Sökning: "politics of disasters"

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  1. 6. Necessary but not Sustainable? The Limits of Democracy in Achieving Environmental Sustainability

    Författare :Marina Povitkina; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; environmental sustainability; quality of government; corruption;

    Sammanfattning : The world today faces a number of environmental problems that are both severe and urgent. Finding effective solutions is one of the top priorities for the international community, with at least half of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals relating either directly or indirectly to reaching environmental sustainability. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Vårt eget fel : moralisk kausalitet som tankefigur från 00-talets klimatlarm till förmoderna syndastraffsföreställningar

    Författare :David Larsson Heidenblad; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; moral causality; climate change; divine punishment; notions of collective threat; notions of collective responsibility; outbreak of the First World War; the threat of nuclear war; the Cuban missile crisis; cultural history; thought-figures; mass communication; longue durée; Sweden; secularization; victimization;

    Sammanfattning : The starting point of this study is the striking similarities between late modern notions of anthropogenic climate change and premodern ideas about divine punishment. In both these cases the occurrence of future disasters have been directly linked to the moral behavior of the endangered. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Rural Women in Bangladesh : The Legal Status of Women and the Relationship between NGOs and Religious Groups

    Författare :Abdel Baten Miaji; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NGOs; Islamology; Women in Bangladesh; nongovernment institutions; Gender; Rural Bangladesh; Qur an; Legal status of women; Islamists; Bangladeshi girls; Bangladesh; Village women; Islam; Women; Hadith; History of Religion;

    Sammanfattning : Bangladesh is one of the largest Muslim countries in the world. In spite of political turmoil, frequent natural disasters and widespread corruption it has, in less than four decades after its birth as an independent state, gained visible success in human development - especially the education of women and girls, family planning and health, and microcredit to the poor. LÄS MER

  5. 9. The world household : Georg Borgström and the postwar population-resource crisis

    Författare :Björn Ola Linnér; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environmental history; natural resources; population growth; conservation; natural resource policy; environmental ideology; Georg Borgström; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with how the agenda of environmental issues was set in the early postwar years. Natural resources were placed high on the agenda of international politics, the scientific community and the media. LÄS MER