Sökning: "parallel societies"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 28 uppsatser innehållade orden parallel societies.
1. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierSammanfattning : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. LÄS MER
2. The Insider's Perspective on Sustainable Finance
Magister-uppsats, Högskolan i Gävle/MiljövetenskapSammanfattning : Finance solutions have the potential to play a key role in the transition to sustainable societies. The financial sector has struggled with multiple parallel definitions and standards for sustainable finance. LÄS MER
3. Vad händer i orten? : En diskussion kring narrativet om "utsatta områden" i Sverige
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionenSammanfattning : This essay discusses the lived experiences and opinions of people living or working in so-called “vulnerable areas” in Sweden, predominantly in relation to issues of immigration and organized crime. Theoretically, the study uses Pierre Bourdieu’s framework surrounding capital and habitus and Norbert Elias concept of “the outsiders and the established”, while also drawing on the work of Gregory Bateson, Edward Said and more. LÄS MER
4. Den nya mentaliteten : En studie om ungdomars framtidstro under aids-epidemin 1988–1998
Master-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för samhälle, kultur och identitet (SKI)Sammanfattning : Sedan början av 1980-talet har en mängd berättelser skapats om hiv och aids. Från en tro om att det endast var vissa delar av samhällets minoriteter som behövde tampas med viruset, till en förståelse av att vem som helst kunde få viruset överfört till sig genom blod eller sexuellt umgänge. LÄS MER
5. Controlling the Uncontrollable? : A qualitative content analysis of the United Nations Sendai Framework and its reflection of disaster risk reduction in a risk society.
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : Occurrences of extreme weather events are increasing due to the ongoing climate change driven by human actions. In parallel, this triggers a growing need for humanitarian action in the future to help those impacted by disasters. LÄS MER