Essays about: "Critical environmentalist"

Found 5 essays containing the words Critical environmentalist.

  1. 1. Green capitalist or critical environmentalist? : A comparative study of the environmental policies of the Left Party (Vänsterpartiet) and the Social Democratic Party (Socialdemokraterna)

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Michel Mohseni Tabrizi; [2022]
    Keywords : Ecological Modernization Theory; Critical Environmental Sociology; Vänsterpartiet; Socialdemokraterna; Ideal types; Green capitalist; Critical environmentalist; Environmental politics; Environmental political discourse; Capitalism; Post-capitalism;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the environmental policy documents of Vänsterpartiet (Left Party) and Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party) based on the theories of ecological modernization (EMT) and critical environmental sociology (CES), constructed as ideal types. The aim is to explain ideational differences and similarities based on the ideal types of each theory and how well the parties can be linked to the ideal types of EMT and CES, their similarities and differences. READ MORE

  3. 2. Airport Growth through Stakeholder Theory   A Study on Heathrow 2.0 Sustainability Strategy Plan in Preparation for a Third Runway Expansion

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Defne Kahraman; [2020]
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    Abstract : Stakeholder involvement plays a critical role in ensuring the success of projects. Projects in whichthe interests of all stakeholders are taken care of have high chances of being successful. The samecannot be said with the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport by the construction of a new thirdrunway. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ecology From Within: Ecocriticism and Allegory in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World is Forest

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Joel Fransson; [2019-01-08]
    Keywords : ecology; nature; allegory; dualism;

    Abstract : This essay reads Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel The Word for World is Forest to explore whether there is a connection between Cartesian dualism, allegorical reading, and environmentalist thought. To answer this the essay employs the philosophy and theoretical writings of Timothy Morton, namely The Ecological Thought and Ecology Without Nature. READ MORE

  5. 4. Fighting the dragon and riding the wave of love and peace : how environmentalist groups in Hong Kong utilized the context of a social movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Frans Libertson; [2016]
    Keywords : Umbrella Revolution; social movements; cross-movement coalition; politicization; social movement abeyance; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the potential of society, and social movement in particular, as an agent of change for sustainability. In August 2014 student activists initiated a sit-in strike outside of the Hong Kong government headquarters, as a protest against the non-democratic electoral system forced upon the city by China. READ MORE

  6. 5. Anti-Oppression and Academia: Applying critical methodologies to study identity and student experiences in university settings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Lena Weber; Anna Hermanson; [2015]
    Keywords : Identity; Anti-Oppression; Student Experience; Critical Race Theory; Feminist Theory; Queer Methodologies; Participatory Action Research; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With increasing frequency we hear calls from activists and academics alike to tackle the structural roots of the current global social-ecological crisis. For those of us situated within academia, this provides an opportunity to critically examine how underlying processes related to the roots of this crisis manifest in and are perpetuated by our own institutions, and how to make academic programs within the ‘pipeline’ into environmental work more attractive and accessible to diverse voices. READ MORE