Sökning: "social controversies"

Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 42 uppsatser innehållade orden social controversies.

  1. 26. Environmental Kuznets Curve: Evidence from the Nordic Countries 1961-2010

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Siqi Zhao; [2016]
    Nyckelord :CO2 emissions; Economic growth; Environment; Nordic countries; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The relationship between economic growth and the environment, based on the theory of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC), has been a topic of controversies, and a considerable number of studies have been devoted to investigate such relationship. In the current research the validity of EKC theory is tested on the Nordic countries, namely, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, over the period 1961 to 2010, taking the carbon dioxide emissions as a proxy of environmental degradation. LÄS MER

  3. 27. Carbon and curriculum : towards evidence-based climate change education in Canada

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Författare :Christopher Wynes; [2015]
    Nyckelord :sustainability science; high school; carbon footprint; individual; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Despite an overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is a threat to our society, many young Canadians do not view it as a major issue. This suggests flaws in the way that youth are educated on climate change. I therefore investigated climate change education in Canada to recommend improvements. LÄS MER

  4. 28. Control of Population

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Khelia Mbisamakoro; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Discourse; Malthus; Population Control; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The history of the population control movement is one replete with controversies and where narratives about coercive population control policies and programs abound. Questionable practices such as the wide sterilization campaigns as took place in India during its state of emergency period in the 1970s or the use of contraceptives in developing world already banned from Western markets contributed in casting a shadow over the population control movement for years. LÄS MER

  5. 29. THE SOCHI OLYMPICS - MAPPING AND UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES DURING THE GAMES

    Magister-uppsats, Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Författare :Johan Ekberg; [2014]
    Nyckelord :IR-theory sports; Liberalism; Realism; Social Constructivism; Sochi; the Olympic Games;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to, through media, observe and map the political controversies during the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi and once the games have finished summarize and analyze them in order to close in on a comprehensive understanding of them. In addition to being tinged by the hermeneutics and inductive reasoning the study uses a methodology referred to as a qualitative explanatory case study with an intensive approach. LÄS MER

  7. 30. Handel eller vandel? En diskursanalytisk problematisering av den svenska människohandelsregleringen

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Författare :Tilda Jurvanen; [2014]
    Nyckelord :straffrätt; människohandel; prostitution; diskursanalys; criminal law; human trafficking; discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish legislature has decided that sex trafficking is a cynical and lucrative enterprise where vulnerable women and children from poorer countries are ruthlessly exploited. Sex trafficking strips the individual of the chance to enjoy even the most fundamental rights, such as freedom and the right to life. LÄS MER