Essays about: "world capitalist system"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words world capitalist system.
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1. Green Grabbing and Internal Displacement: Two Sides of the Same Coin : An Exploratory Case Study of Colombia
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : In the field of environmental migration studies, research on social consequences of development projects has received limited attention. The study highlights the rise of “green grabbing,” e.g., the appropriation of land in the name of climate change mitigation. READ MORE
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2. The Practices of Food Financialisation : How abstract becomes concrete in the food system
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : The 21st century has witnessed a significant growth of financial activity in the food system. Although these developments have been mirrored with a rise in interest towards studying financialisation, there is still much to uncover of its complex workings in an equally complex system. READ MORE
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3. “Is it a sin against God to be poor?” : Marxist and Pedagogical Perspectives on Oppressive Ideologies in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and its Potential for Teaching Critical Thinking.
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : In this essay, I have analysed the novel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler through a Marxist lens to investigate how ideological oppression is depicted through Capitalism and religion. To examine these ideologies, I analysed Lauren Olamina, the first-person narrator and her half-brother, Keith. READ MORE
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4. Drivers and barriers for a sustainability transition of the current food and agriculture system of the city of Malmö : A case study of the sustainable urban farm and meeting place Botildenborg
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Humanity is facing massive sustainability challenges, such as climate change and the associated loss of biodiversity, water scarcity and food insecurity. Capitalist urbanisation drives furthermore profound transformations in rural and urban areas and thus in the agriculture and food systems, presenting both challenges and opportunities. READ MORE
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5. Letting Vision Lie Fallow: Understanding the Dialectical Constitution of the Epistemic Regime of Global Crisis in Late Modernity – Anxiety and Struggle in Capitalist Relations of Structural and Productive Power
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Throughout the ongoing pandemic, the operational integrity of the political system of the world has seemingly been on the cusp of collapse, raising questions about the institutional and normative vitality of this system. Moreover, this global moment draws attention to the epistemological conditions that shape global policy frameworks often consulted to devise agendas that address challenges of global magnitude. READ MORE