Essays about: "Political imaginaries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Political imaginaries.

1. 1. Socio-technical imaginaries of the energy transition in Iceland, potential consequences for future conservation efforts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Sigurlaug Guðmundsdóttir; [2023]
   Keywords : energy transition; conservation; socio-technical imaginaries; discourse analysis; political ecology; Iceland; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2021, the Icelandic government stated that Iceland will implement an energy transition plan with the goal of becoming a 100% carbon neutral and fossil free nation by 2040, furthermore, that a doubling in renewable energy production was needed to reach that goal. This led to an upsurge of a discourse among stakeholders and concerned citizens about the future of Iceland. READ MORE

3. 2. Future Imaginaries of Negative Emission Technologies and Folklore Myths in Icelandic Basalt: Provisional Order Emerges from the Possible Magma in the Age of ‘Hauntology’ and Broken Time

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Rikke Jespersen; [2023]
   Keywords : NETs; Desire; Green Capitalism; Imaginaries; Storytelling; Pluriverse; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Why do we in the Western part of world today tend to believe in technology’s mythical promises rather than in folklore myths? Imaginaries of the future influence political subjects’ actions in the present and play a key role in composing the trajectory towards the future. I have critically applied this notion to the implementation of negative emission technologies in the climate-neutrality strategy. READ MORE

4. 3. SOCIOTECHNICAL IMAGINARIES OF LOCAL ENERGY TRANSITION:CO-PRODUCING LOCK-INS IN THE STUDY OF ENERGY COMMUNITY ON GOTLAND

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Orlando Loy; [2023]
   Keywords : Sociotechnical imaginaries; energy transition; energy community; Gotland; co-production; framework analysis; diffractive reading;

   Abstract : The emergence of energy communities entails the development of alternative energy systems, where consumers become active participants in the complex networks of material and semiotic actors. This paper looks at how local sociotechnical imaginaries are performed on island of Gotland, in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 4. The Effect of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine on the Political Imaginary of European Right-Wing Populist Parties

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Wilma Nyman; [2023]
   Keywords : Western right-wing populist parties; Russia; political imaginary; political narratives; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The polarizing effect on the relationship between the West and Russia poses poses challenges to the otherwise close ties between right-wing populist parties and Russia. The thesis utilizes political imaginary in conjunction with political narratives to understand the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 on the political imaginaries of the Sweden Democrats, the National Rally, and the Freedom Party The study specifically explores how these parties perceive Russia as their leader, their opposition to the European Union (EU), and thus also the underlying tension between populism and liberal democracy. READ MORE

6. 5. Critical Raw Material supply chains - the Key to a Twin Transition?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexander Dürr; Eliza Dreiska; [2023]
   Keywords : Critical Raw Material Supply Chain Vulnerability; Import Dependency Geopolitics; Twin Transition; Critical Materials Extraction Impact; European Critical Raw Materials Act.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates how the problem of Critical Raw Material supply chains is represented within the European Critical Raw Materials Act of 2023. Bacchi’s ‘What's Problem Represented To Be’ approach has been adapted and utilised to explore what aspects of these supply chains are problematised. READ MORE