Essays about: "Economic Coercion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words Economic Coercion.

  1. 1. Land Inequality, Agrarian Development and Peace in Colombia : A Political Ecology View

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Michelle Silva Vásquez; [2023]
    Keywords : Colombia; land accumulation; dispossession; peace; political ecology; peasants;

    Abstract : One of the major problems that characterizes the Colombian countryside is the extreme concentration of land. When addressing the question of how land has been concentrated in Colombia, often the emphasis is placed on phenomena such as armed violence and drug-trafficking. READ MORE

  3. 2. "The Open Veins Remain Open": GM Soy Cultivation, Socio-Environmental Struggle and the Political Economy of Contemporary Peronist Development in Argentina

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Julian Dannefjord; [2023]
    Keywords : Argentina; genetically modified soy; GMO; extractivism; Peronism; Kirchner; Gramsci; bio-hegemony; interviews; participant observation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Argentina is a pioneer in practicing export-oriented extractivism as a model of socio-economic development. A prevalent extractive project is genetically modified (GM) soy, which was adopted under neoliberal governance in the 1990s and has had a variety of socio-environmental consequences in the country. READ MORE

  4. 3. Understanding Residents’ Decision-Making in Urban Regeneration: A Case Study of Kale Neighborhood in Çorum, Turkey

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Ethan Claney; [2023]
    Keywords : urban regeneration; decision-making; Turkey; peripheral communities; squatter neighbourhoods; neoliberal authoritarianism; Gramsci; consent and coercion;

    Abstract : This study examines the decision-making processes of residents in Turkey’s urban regeneration projects employing a single case study, namely, Çorum’s Kale neighbourhood. Çorum is a city with 250,000 inhabitants located in Black Sea Region. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Way under the Heavens: A Comparative study of four cases and how strategic culture forms Chinese economic statecraft towards Australia and The United States of America

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Philip Sandblom; [2022-08-24]
    Keywords : Economic Statecraft; China; Australia; US; Huawei; Trade War; Covid-19; Economic Coercion; Strategic culture;

    Abstract : This is a multiple comparative case study aiming to inquire into the level and characteristics of deeper economic relations with China affect China’s Economic Statecraft strategy towards Australia and the United States of America (US). Informed by Strategic Culture this thesis investigates the cases of Australias ban on Huaweis 5G equipment and calls for the Covid-19 inquiry and the US ban on Huawei and the trade war between China and the US under then President Donald Trump. READ MORE

  6. 5. Silenced Detainees in Repressive Hijab : A Marxist Analysis of the Hijab of Afghan women in Sweden, the patriarchal coercion to veil, and the responsibility of the Swedish government

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Alireza Asgari; [2022]
    Keywords : Veil; Sweden; Slöja; Afghan women; repressive Hijab; Muslim women; violations; Human Rights; multiculturalism; patriarchal structure; Marxist feminist; Swedish government;

    Abstract : This empirical research focuses on the subject of Hijab in Sweden. It demonstrates that Afghan (Muslim) women residing in Sweden do not consider the Hijab as an element of their culture/identity. READ MORE