Essays about: "World-system"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 61 essays containing the word World-system.

  1. 11. Applicability of simulation analysis for planning agri-food supply chains : A case study at a Swedish farmer-owned cooperative

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Marcus Ahlqvist; [2021]
    Keywords : agri-food supply chain; simulation; applicability; planning; system analysis; strategic; tactical; operational;

    Abstract : Agri-food supply chains (ASCs) are becoming increasingly complex, and its actors are in need of sophisticated planning tools to remain competitive in an industry that have been moving away from small individual actors towards large multi-national, highly vertically integrated cooperatives. This case study views reality from an objectivist point of view and utilises a positivist approach to study this reality. READ MORE

  3. 12. Extraction for the Green Transition: An Eco-Marxist actor analysis of lithium governance in Bolivia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julian Dannefjord; [2021]
    Keywords : Bolivia; lithium; extractivism; climate change; energy transition; actor analysis; Eco-Marxism; John Bellamy Foster; metabolic rift; ecological imperialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Bolivia holds among the biggest reserves of lithium in the world. Lithium-ion batteries are essential components in electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines, and are therefore crucial for a global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Meanwhile, the extraction process of lithium can cause large environmental damage. READ MORE

  4. 13. Discourses of Ecologically Unequal Exchange: Processes of ‘othering’ in the European Union’s framing of trade

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emmy Månsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The field of Ecologically Unequal Exchange (EUE) demonstrates how contemporary trade is based on time-space appropriation, from which the North owe the South an ecological debt. EUE researchers argue that free trade under the capitalist world-system reinforces the extractions and hinders ‘development’ of the south. READ MORE

  5. 14. Migration in the Name of the Money : male and Female Migratory Experience of Rural Youth from Uganda to the Gulfs

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Denis Bisaso; [2020]
    Keywords : labour migration; feminized migration; gendered migration; Uganda; migration to the Gulf countries;

    Abstract : Labour migration is a growing phenomenon around the globe, and it is rather self-evident that people move to achieve better life conditions or flee adverse circumstances. Significant in this growth is the mobile continent, Africa having substantial numbers of its people on the move. READ MORE

  6. 15. System analysis, improvement and visualisation of a manufacturing workflow, using discrete-event simulation : A combination of discrete-event simulation and lean manufacturing

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

    Author : Arvid Antonsson; Gustaf Hermansson; [2019]
    Keywords : Discrete-event simulation; FACTS; Lean; Simulation; DES; Kaizen; LeanSMO; Workflow analysis; Simulering; Arbetsflödesanalys;

    Abstract : This project has been initiated in cooperation with a Swedish manufacturing company. Due to increased demand and competition, the company wants to streamline its production process, increase the degree of automation and visualize specific workflows. READ MORE