Essays about: "global political economy, financial crisis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words global political economy, financial crisis.

  1. 1. The Political Ecology of Green Hydrogen from the global South : An analysis along the socioecological fix framework

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maximilian Rischer; [2023]
    Keywords : Socioecological fix; global South; green hydrogen; political ecology; just energy transition; decolonial; uneven development; Hyphen; Socioekologisk fix; globala södern; grön vätgas; politisk ekologi; rättvis energiomställning; avkolonisering; ojämna utvecklingen; Hyphen;

    Abstract : Infrastructural projects to realize the energy transition are framed by governmentsfrom all around the world very positively. This is also the case for green hydrogen,which is considered as a silver bullet to solve multiple crises simultaneously. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring land grabbing in Ethiopia - narratives & livelihood implications.

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Aylin Nguyen; Linnea Widholm Ivarsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Smallholders; Agriculture development; Agriculture commercialization; local livelihoods; Growth and Transformation Plan; land relations;

    Abstract : The land grabbing phenomena grew in both reported cases and in scholarly interest after the 2008 financial crisis. The concept of land grabbing has been greatly debated and some have chosen the term large scale land acquisition instead, focusing on win-win outcomes while the land grabbing term rather focuses on the unequal power relations involved. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gambling with grains? A critical case study of the U.S. Commodity Futures Modernization Act and its implications for global food insecurity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gabriel Snygg Kvernes; Albin Lagerlöf; [2022]
    Keywords : Commodity Futures Modernization Act; Food Insecurity; Agricultural Commodities; International Political Economy; Historical Materialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2000, the Clinton Administration in the U.S. adopted the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which deregulated the U.S. READ MORE

  5. 4. On the Silk Road with Giovanni Arrighi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Simon Frohlund; [2021]
    Keywords : World-systems analysis; Systemic cycles of accumulation; Hegemonic transitions; China; Scientific paradigms; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores contradictions, inadequacies, and competing formulations within Giovanni Arrighi’s theory of systemic cycles of accumulation (SCAs) as a Kuhnian scientific paradigm. This has been carried out through a comparative study on how the theory has been applied by scholars on the issue of the prospective hegemonic rise of China in the contemporary setting. READ MORE

  6. 5. Globalization and Tax haven countries : A study on the relationship between globalization and the use of tax havens

    University essay from Jönköping University

    Author : Hannes Pitkänen; Linus Ronnerstam; [2021]
    Keywords : Tax havens; Globalization; Foreign direct investment; Tax avoidance; Tax evasion;

    Abstract : Tax havens have long been a subject of concern and were nutritiously used mostly by the rich elite and gangsters. In the wake of the financial crisis in 2008 more light was shed on tax havens and it has become an unanticipated central part of the global economy. READ MORE