Essays about: "urban-rural divide"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words urban-rural divide.
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1. THE URBAN-RURAL VOTING DIVIDE IN SWEDEN: A Quantitative Analysis
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This essay seeks to analyze urban-rural differences in voting behavior in Sweden by measuring urban-rural differences in social attitudes around gender and immigration, and urban-rural differences in party choice. Previous studies have found that demographic and economic differences between regions explain a large part of the urban-rural voting gap, but a significant part still remains unexplained. READ MORE
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2. Vargen – ”en syndabock för större socioekonomiska problem” : en kritisk diskursanalys av nyhetsrapporteringen av varg på lokal och rikstäckande nivå
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Uppsatsens syfte är att kritisk granska och analysera nyhetsrapporteringen av rovdjursdiskursen för att urskilja hur olika maktstrukturer mellan stad och land syns och reproduceras i porträtteringen. Särskilt fokus ligger i den mediala bilden av landsbygd i vargfrågan där traditionella diskurser om landsbygd kan reproduceras snarare än utmanas i frågan. READ MORE
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3. TELEHEALTH BEYOND DISPARITIES & DIVIDES : Rural care practitioners’ adoption of telehealth: a case study
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatikAbstract : Telehealth in rural and underserved areas are increasing rapidly due to centralization and cutbacks in healthcare. Since many telehealth studies has a patient-centered focus or organizational perspectives, we find a gap in research regarding practitioners' view in the unique contexts of rural areas. READ MORE
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4. Understanding Access to Clean Cooking Fuels in Kenya
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : Adoption of clean cooking fuels is conditioned by factors known as barriers and enablers, which characterize the decision-making environment of a household. Access to clean cooking is a target part of the Sustainable Development Goals, yet it currently stands at 19.5% in Kenya. READ MORE
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5. Challenges in women's access to higher education in Pakistan
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: Women in Pakistan face many obstacles, challenges, and gender stereotypes in their educational journey. Therefore, the goal of this research is threefold: to examine the factors that female HE students identify as obstacles and hurdles they have had to overcome to establish themselves in HE; to examine what enables some women to overcome them and successfully establish themselves as HE students; and last to address what gender stereotypes female students in HE have encountered in their educational journey and how they have dealt with them. READ MORE