Sökning: "social issues"
Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 2191 avhandlingar innehållade orden social issues.
16. Mutual benefit : Rethinking social inclusion
Sammanfattning : geography, where segregation and social exclusion of neighbourhoods and marginalised groups are mounting problems. Concurrently, globalisation and structural changes have altered the conditions for the national state and the public sector as well as for other actors. LÄS MER
17. From Slaves to Princes : The role of NGOs in the construction of race and ethnicity in Salvador, Brazil
Sammanfattning : Global forms and changes affect all spheres of human life-worlds; not least how we interpret and create systems of meaning in our respective habitats. A merging of global and local reflections and actions often causes ideological transformations and discursive shifts. LÄS MER
18. Cooperation and Conflict amid Water Scarcity
Sammanfattning : Over two billion people remain without safe drinking water and more than four billion lack basic access to sanitation. Safely managing water is key for livelihoods, food security, energy production, and overall socio-economic development. This dissertation analyzes how scarce water resources affect cooperation and conflict. LÄS MER
19. Where have all the forests gone? Quantifying pantropical deforestation drivers
Sammanfattning : Deforestation across the tropics continues to be a major source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest threat to biodiversity on land. With strengthened commitments to reduce deforestation from countries and companies alike, it is crucial that renewed investments for reducing deforestation be guided by a sound understanding of what drives deforestation. LÄS MER
20. Kritiskt omdöme i samhällskunskap : Undervisningsutvecklande studier av samhällsanalytiskt resonerande i rättvisefrågor
Sammanfattning : Teachers struggle to design teaching that that will promote students’ social science knowledge in accordance with the citizenship education purpose of the subject. This study aims to expand the knowledge base of social science education by exploring the meaning of, and teaching for, the ability to critically analyse essentially contested value issues, specifically fairness and justice issues, in social science. LÄS MER