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  1. 21. Climbing Through the State: Social Empowerment and Contentious Actions in the Jordanian Outdoors

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Författare :Hugo Pedrosa Latorre; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Jordan; tourism; adventure; outdoors; collective identity; alternative resistance; social empowerment; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Tourism has been a fief industry for state power in Jordan, used as state-building tool and hard-currency earner. However, the country’s socio-economic structure and the current regional conflicts have hindered its development as the expected economic engine to achieve Jordan’s independence from foreign aid. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Altering the Modes of Consumption - Nudge Policy in the Context of Hegemonic and Counter-Hegemonic Environmental Discourse

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Författare :Mara Bauer; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Human Ecology; Consumption; Nudging; Sustainability; Environmental Politics; Sufficiency; Alternative Consumption; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : One particular approach of behavioral economics has gained attention within environmental politics during the last decade. The idea of nudging (“gently pushing”) people in situations of decision-making towards the choice that in the long run is best for them as well as for the society and/or the environment seems to attract policy makers around the world. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Att göra så gott man kan : Kan föräldraskap skapa en mer medveten konsument?

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet

    Författare :Frida Didner; [2016]
    Nyckelord :consumption; sustainable consumption; consumption to children; parenthood; aware consumer; consumption pattern; needs; social norms; konsumtion; hållbar konsumtion; konsumtion till barn; föräldraskap; medveten konsument; konsumtionsmönster; behov; social norm;

    Sammanfattning : Den här studien har undersökt hur föräldrar till barn 0-2 år i Karlstad kommun konsumerar till sina barn inom tre produktkategorier; kläder, mat och leksaker. Syftet har varit att se om att få barn kan vara en drivande faktor för att bli en mer medveten konsument. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Lekil Kuxlejal - an alternative to development? A field study in Chiapas, Mexico

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Författare :Lovisa Prage; [2015]
    Nyckelord :autonomy; indigenous movements; Buen Vivir; Social anthropology; development; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The development ideals of linear progress, modernization and economic growth are based on one worldview among many, but have nonetheless been able to dominate global politics. Critical development literature has shown how indigenous peoples’ cosmologies have been pushed aside since colonialism, deemed traditional and backwards. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Avbördning via turbinerna : En fallstudie av ett litet vattenkraftverk och ett högt flöde

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Uppsala universitet/Elektricitetslära

    Författare :Mikael Gidstedt; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Hydropower; dam safety; discharge capacity; dump load; Vattenkraft; dammsäkerhet; avbördning; dumplast;

    Sammanfattning : In 1990 Flödeskommittén released new guidelines which redefined the method used to determine design flows. The method, combined with more complete measurements of flow variations, has resulted in higher design flows which in turn call for increases in the discharge capacity of hydropower plants. This work is still in progress. LÄS MER