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1. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. LÄS MER
2. The new Italian take on food sovereignty : a discourse analysis of food sovereignty in different contexts
Kandidat-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : This research is investigating the Italian Government’s use of the food sovereignty discourse. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the semantic term and how its meaning changes in different contexts. Food sovereignty was originally coined by the “peasant movement” called La Via Campesina. LÄS MER
3. THE SWEDISH MODERATE PARTY – NOT SO OPENLY HEARTED ANYMORE?
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Existing literature argues that mainstream parties strategise when other niche parties threaten their position. I argue that we can observe this unfold on a practical level through how the mainstream parties use language. LÄS MER
4. Risk Implications of Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Implementations: the Case of the Nordics
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikSammanfattning : Climate change is no novelty – we witness its disastrous impact more and more by each day. Although we already started envisaging a future where the vitality of our societies is derived not from conventional fossil fuels, but from a sophisticated, clean, and steadfast energy source – the latest benchmarks tracked by leading global energy agencies show grim performance, thereby calling for an intervention. LÄS MER
5. Governance and decision-making : Lessons from three French eco-villages
Master-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikSammanfattning : In a context of rising environmental pressure and slow societal changes in response, the emergence of ecovillages comes as a small-scale solution to actively propose sustainable alternatives to the modern consumerist society. The human factor plays a key role in enabling such ecovillages to last. LÄS MER