Sökning: "social injustice"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 38 avhandlingar innehållade orden social injustice.
11. Susceptibility to Violent Extremism : Integrating Personality and Social Psychological Factors
Sammanfattning : Violent extremism is a costly, global problem, yet research has yet to come to a consensus on the psychological underpinnings of violent extremism. The aim of this dissertation was to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the psychological underpinnings of violent extremism and group-based violence by (1): moving beyond the traditional focus on disadvantaged groups, Islamist extremism, and first-hand experience of victimisation or disadvantage; (2): moving past the long-standing person-situation dichotomy; and (3) attempting to integrate the role of personality and social psychological factors in susceptibility to violent extremism. LÄS MER
12. Where the Wind Blows : the socio-political geography of wind power development in Finland, Norway and Sweden
Sammanfattning : This thesis analysis the planning process for large-scale wind power development in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The aim is to explore the emerging power relations and socio-economic dynamics of the negotiation, planning and realization of this new development. LÄS MER
13. Decentring Criminal Law : Understandings of Justice by Victim-Survivors of Sexual Violence and their Implications for Different Justice Strategies
Sammanfattning : The compilation dissertation is shaped by the ambition of Critical Theory, which is to imagine an alternative and emancipatory political reality to the status quo, where people who have been subjected to sexual violence are recognised and enjoy parity of participation in social life. More specifically, it aims to understand how victim-survivors of sexual violence in Iceland perceive, experience, and understand justice; and how, in a Nordic socio-legal context, this knowledge can be used to expand and develop strategies which are capable of meeting the justice interests of victim-survivors within and outside of the criminal justice system. LÄS MER
14. Entreprenörskapets tysta(de) röster : En narrativ studie om kvinnor som delar sitt liv med en man som är entreprenör
Sammanfattning : Entrepreneurship has come to play a crucial role in developing our society, as has gender equality. However, some conflicting aspects of these two political priorities have to date been overlooked. LÄS MER
15. The Making of Us : How affects shape collective bodies resisting gentrification
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how we can think of collective bodies as amalgamations of interplaying affects (i.e., multiplicities), rather than compositions of individuals. Using ethnography as my main method, I study urban activism collectives resisting gentrification in the city center of São Paulo, Brazil. LÄS MER
