Sökning: "Ecological Marxism"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 uppsatser innehållade orden Ecological Marxism.
1. Resolution Without Revolution: Green Capitalism, Ecological Management, and the Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry in the United States
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiSammanfattning : Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is quickly moving from mere imagination to material reality. As I write, billions of dollars are flowing into this nascent industry from government, philanthropy, and venture capital; this thesis thus attempts to grasp history as it flies. LÄS MER
2. Climate on the Horizon?: Gothenburg dockworkers’ framings of their political horizon regarding climate change
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierSammanfattning : The climate is rapidly warming, and this has triggered a global trend in mobilisation against climate change. Due to workers’ unique position within the capitalist mode of production the interest in the potential for labour mobilisation against climate change is growing. LÄS MER
3. Extraction for the Green Transition: An Eco-Marxist actor analysis of lithium governance in Bolivia
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Bolivia holds among the biggest reserves of lithium in the world. Lithium-ion batteries are essential components in electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines, and are therefore crucial for a global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Meanwhile, the extraction process of lithium can cause large environmental damage. LÄS MER
4. Trails and roads: from the Paramo to the city : exploring the tensions between environmental conservation and economic growth. A case study in Sumapaz, Colombia.
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : The need to preserve ecosystems to enable the reproduction of a global market-based economy has led conservationist measures that are in contradiction with a model of Development heavily based on the connectivity to broader markets. The case of protected Colombian Paramo in Sumapaz explores trails’ as a conduit to understand social mechanisms for space-time appropriations and how are they contested. LÄS MER
5. Disparate Lives, Fractured Mineral: Toxic Displacement in the Global Economy of Asbestos
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : The established scientific reality of asbestos is that (a) asbestos is toxic at a minuscule dose, and (b) exposure should be avoided whenever possible, with the evidence expanding almost exponentially over the past century. The purpose of this research is to explore the historical and global socio-natural entanglements of the economy of asbestos and the resulting mechanisms at play to occlude and marginalise the toxicity and emphasise profitability. LÄS MER