Essays about: "‘disaster capitalism’"
Found 5 essays containing the words ‘disaster capitalism’.
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1. A CHANGING SCENE: COVID-19 pandemic impacts on lives of travel economy stakeholders in Goa
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This dissertation is based on two months of ethnographic fieldwork in North Goa, India. It concerns impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel economy stakeholders, in relation to their perception of their living situations, both present and future. READ MORE
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2. Colonial continuities and their influence on knowledge production on the migration and climate change nexus : A policy analysis of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : Climate change is one of the greatest challenges currectly facing humanity. Its impacts lead to the displacement of people through sea level rise, desertification, drought, flood and other ecological disaster. The global imbalance of power results in people being unequally affected by climate change. READ MORE
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3. A critical discourse analysis of public-private partnerships in education in Black Africa : A case of basic education in Liberia
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktikAbstract : With many countries in Black Africa immersed in external debts and yet others grappling with effects of civil wars and pandemics, social services such as basic education and primary health care pose challenges to them. To mitigate such shortcomings in the region, innovative ways to provide basic education are sought by the private sector. READ MORE
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4. En Pie de Marcha - Commoning in Times of Crisis
University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : The continuous and on-going enclosure of the commons has been identified as critical for the expansion of capitalism, through processes of dispossession, expropriation and commodification. In the light of the rapid erosion of our cultural and environmental common pool resources, the concept of the commons is increasingly gaining interest, since it presents new political and cultural perspectives as an alternative to market and state solutions. READ MORE
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5. Disaster Capitalism in a neoliberal era: An NGO perspective : A qualitative study of NGO practice, disaster capitalism and the privatisation of the humanitarian sector
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studierAbstract : The rising number of disasters, both natural and man-made, has created a greater need for humanitarian interventions. Simultaneously, it has also created larger room for disaster capitalism, a phenomenon where certain actors use disasters to push economic interests. READ MORE
