Sökning: "World-System"

Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 83 uppsatser innehållade ordet World-System.

  1. 26. Nationalization of electricity and oil in core and periphery: Norway versus Mexico

    Master-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Författare :Johannes Wilm; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Norway; Mexico; nationalization; history; politics; water; oil; petrol; energy; natural resources;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to find the historical differences of nationalization in a peripheral and in a central country. I will look at and compare the development and the processes of nationalization of the petroleum and hydropower industries in Mexico and Norway and how these differed from a world system perspective. LÄS MER

  3. 27. South-South Cooperation : A case study of Ethiopia’s political and economic relations with China and Turkey

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Tilda Verdonk; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Ethiopia; China; Turkey; South-South cooperation; Global Political Economy; Dependency Theory; International Relations.;

    Sammanfattning : As the world system and the global political economy is under constant transformation, there is an increasing need for further research. Shifting from a North-South polarity towards a South-South-East relationship, the situation on the African continent is gaining more and more attention. LÄS MER

  4. 28. The Wastefulness of the Environmental Movement - An Investigation into Sustainable Activism

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Eva Junge; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Sustainable Activism; Climate Justice Movement; Ende Gelände; Sustainability; Scholar Activism; Participatory Action Research; Burn-Out; Overwork; Health; Capitalism; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how the Climate Justice Movement in Germany is set up today and how activists relate to and feel about their activism. Specifically, factors are investigated that make people feel unhappy about their activism or even leave the movement. LÄS MER

  5. 29. Minerals and Magic Machines: A critical approach to modern agricultural technology and its connection to world-system flows of rare earth elements

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Niklas Sjøbeck Jørgensen; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Technology; ag-tech; agriculture; Denmark; rare earths; extractivism; mining; China; discourse; reductionism; politics; nature; machines; fetishism; world system; supply chain; critical realism; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis connects agricultural technology (ag-tech) within a Danish context to a world system of production in which rare earth elements (REs) play a crucial role. These elements are essential for modern technology. LÄS MER

  7. 30. Selling the Green Dream to Women: Socio-environmental Degradation and the Paradox of Feminism and Sustainability in Fashion Marketing.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Mariko Takedomi Karlsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Gender; environment; fashion; marketing; consumption; ecologically unequal exchange.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis identifies a trend of fashion brands engaging in feminist and environmental issues through their business strategy in order to sell products to women. More specifically, it explores the relationship between gender and environmentalism in marketing campaigns within the fashion industry. LÄS MER