Essays about: "water politics"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the words water politics.

1. 16. China’s Transboundary River Governance: The Case of the Lancang-Mekong River

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Viltė Brilingaitė; [2018]
   Keywords : International Relations; Classical realism; Lancang – Mekong River; transboundary river; China; Great power; National Interest; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to analyze how does China pursue its national interest in the governance of the Lancang- Mekong River in domestic and international terms. The analysis was done through the lens of the classical realism theoretical school. READ MORE

3. 17. Representation of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline : A Critical Discourse Analysis of NGOs' press releases

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Johanna Walser; [2017]
   Keywords : CDA; NGOs; Media logic; Press Releases; Power; Representation; Victimization;

   Abstract : This Master Thesis studies the power relationship between NGOs, politics and the society by performing a Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) on NGO press releases concerning the case of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline in the USA. Interactions between mass media and NGOs are rising, hence the organizations are contributing to shape the ‘reality’ and the public’s perception. READ MORE

4. 18. Spatial hydropolitics between the upstream and the downstream states - A case study of the state, territory and identity formation of the Rogun HPP

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Dzenita Duratovic; [2016]
   Keywords : Rogun Hydropower Plant; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; spatial politics; politics of scale; politics of position; politics of place; sustainability; transboundary water management; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : By using the variables politics of scale, politics of position and politics of place, the dispute concerning the hydropower plant Rogun between the upstream country of Tajikistan and the downstream country of Uzbekistan can be explained from three spatial angels. The Rogun dates back to the Soviet era and under recent times the relations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have become tense since Rogun can bring significant development changes. READ MORE

5. 19. Lex Norrköping : The Norrköping Water Fluoridation Trials 1952-1962 and the Passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Jonatan Samuelsson; [2016]
   Keywords : science; dentistry; dentists; public health; caries; caries prevention; science and policy; history; history of science; uncertainty; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluorides; fluoridation; Norrköping; The Honest Broker; vetenskap; tandläkare; tandvård; folkhälsa; tandvård; karies; kariesprevention; vetenskap och politik; historia; vetenskapshistoria; osäkerhet; scientization; Roger Pielke Jr.; Daniel Sarewitz; fluor; fluoridering; The Honest Broker; Norrköping;

   Abstract : This thesis studies how scientists and science were put to use in the passing of the 1962 Water Fluoridation Act. The law was created for a specific purpose: that of facilitating the continuation of the water fluoridation trials that had been under way in Norrköping until January 1962, when they were forced to cease, having been deemed illegal by the Supreme Administrative Court. READ MORE

6. 20. Land Grabbing: : At What Price?

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Tove Thernsjö; [2015]
   Keywords : Agricultural; Climate Change; Environment; Human Rights; Investment; Land grabbing; Polanyi; Power; The Kyoto Protocol; The World Bank;

   Abstract : From a historical point of view land has constantly been a resource connected to survival and power. The increased demand for land is explained by several forces such as an growing population, which leads to a higher consumption, an increased market demand for food, biofuels and natural resources. READ MORE