Essays about: "Global Capitalism"

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  1. 21. The Self and the Group - Identity-making among political activists in northeast Italy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Emanuele Lars Ruggero Bergquist; [2021]
    Keywords : Social anthropology; social centers; radical left; political activism; no-global movement; Italy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on representation modes among Italian political activists, engaged in multiple fights against globalization and neo-capitalism, by illustrating how participants in the Italian no-global movement build their identity. Through a number of interviews and participant observation, which build the empirical ground of this study, the activist and the group are juxtaposed, their role in the urban setting clarified and their political activism illustrated. READ MORE

  3. 22. Magic, Money, and Mu(shrooms): On the Psychedelic Industry, Environmental Crisis, and Indigenous Territories

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Ellen Julia Amanda Månsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Keywords: Human Ecology; Psychedelics; Environmental Crisis; Human-Nature Connectedness; Capitalism; Indigenous Knowledges; Ecopsychology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As the environmental crisis intensifies humans are searching in many corners of the world for solutions and actions to take on both a political, economic, and social level. In recent years, psychedelics have been brought forward in Western academia as a potential way of (re-)connecting humans with nature and foster pro-environmental behaviour. READ MORE

  4. 23. Between System Hackers and Trojan Horses: How Entrepreneurs Drive Paradigmatic Change Towards a More Sustainable Economy

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Daniel Wallinger; [2020]
    Keywords : Post-capitalist entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurs transforming capitalism; Sustainable transformation of economy; Institutional entrepreneurs;

    Abstract : To combat global challenges such as climate change or social inequalities, more and more voices are calling for a transformation of today's capitalist economies. However, without outlining how actors can enact change from within the current setting, visions of a fundamentally different and more sustainable economy may not become reality. READ MORE

  5. 24. Back to the Future: The Return of 'the 1980s' in Western Popular Culture and its Political Implications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Thomas Collins; [2020]
    Keywords : Popular Culture; Globalisation; Late Capitalism; Ontological Security; Emotions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the last five to ten years there has been a re-emergence of ‘the 1980s’ in western popular culture. From music and fashion, to television and film, the decade has made a sustained and emphatic return across many countries. READ MORE

  6. 25. Transformation of the Developmental State: A Comparative Case Study on South Korea and Taiwan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Changle Wang; [2020]
    Keywords : The Developmental State; Transformation; South Korea; Taiwan; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis has attempted to show the process of transformation from the developmental state in South Korea and Taiwan since the 1990s on the perspective of the four main elements of the developmental state in strong capacity of state, coherent bureaucracy, government-business coalition and industrial policy. Based on these four dimensions, the thesis investigated the evolved process from the developmental state model by tracing the exogenous and endogenous pressures, process of transformation and economic performance. READ MORE