Essays about: "Commodification"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 115 essays containing the word Commodification.
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16. Human Rights and the Commodification of Pollution – A Genealogical Study of the Carbon Market with an Intergenerational Justice Perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : The carbon market promises cost-effective climate change mitigation and economic growth. However, it has been criticised as greenwashing and delaying necessary decarbonisation. This thesis examines the genealogy of the carbon market to address the human rights consequences for future generations. READ MORE
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17. 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 institutionenAbstract : In 2000, the Clinton Administration in the U.S. adopted the Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which deregulated the U.S. READ MORE
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18. The Problematisation of Work-Life Balance within the EU, Austria, and Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : In this Master’s thesis it is asked how work-life balance is problematised within the EU, Austria, and Sweden, aiming to understand how certain representations of the work-life balance problem might contribute to the stagnation or progress of tackling gender equality matters. The research question is answered through the analysis of an EU Directive as well as Austrian and Swedish policies and debates applying a post-structural feminist perspective and the What’s the problem represented to be? approach. READ MORE
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19. "We are humans, not animals" Obstetric Violence in Kosovo: An Intersectional Analysis of Women’s Responses to Obstetric Violence
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This study explores different modalities of agency that birthing women in Kosovo express when met with a high threat of obstetric violence and structural constraints. Specifically, this study identifies the strategies and tactics women employ during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum to avoid and minimise the risk of obstetric violence in public and private health settings. READ MORE
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20. New Ground* - *Enabling Adaptive and Affordable Housing Production on Pitched Roofs in Berlin through Computational Design & Fabrication
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : In times of limited resources, growing cities, and a changing world, weeding out outdated answers to new questions is a cardinal task of architecture. Especially in cities, the space is limited, and space does not equal space. READ MORE
