Sökning: "World-System"

Visar resultat 36 - 40 av 83 uppsatser innehållade ordet World-System.

  1. 36. The Violence We Consume - Embodied Violence in Nicaraguan Coffee Production

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Inga Prämassing; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Violence; Ecologically unequal exchange; World-system; Coloniality of power; Coffee; Nicaragua; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Based on ethnographic fieldwork with corteros in northern Nicaragua, this grounded theory study introduces two new concepts, the main concept embodied violence and related to it violence displacement. These concepts link the worker on the coffee plantation in the periphery with the final consumer in the core, arguing that the latter consumes embodied violence that the former had to suffer during the production process. LÄS MER

  3. 37. Compressible Flow Modeling with Combustion Engine Applications

    Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Fordonssystem

    Författare :Carl Vilhelmsson; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Compressible; Flow; Modeling; Combustion; Engine; Throttle; EGR; Wastegate; Valves; Gas;

    Sammanfattning : The high demands on low fuel consumption and low emissions on the combustion engines of both today, and the future, is highly dependent on advanced control systems in order to fulfill these demands. The control systems and strategies are based on models which describe the physical system. LÄS MER

  4. 38. Media, Nationalism and the Welfare System

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Maria Johansson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Media; Nationalism; Refugees; Citizenship; Welfare System; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to investigate and explain the portrayal of refugees in Swedish media, and to use the media as a way of understanding society at large. The analysis is based on newspaper articles written during times when nationalist parties have been in parliament in Sweden, the periods being 1990 to 1995 and 2010 to 2015. LÄS MER

  5. 39. A Solution to Crises or a Mechanism of Capitalist Expansion? Environmental Injustices and the Flexing of the Soy Complex in Brazil

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Författare :Sophia Hutnik; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Brazil; soybeans; flex crops; capital over-accumulation; contemporary crises; environmental degradation; environmental justice; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : It seems as though every generation has been faced with crises that are presented as more dire than the last. The current elaborations of crises focus on peak oil, climate change and food production as imminent threats to the modes of production and consumption encompassed in the capitalist world system. LÄS MER

  7. 40. Customer Support Process Analysis : Using statistics and modeling to analyze a global customer support process

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

    Författare :Tobias Björch; Fredrik Strålberg; [2016]
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    Sammanfattning : A key challenge for a company with global support is to provide qualitative service to their customers. Management of global support centers has to consider customer requirements, service agreements, budget, resources and more. Therefore, management has a limited room for testing new approaches, especially in global operations. LÄS MER