Essays about: "transnational society"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 69 essays containing the words transnational society.

1. 21. Back to the Future: The Return of 'the 1980s' in Western Popular Culture and its Political Implications

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Thomas Collins; [2020]
   Keywords : Popular Culture; Globalisation; Late Capitalism; Ontological Security; Emotions; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Over the last five to ten years there has been a re-emergence of ‘the 1980s’ in western popular culture. From music and fashion, to television and film, the decade has made a sustained and emphatic return across many countries. READ MORE

3. 22. Participation and inclusiveness in process and design : a case study of the urban upgrading of two parks in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

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

   Author : Emma Johannesson; Maria Östlund; [2020]
   Keywords : public space; public participation; inclusive; Sri Lanka; urban upgrading;

   Abstract : Who is included and has the right to shape public spaces is constantly contested through power struggles and expressions of politics and culture, where conflicting interests shape urban development. The public’s right to engage in the decision-making that affects different aspects of their lives has led to that public participation is now often seen as an important part of a democratic society. READ MORE

4. 23. Individen – medborgare eller konsument?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nina Morby; [2019]
   Keywords : Globalism; individualism; consumer society; political consumption; media portrayal; konsumtionssamhälle; politisk konsumtion; medias porträttering; idealtypsanalys; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to explain which conditions may lay behind the emergence of the political consumer, focusing on globalization, individualism and the increase of consumerism as a result of the rise of global political issues such as climate change. Thereafter, the portrayal of this transition will be investigated in Swedish media by comparing debate articles considering environmental and climate issues, with a time difference of three decades. READ MORE

5. 24. Students Without Borders? : an analysis of the role of digital media in the lives of international students at Lund University

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Timothy Parker; [2019]
   Keywords : International Students; Digital Media; Social Media; Mediatization; Cosmopolitanism; Conviviality; Multiculturalism; Transnationalism; Sweden; Mobility.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : International students at Lund University are constantly engaged with their mobile devices. Communication conducted through these devices across a variety of digital and social media platforms facilitates a significant amount of everyday communication, on both a local and transnational level. READ MORE

6. 25. Democratic global environmental governance: An oxymoron or a matter of ideals? : A study of the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Ema Lindén Glad; Joakim Nersing; [2019]
   Keywords : The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; United Nations; sustainable development; transnational democracy; global environmental governance; typological content analysis; cosmopolitan democracy; deliberative democracy; stakeholder democracy;

   Abstract : Today, one of the most compelling issues facing students of environmental politics is global environmental governance’s democratic legitimacy. Critics of multilateral and transnational sustainable development negotiations and implementations perceive these as democratically deficient, due to non-state actors deciding over nation-state politics. READ MORE