Sökning: "world-system theory"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 42 uppsatser innehållade orden world-system theory.

  1. 11. Simulation and Analysis of Queueing System

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Författare :Yucong Zhang; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Queueing theory; 2. Queueing system simulation; 3. System optimization; 4. Computer systems; 5. Data analytics;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis provides a discrete-event simulation framework that can be used to analyze  and  dimension  computing  systems.  The  simulation  framework  can define  and  parametrize  the  flexible  queueing  system.  We  use  the  simulation framework to explore the data collected from the real-world system. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The banking of education for sustainable development : A critical discourse analysis of the World Bank’s education policy from a modern/colonial world system perspective

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Sera Cecilia Hejlskov; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Coloniality; education; sustainable development; modernity; hegemonic culture; subaltern theory; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Throughout colonial history, education has been used actively in an attempt to assimilate subaltern cultures into the colonizers’ realm. This study looks at the relationship between education of children in developing countries as a tool within sustainable development in relation to the colonial past and modern day coloniality. LÄS MER

  4. 13. 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

  5. 14. 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. 15. 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