Advanced search

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays matching the above criteria.

1. 1. Between hope and resignation. Three collective initiatives on climate change’s understandings of agency for societal transformation.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Lisa Conzemius; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability Science; social change; structure agency; collective action; anti-capitalism; radical change; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Addressing climate change will entail groups of people working together to bring about changes in fundamental societal structures. This research investigates how the members of three collective initiatives on climate change in Sweden envision the process of change, based on their understandings of structures and agency. READ MORE

3. 2. Irregularity meets integration : Conceptualising the agency and positionalities of irregular Filipino migrants navigating the (in)formal rules of a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Patricia Eunice Miraflores; [2022]
   Keywords : Irregular migration; structure and agency; positionality; Brexit; UK; pandemic; self-integration; autonomy of migration; acts of citizenship; Filipino migrants; Philippines;

   Abstract : Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic are two recent crises whose combined effects exacerbated the exclusion of irregular migrants in Europe. In this thesis, I will explore the structure-agency linkages that shaped the everyday survival strategies of irregular Filipino migrants (IFMs) in navigating a post-Brexit, mid-pandemic UK. READ MORE

4. 3. Reducing Meat Consumption Through Choice Editing Measures in German Company Canteens: Canteen Decision-Makers' Agency for Sustainability and the Role of the State

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Flora Luise Dicke; [2022]
   Keywords : meat consumption; structure-agency; decision-makers; agency for sustainability; middle-out framework; locked-in consumer; communal catering; business canteens; choice editing; policy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : .... READ MORE

5. 4. Complicating young adult LGBTQ narrative: : A literary analysis of Rebecca Albertalli’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Nikta Chegini; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Since they first emerged, young adult books have had five decades to come of age. During these five decades many sub-genres have developed, including, not least, the LGBTQ sub-genre. READ MORE

6. 5. Factors Influencing the Divergence and Convergence of ICTs within African Diaspora Entities in the United Kingdom

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Samah Ahmed; [2018]
   Keywords : Diaspora; African diaspora organisation; Transnationalism; Globalisation; ICT4D;

   Abstract : With the increase in International migration, migrants and diasporas contribution and engagement with their countries of origin has seen growing focus from academics, policymakers, governments and other stakeholders. This has been especially the case in the development sector where remittances form a sizeable percentage of some low-income country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). READ MORE