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Green Politics in the Maldives: A Possible Saviour?

Törnroth, Suzanna LU (2014) UTVK03 20141
Sociology
Abstract
The Maldives currently suffers from climate change, and will be soon rendered
inhabitable due to rising sea levels. A political past stained by dictatorship and
corruption has also led to inconceivable amounts of environmental destruction. With
the idea of ecology and green politics gaining ground throughout the world, it is
viable to question the possibility of practicing these concepts in an environment that
so needs it. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to qualitatively examine the
possibility of green politics in not only saving the Maldivian environment, but also
the actuality of it taking root in society. Within this paper, an extensive and in-depth
research is conducted through interviews and secondary data, following... (More)
The Maldives currently suffers from climate change, and will be soon rendered
inhabitable due to rising sea levels. A political past stained by dictatorship and
corruption has also led to inconceivable amounts of environmental destruction. With
the idea of ecology and green politics gaining ground throughout the world, it is
viable to question the possibility of practicing these concepts in an environment that
so needs it. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to qualitatively examine the
possibility of green politics in not only saving the Maldivian environment, but also
the actuality of it taking root in society. Within this paper, an extensive and in-depth
research is conducted through interviews and secondary data, following a grounded
theory approach. The data is then analysed using theories originating from Ulrich
Beck and Habermas, resulting in a final conclusion that global green politics is the
way forward, however, not without contextual difficulties. (Less)
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author
Törnroth, Suzanna LU
supervisor
organization
course
UTVK03 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
qualitative, ecology, global, environment, Maldives, green politics, grounded theory.
language
English
id
4452200
date added to LUP
2014-09-22 07:32:00
date last changed
2014-09-22 07:32:00
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  abstract     = {{The Maldives currently suffers from climate change, and will be soon rendered
inhabitable due to rising sea levels. A political past stained by dictatorship and
corruption has also led to inconceivable amounts of environmental destruction. With
the idea of ecology and green politics gaining ground throughout the world, it is
viable to question the possibility of practicing these concepts in an environment that
so needs it. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to qualitatively examine the
possibility of green politics in not only saving the Maldivian environment, but also
the actuality of it taking root in society. Within this paper, an extensive and in-depth
research is conducted through interviews and secondary data, following a grounded
theory approach. The data is then analysed using theories originating from Ulrich
Beck and Habermas, resulting in a final conclusion that global green politics is the
way forward, however, not without contextual difficulties.}},
  author       = {{Törnroth, Suzanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Green Politics in the Maldives: A Possible Saviour?}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}