Sökning: "global history"

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  1. 1. A labour-free childhood? African perspectives on international child rights policies.

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Författare :Dorotea Reuterswärd; [2024-01-16]
    Nyckelord :childhood; child labour; child rights; policy; literature review; ideal type; postcolonialism; Africa;

    Sammanfattning : This paper notes that one prominent trait of Western thinking about children is that childhood should be protected and care-free. For example, if children are engaged in work, their childhood is seen as 'lost'. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Félice Rubin; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Publicly approved wars : How soft power is used to sway public opinion

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Ville Sternbeck; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Soft Power; Public Opinion; American Military Intervention; Afghanistan War; Taiwan Crisis;

    Sammanfattning : The United States has always been a very prominent user of hard power and has in most of its existence wielded a great amount of it, seen by their long military history. Another power the United States has a vast amount of is soft power, begging the question how this power has been utilized in the past, to for example create public support for military intervention. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Den ryska militära inblandningen i Syrien : ”En kvalitativ fallstudie med inriktning på realism och socialkonstruktivism”

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Författare :Nawaf Mustafa; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Ryssland; Syrien; inbördeskrig; konflikt; realism; socialkonstruktivism; egenintresse; maktbalans; säkerhet; normer; identiteter; vapenförsäljning; terrorism; allianser.;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this research paper was to examine and understand how Russia contributed to be exacerbating the situation in Syria, leading it from peaceful protests demanding freedom, justice, and a better social and economic life, to a devastating civil war that took and displaced the lives of millions around the world. It seeks to answer why Russia chose to militarily engage in the conflict that began on March 15, 2011. LÄS MER

  7. 5. A Nation's History as Part of its History Education : A current comparative study of Scottish and Swedish secondary school teachers' perception of history, and curricula

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för lärarutbildning

    Författare :Robin Nordlund MacDougall; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Scotland; Sweden; Curricula; Teachers perceptions; Historical identity;

    Sammanfattning : This master's thesis explores the perceptions of the Short 20th Century history among high school teachers in Sweden and Scotland, focusing on how their perceptions fit within their own country's curricula's view on the same historic period. The study comprises two parts: an analysis of national history curricula and a survey of history teachers in both countries. LÄS MER