Essays about: "Neo-Liberalism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the word Neo-Liberalism.

  1. 11. Indigenous peoples’ self-determination - Market-inclusion or not? The case of indigenous designs in the international fashion industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Vilma Elise Lewis-Clemmensen; [2019]
    Keywords : Indigenous Peoples; Self-determination; Market-inclusion; Neo-liberalism; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Rights; Comparative case study; Most Similar System Design; Most Different System Design; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In recent years the focus on indigenous peoples’ self-determination has been increasing. However, the debate on how to achieve this is rather divided. This study examines whether Slowey’s (2008) theoretical assumption, that market-inclusion leads to increased self-determination, holds in a different context. READ MORE

  3. 12. Silence is Golden : a Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Billionaires and Economic Inequality in the Swedish News Media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Axel Vikström; [2018]
    Keywords : Economic inequality; The super-rich; Billionaires; Wealth; Critical discourse analysis; News media; Neo-liberalism; Undeserving rich; Visibility management; Silence; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Economic inequality is growing rapidly worldwide. Despite research showing that higher inequality within a society corresponds with a higher rate of public health and social problems, there exist little organized resistance against the neo-liberal economic policies that allow the super-rich to pull away from the rest of the population. READ MORE

  4. 13. Land Grabbing : Media discourses on land acquisition in India and by India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Shiva Shourie; [2018]
    Keywords : Land; government; people; media; India; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : To this day, land is a source of survival for billions of people around the globe. However, industrialization and the rush for natural resources has immensely commodified land. READ MORE

  5. 14. Transcending autonomy and control through management accounting: A neoliberal perspective on MCS in the knowledge-intensive firm

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Victoria Scheer; Carl Lekvall; [2017]
    Keywords : Management Control Systems; Knowledge-intensive firms; Foucault; Neo-liberalism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how Management Control Systems (MCSs) can balance the tension between autonomy and control in knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs). The study was carried out by conducting an in-depth single-case study at the Swedish branch of an international management consulting firm. READ MORE

  6. 15. Brunnshög - A case study in communicative urban planning and power relations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : David Foisack; [2016]
    Keywords : Brunnshög; Communicative planning; Power relations; Urban planning; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis is regarding communicative urban planning and power relations, applied at a case called Brunnshög. The Brunnshög projects consist of five developing areas located in the north-east of Lund. READ MORE