Sökning: "social movements"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 464 avhandlingar innehållade orden social movements.

1. 11. Between Nature and Modernity : Agroecology as an alternative development pathway: the case of Uganda

   Författare :Ellinor Isgren; LUCSUS; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; agricultural sustainability; smallholder farming; neoliberal modernization; sub-Saharan Africa; Uganda; civil society; rural social movements; emancipatory social science; political ecology; sustainability science; hållbarhetsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : Agricultural modernization has massively increased global food supply, but at a high environmental cost. Today many are calling for an agricultural ‘paradigm shift’, including several mainstream institutions. LÄS MER

3. 12. Ickevåldsaktion: en social praktik av motstånd och konstruktion : Nonviolent Action - A Social Practice of Resistance and Construction

   Författare :Stellan Vinthagen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sociology; forms of action and rationality; Jürgen Habermas; Mohandas K. Gandhi; Gene Sharp; nonviolence; nonviolent action; civil disobedience; concepts of nonviolence; nonviolent movements; power; nonviolent pragmatism; nonviolent resistance; nonviolent construction; nonviolent training; dialogue facilitation; utopian enactment; normative regulation; power breaking;

   Sammanfattning : This research project is a conceptual exploration of a specific social phenomenon - nonviolent action. Within the discipline of peace and development studies the dissertation explores how peace with peaceful means is possible to conceptualize. LÄS MER

4. 13. 'When Women Unite!' : The Making of the Anti-Liquor Movement in Andhra Pradesh, India

   Författare :Marie Larsson; Gudrun Dahl; Shalini Randeria; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social movements; anthropology; gender; alcohol problems; India; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : In 1991, women from Dubagunta, Nellore District in the state of Andhra Pradesh forced the liquor traders to leave the area. This incident is believed to have been the origin of the Anti-Liquor Movement, which finally led to alcoholic beverages being prohibited in the state. LÄS MER

5. 14. How social movements influence policies : Advocacy, framing, emotions and outcomes among reproductive rights coalitions in Peru

   Författare :Anna-Britt Coe; Carita Bengs; Susan Franceschet; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Advocacy; emotions; framing; outcomes; Peru; policies; reproductive rights; social movements; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : With its origins in the early 1990s, feminist advocacy directed at influencing public policies is a relatively new phenomenon in Latin America that is commonly studied at the national level. The aim of this thesis was to study feminist advocacy on reproductive rights at the sub-national level in Peru. LÄS MER

7. 15. The Egyptian Uprising of 2011: Tracing the Role of the Cairo-Based Political Opposition

   Författare :Arne Wackenhut; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Arab Spring; Egypt; Egyptian revolution; contentious politics; diffusion; Middle East and North Africa; mobilization; social movements; social movement theory;

   Sammanfattning : It is the aim of this study to understand the mobilization process leading up to and the diffusion of collective contentious behavior during the Egyptian Uprising of 2011. Using process tracing and focusing on the role of the so-called Cairo-based political opposition, this study contributes to debates on social movement theory and contentious politics by elaborating on the causal mechanisms that facilitate mobilization and diffusion processes in periods of heightened social conflict. LÄS MER