; discourse; city;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute to the academic discussion and deepen the understanding of tensions in the relationship between social movements, and governmental actors. This has been done by examining discrepancies in the discourse, between governmental actors and social movements, on spatial justice-related issues in Cape Town and how tensions remain to exist whilst working for similar causes. READ MORE

5. 4. Incels: Frustrated and Angry due to Deprivation of Intimacy : A Case Study of the Radicalisation Trajectories of an Online Community on a Fringe Social Media Platform

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutet för analytisk sociologi, IAS

   Author : Aron Kiss; [2022]
   Keywords : fringe social media platforms; echo chambers; marginalised groups; unfulfilled masculinity; polarisation; radicalisation; incel; NLP;

   Abstract : Technological advancements and affordability enable voicing of social injustice, feelings of deprivation, and oppression. Spatial barriers no longer pose obstacles to connecting with like-minded (or dissimilar) others to define and refine ingroup and outgroup. READ MORE

6. 5. Chilean Uprising : Grassroots movements as an instrument of contestation to social injustice and neoliberal urbanism

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Camila Freitas de Souza; [2020]
   Keywords : grassroots movements; postcolonial and decolonial theory; critical discourse analysis; Santiago de Chile;

   Abstract : In October 2019, a wave of massive demonstrations took place in Santiago de Chile and this movement was stamped in several newspaper covers worldwide. People shouting against the Chilean neoliberal system, holding posters with anti-imperialist sayings, and organizing artistic interventions on the streets went viral in social media. READ MORE