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Full-Text Articles in Politics and Social Change
Fight The Dead, Fear The Living: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives Of Fear, Governance And Social Control, Samantha Lynn Kolpin
Fight The Dead, Fear The Living: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives Of Fear, Governance And Social Control, Samantha Lynn Kolpin
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
Post-apocalyptic narratives and themes have become increasingly popular in film, television and graphic novels. By imagining a society without the state, post-apocalyptic narratives are able to explore concerns about current forms of governance and social control. The post-apocalyptic narrative is particularly relevant in a post-9/11 society where public concerns about security and governance are prominent. In this study, I examined the potential allegorical function of the zombie narrative found in Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead. Specifically, this project involves an ethnographic content analysis of issues 1-100 of The Walking Dead graphic novel series. Analysis focused on the allegorical purposes of …
The State Of Food Insecurity In Maputo, Mozambique, Inês Raimundo, Jonathan Crush, Wade Pendleton
The State Of Food Insecurity In Maputo, Mozambique, Inês Raimundo, Jonathan Crush, Wade Pendleton
Hungry Cities Partnership
Food insecurity is a fact of life for the vast majority of households across Maputo’s poverty belt. The Maputo urban food security survey done by AFSUN as part of its baseline survey of 11 Southern African cities found that households exist in a constant state of food insecurity manifested in a lack of access to sufficient affordable food, poor dietary quality and undernutrition. Income is meagre and only those households with access to wage income have any chance of holding food insecurity at bay. With a vibrant informal food economy, Maputo’s poor are surrounded by fresh and processed food. Food …
Social And Economic Integration In Twentieth Century Canada : Perspectives, Harry H. Hiller, Wilfrid Laurier University
Social And Economic Integration In Twentieth Century Canada : Perspectives, Harry H. Hiller, Wilfrid Laurier University
GreyZone
Social and Economic Integration in Twentieth Century Canada: Perspectives is an interdisciplinary collection examining the social, economic, and political forces that have shaped Canadian unity and regional diversity. Originating from Wilfrid Laurier University's Interdisciplinary Research Seminar, the volume brings together scholars from different fields to explore the challenges of integration within Canada's federal system.
The essays focus on the significance of regionalism in modern Canada and its implications for national development. Harry Hiller analyzes the historical relationship between regional interests, federal governance, and nation-building, arguing that linguistic, cultural, and regional divisions have often limited efforts to create a unified national …