Essays about: "Capital Accumulation"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 89 essays containing the words Capital Accumulation.

  1. 36. The State of the North Sea : Thatcherism and the Fossil Economy

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

    Author : George Edwards; [2020]
    Keywords : North Sea oil; Thatcherism; fossil economy; accumulation; environmental history; economic history; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a historical study concerned with the impact of North Sea oil on British politics during the 1970's and 80's. Vast quantities of oil sedimented beneath the waves within the UK continental shelf – hundreds of miles of the north-east coast of Scotland – attracted oil barons and transnational majors to the hostile waters of the North Sea in the early 1970's. READ MORE

  3. 37. Stadsrummet i den nyliberala eran : analys av Hyllies stadsrum ur ett historiematerialistiskt perspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Otto Lundberg; [2020]
    Keywords : nyliberalism; neoliberalism; planering; planning; Hyllie; Malmö; marknadskrafter; rätten till staden; the right to the city; urbanism;

    Abstract : Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur marknadskrafter har påverkat på stadsrummet i Hyllie. Uppsatsen tar i huvudsak avstamp från marxistisk akademisk tradition, med akademiker såsom Hénri Lefebvre och David Harvey. Uppsatsen försöker utröna maktförhållanden, det vill säga till vems fördel har planeringen ägt rum. READ MORE

  4. 38. The naturalization of the urban and corporate logic : how the sacred waters of Lund, Sweden, progressed into a toxic sludge hole

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

    Author : Mikael Lövgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Commons; Sacred waters; Enclosure; Lund University; Rausing dynasty; Landfill workers of Lund; Moral economies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this study a landscape is interpreted from an analytical and binary theoretical framework in order to contrast and extract different social formations that have been conducive to its creation. The landscape in question is a contemporary park found in Lund, Sweden, in the province of Skåne. READ MORE

  5. 39. The impact of Pupil Premium on the attainment gap in Wales : An investigation into the policy’s effect on the achievement of disadvantaged students and their peers

    University essay from

    Author : Bethany Colwill Jenkins; [2020]
    Keywords : Educational attainment; human capital accumulation; social mobility; educational policy; meritocracy;

    Abstract : Education drives labour market outcomes and social mobility. When educational attainment is influenced by socioeconomic factors, many students from disadvantaged backgrounds are left behind. READ MORE

  6. 40. MOBILE MONEY AS A FINANCIAL INCLUSION TOOL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION A cross-country analysis of low- and middle-income countries

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Grimme Hallberg; [2019-02-12]
    Keywords : mobile-money; financial inclusion; poverty; technology; cross-country analysis; low-income countries; middle-income countries;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine if mobile money can act as a financial inclusion tool to reduce poverty levels in low- and middle-income countries. In contrast to the majority of the literature within its research field, this thesis observes the relationship on an aggregate cross-country level instead of using data on an individual or household level, in order to fully examine the impacts on national poverty levels. READ MORE