Essays about: "strike"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 199 essays containing the word strike.
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21. “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 LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : 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
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22. A system of weightlessness – Applying the EU general principle of proportionality to secure fundamental rights protection under contemporary EU investment agreements
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : At the heart of modern investment law it has since long resided a conflict between extensive investment protection norms and public policy interests of host states. After receiving exclusive competence to conclude international investment agreements governing this interrelation, the EU has tried to cater for those latter objectives through the design of these agreements. READ MORE
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23. The Significance of Giant Flank Collapses on Magma Ascent in the NE Rift Zone of Tenerife, Canary Islands: A Structural Modelling and Diffusion Approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : On the volcanic ocean island Tenerife in the Canary archipelago, several giant flank collapses haveoccurred over the last one million years. The link between the lateral collapses and the resultingvolcanism in the rift zones is not fully understood and was investigated within the framework of thisproject. READ MORE
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24. A Dirigible Bowling Ball : Controlling a bowling ball to hit a strike every time
University essay from KTH/MekatronikAbstract : The purpose of this bachelor’s thesis is to investigate the uses of spherical robots and on a prototype basis construct and control a dirigible bowling ball. The robot is able to steer left and right after being thrown by the user. READ MORE
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25. When Symbols Strike : The role of symbols and visual media for online activism, networks, and connection in the Women’s Strike in Poland
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : The case study in focus for this research is the Women’s Strike in Poland movement during its articulation in late 2020. This movement was organized to campaign for reproductive rights and women’s rights in Poland after a restrictive abortion law was proposed in 2016, put into motion in 2020, and passed in 2021. READ MORE