Sökning: "3. Global South"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 72 avhandlingar innehållade orden 3. Global South.

1. 1. Histories of land : Politicization, property and belonging in Molo, Kenya

   Författare :Ulrika Kolben Waaranperä; Morten Bøås; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; egendom; tillhörighet; Kenya; politisering; mark; historier; property; belonging; politicization; land; histories; deep politics; Kenya; property;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to explore the politicization of land in a local setting in Kenya. The purpose is to study how access to land is justified through histories about relational property and belonging. LÄS MER

3. 2. Unguja Ukuu on Zanzibar : An archaeological study of early urbanism

   Författare :Abdurahman Juma; Paul Sinclair; Chapurukha M Kusimba; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; cultural complexity; cycles; early urbanism; and urban characterization; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : This study describes archaeological excavations carried out at Unguja Ukuu on the main island of Zanzibar, Tanzania. The site has long remained obscure, oral histories do not mention it and no particular group among the living community of the island describes its origin from the site. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Burden of Epilepsy : using population-based data to define the burden and model a cost-effective intervention for the treatment of epilepsy in rural South Africa

   Författare :Ryan G Wagner; Lars Lindholm; Lars Forsgren; Charles Newton; Andrea Winkler; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Africa; epilepsy; incidence; mortality; cause of death; disability-adjusted life years; out-of-pocket; costs; health care utilization; treatment cascade; adherence; intervention; economic evaluation; community health worker;

   Sammanfattning : Rationale Epilepsy is a common, chronic, neurological condition that disproportionately affects individuals living in low- and middle- income countries, including much of sub-Saharan Africa. Epilepsy is treatable, with the majority of individuals who take anti-epileptic drugs experiencing a reduction, or elimination, of seizures. LÄS MER

5. 4. The Land of the Magical Maya : Colonial Legacies, Urbanization, and the Unfolding of Global Capitalism

   Författare :Claudia Fonseca Alfaro; Stefan Kipfer; Malmö universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Postcolonial Studies; Lefebvre; Global South; Critical Urban Theory; Maquiladoras; Coloniality;

   Sammanfattning : The land of the Magical Maya is a mythical region in the south of Mexico where there are enigmatic creatures such as cosmic Indios, vultures, ghosts, white elephants, pineapples, swallows, and flamingos; and wondrous places like cenotes, pyramids, blue moons, old frontiers, new frontiers, and paradise-Zones. In the 1980s, henequen, the agro-based industry that had sustained Yucatán since the 19th century, was close to collapsing. LÄS MER

7. 5. Gender inequity in child survival : travails of the girl child in rural north India

   Författare :Anand Krishnan; Nawi Ng; Peter Byass; Chadrakant Pandav; Per Ashorn; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Conditional cash transfers; girl child; inequities; gender; prejudice; mortality; non-specific effects; sex; socio-economic; vaccines; Epidemiology; epidemiologi;

   Sammanfattning : Background: While substantial progress has been made globally towards achieving United Nations Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) on child mortality, the decline is not sufficient to reach the targets set for 2015. The South Asian region, which includes India, was to achieve the MDG 4 target of 39 deaths per 1000 live births by 2015 but was estimated to have reached only 61 by 2011. LÄS MER