Essays about: "the notion of the individual"
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1. Unionism and Income An analysis of the Right to work laws on wage dispersion in the United States
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : In this thesis, I investigate the effect of introducing Right-to-work laws on wages and the dispersion of wages in the United States, using a staggered Difference in Difference model pioneered by Callaway & Sant’Anna (2021) on wages and individual wage quantiles. Introducing Right-to-work laws appear to have a generally positive effect on wages and wage dispersion for all wages. READ MORE
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2. Homescape
University essay from KTH/StadsbyggnadAbstract : Home is a complex and multifaceted concept that holds significant importance on both individual and societal levels. Despite its rich and diverse nature, the definition of a home is often limited to the domestic scale of an apartment or house, disregarding the importance of creating a home-connection to a larger urban site and shifting the attention away from public and communal spaces. READ MORE
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3. WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT - A STUDY ON THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WIDOWS IN NAIROBI, KENYA
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : As international actors and public policies have centered the ambition of gender equity, empowerment has become a buzzword within international development. With its original conceptualization suggesting a process of redefining the structures of power, feminist scholars have noted how empowerment has been robbed of its central element; power. READ MORE
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4. Rejection, Repercussion & Redefinition : An Interview Study on Conscientious Objectors in Israel
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Conscientious objection to military service is a widely studied subject in many fields, peace and conflict studies included. The military institution has been an integral part of Israeli society and culture since its inception. READ MORE
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5. Market life and the city (of Vienna) - The social infrastructure of attachment to place
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : In this thesis, the relationship between people and places is investigated through examining how migrants in Vienna create place attachment to food markets in the city. A place attachment is understood as the emotional bond that forms between an individual and a specific space, the theoretical foundation of this thesis lies within emotional geography, a sub-field of human geography which examines the relationship between emotions and spatial practices. READ MORE