Sökning: "Structural Inequalities"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 89 uppsatser innehållade orden Structural Inequalities.

  1. 1. Cultivating connections: exploring the impact of community garden on social cohesion : in a socio-economic disadvantaged neighbourhood in Sweden

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Reham Ghallab; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Social cohesion; social capital; community garden; socio-economic neighbourhoods; segregation;

    Sammanfattning : The study delves into the interplay between the social dynamics of the community garden space and broader socio-political forces, exploring how these factors mold practices and interactions within the community garden, thereby influencing social cohesion. Despite the apparent segregation, Tensta Garden serves as a catalyst, inspiring residents to construct relationships, actively participate, and cultivate connections and shared experiences. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Att håna de globalt superrika : En multimodal kritisk diskursanalys av filmen Triangle of Sadness

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

    Författare :Emma Gröttheim; Sanna Eriksson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :economic inequality; class; global upper class; globally super-rich; global elite; discourse; culture industry; field theory; multimodal critical discourse analysis;

    Sammanfattning : Research suggests that society is facing continued increasing economic inequalities where structural forces such as neoliberalism and globalisation are behind the emergence of a new group of globally super-rich. Since media is a place where social class is expressed, depicted and represented, it can have a particularly important role regarding what discourses about the global upper class are generated. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Melina Pettersson; Julia Rönnbäck Finocchio; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Youth unemployment; Development; Education; Inequality; South Africa; Employability; Horizons of opportunity; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Patience, the feminine virtue of investing : A mixed-methods approach to studying gender-based investment behaviours and the investment gap.

    Magister-uppsats, Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Författare :Agnes Eriksson; Elsa Leijon; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Investment Gap; Investment Behaviour; Overconfidence; Risk; Financial Literacy; Financial Advisory; Stereotypes; Gender Bias;

    Sammanfattning : Background – This study discusses gender-based differences in investment behaviour and its economic consequences. Despite significant advancements in gender equality, inequalities such as the gender wealth gap exist. This paper explores the difference in investment behaviour and factors that influence said behaviour. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Medikalisering av livets svårigheter: en diskursanalytisk studie av hur psykisk (o)hälsa representeras i riksdagsmotioner hösten 2022

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Norea Hammarin; [2023]
    Nyckelord :diskursanalys; folkhälsa; medikalisering; policy; poststrukturalism; psykisk ohälsa; social determinants of health; WPR; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to provide understanding on how the discursive construction of mental health and illness in politics relates to health policy and in turn to inequalities in mental health. Based on Carol Bacchis discourse analytical framework WPR, I analyze policy documents from the Swedish parliament in fall 2022 in order to investigate how mental health and illness is represented in the political discourse and what potential effects these representations have on inequalities in health. LÄS MER