Sökning: "Empowerment Social Sciences"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 351 uppsatser innehållade orden Empowerment Social Sciences.

  1. 1. ”There is a need for people who can provide a transition”: A case study of how educational activities empower actors to engage in a local transition of the waste system on Bornholm, Denmark

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Kathrine Gjesing Hansen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :socio-institutional transitions; Denmark; power; education; municipal waste management; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Sustainable waste management is a complex task within environmental governance, and municipalities play a key role in governing a transition of the waste system toward prevention and reuse. This calls for an enhanced understanding of local capacities for change, and therefore this thesis adopts a socio-institutional perspective on the power of actors to influence local transitions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Keeping Up with the Transition: Sex for Compensation and Women with Asylum and Transgender Experiences in Sweden

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Författare :Ines Anttila; [2023]
    Nyckelord :sex for compensation; transgender; asylum; gender affirmation; waiting; strategy; tactic.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis focuses on the practice of sex for compensation performed by women with transgender and asylum experiences living in Sweden. It aims to explore the complexities of sex for compensation by positioning this practice as both strategy and a tactic for obtaining income used for gender affirmation, considering that gender-affirmative healthcare is not available for asylum seekers in Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. (Em)powering community energy on Gotland : An exploration of energy justice through a case study of "an island in an island"

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Frida Malin Møberg Mundbjerg; Marie Bredkjær Thomsen; [2023]
    Nyckelord :community energy; energy justice; island identity; local empowerment; energy transition; Gotland; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The energy transition raises concerns about local communities' marginalisation in decision-making and ownership models, leading to justice debates. Community energy (CE) gains attention as a pathway towards energy justice (EJ). Drawing on qualitative data collected on Gotland, we examine how the Austerland CE project delivers EJ. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Decolonizing Aid: A Comparative Analysis of USAID and Sida's gender equality strategies in Guatemala

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Alejandra Perez Towns; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Decolonizing aid; discourse; colonial markers; USAID; Sida; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The development aid field has been subject to increased questioning regarding power relations between donors and recipients; some studies shed light on the fact that development aid is an extension of colonial practices. Currently, there have been efforts to ‘decolonize aid’. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Pursuing Peace: Strategies Employed by INGOs to Foster Trust between Tamil and Sinhala Communities in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Perla Gabay; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Sinhala; Tamil; Strategy; Governmentality; Discourse; Foucault; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study was to examine how INGOs in Sri Lanka work to increase social capital and trust between two specific ethnic groups- the Tamils and Sinhala. The study uses a qualitative approach, where this dissertation draws on Michel Foucault’s Discourse Analysis with the concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality as central themes in the empirical data. LÄS MER