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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade orden James Scott.

  1. 1. The Interplay Between the Agency of Civil Society Organizations and Foreign Aid : What does Analyzing the Agency of Civil Society Organizations in Lebanon Reveal About the Possibilities for Transforming the Hegemonic Relationships Within Foreign Aid?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Författare :Mohamad Aljounde; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Hegemony; Aid; civil society; International organizations; Lebanon; MENA;

    Sammanfattning : The flow of political aid into civil society organizations has sparked extensive debates and controversies surrounding the impact of foreign aid on the efficacy of said organizations in recipient countries. These discussions explore foreign aid through theoretical and empirical lenses, investigating its implications on global, regional, and national levels of analysis. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Everyday Practices of Resistance in Chinese Social Media: The Uses of Memes for Civic Engagement

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Författare :ZHUOXIU XING; [2022]
    Nyckelord :social media; digital media; memes; everyday forms of resistance; Chinese civic engagement; collective identity;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to understand the everyday use of digital media by Chinese ordinary citizens as new forms of civic engagement under strict online censorship and CCP’s authoritarian control. With the announcement of the Third-child Policy as the analytical background, I adopted a qualitative research method and conducted digitally mediated ethnography on Sina Weibo users. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Constructing the Ideal Parent in Post-Genocide Rwanda : Social Engineering and Informality in Kigali Settlements after Genocide

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Författare :Amanda Palacios; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Post-Genocide Rwanda; Informal Settlements; Social Engineering; Governmentality; Parenting Culture; Genocide Studies; Anthropology of Post-Genocide;

    Sammanfattning : Previous studies of post-genocide Rwanda illutrates how nation-building and the government’s urgency to break with the past results in aims to rearrange society in order to prevent further violence and hostility. Developmental aims are also embedded in the broader project of post-genocide nation-building, adapted to promote a new and improved way of life after the genocide. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Rasism på West Point : En studie av fördomar och sociala relationer mellan svarta och vita kadetter på USA:s militärhögskola under 1870-talet

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Erik Vennersten; [2021]
    Nyckelord :US Military Academy; racism; nineteenth century; United States; Hugh Lenox Scott; James Webster Smith; USA:s militärhögskola; racism; 1800-talet; USA; Hugh Lenox Scott; James Webster Smith;

    Sammanfattning : This essay examines the social relations between colored and white cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point during the late 19th century. Through letters we are able to take part of two microhistories that show the social structure from two different angles. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Gränser och motstånd : En studie om ensamkommande ungdomars erfarenhet avpapperslöshet

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)

    Författare :Malin Sundvisson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Asylum; borders; irregular migrants; migration; undocumented; refugees; resistance.;

    Sammanfattning : This paper analyzed how living undocumented can be understood in a Swedish, political context. The study was examined through three semi structured interviews with Afghan citizens who came to Sweden during 2015 as unaccompanied minors. LÄS MER