Essays about: "Global political studies"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 268 essays containing the words Global political studies.

  1. 21. How the institutional, relational and leadership factors affect the implementation of sustainable business practice within MNCs HQ in a developed country and Subsidiary in a developing country? A case study on Volvo Trucks Located in Sweden (HQ) and Malaysia (Subsidiary)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Krishnapriya Sujatha; Mubarak Eljack; [2022-02-11]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Companies are in the transformation process from the classical or linear way of conducting business to a more sustainable model. This is necessitated by the growing societal awareness to protect the environment and resources for future living. READ MORE

  3. 22. Climate on the Horizon?: Gothenburg dockworkers’ framings of their political horizon regarding climate change

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Jakob Gometz; [2022-01-18]
    Keywords : Labour Environmentalism; Critical Materialism; Frame Analysis; Critical Theory; Ecological Marxism; Environmental Labour Studies;

    Abstract : The climate is rapidly warming, and this has triggered a global trend in mobilisation against climate change. Due to workers’ unique position within the capitalist mode of production the interest in the potential for labour mobilisation against climate change is growing. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda: A Normative Investigation of the Agenda in Southeast Asian Countries

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Sandra Brink; [2022]
    Keywords : UN; WPS Agenda; Southeast Asia; Globalizing IR; Norms;

    Abstract : This research engages with debates about globalizing IR and studies of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda established by the UN in the year of 2000. There have for many years been a lot of literature that is focused on the Agenda in the West using theories which are also established in the same region. READ MORE

  5. 24. Far Right Populism Beyond Borders and Party Politics : The German Identitarian Movement and its Transnational Advocacy Network

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Hannah Katinka Beck Beck; [2022]
    Keywords : Populism; Transnational Advocacy Network; Far Right Mobilization; Populist Social Movements;

    Abstract : In 2017, the far right populist, transnational movement “Generation Identity” (GI) embarked on an activist “mission” in the Mediterranean Sea to stop non-European migrants from reaching the European continent. This paper presents a study of how GI was able to do so, analysing the empowering network of support that evolved during the movement’s “Defend Europe” campaign. READ MORE

  6. 25. Data centers and Indigenous sovereignty : Data center materialities, representation and power in Sápmi/northern Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Author : Satenik Sargsyan; [2022]
    Keywords : data center; Indigenous; Sámi; Sami; contrapuntal; digital infrastructure; Sápmi; Sapmi; Sweden;

    Abstract : From “disguised and concealed” (Parks and Starosielski 2015) in nature to more recent, select attempts at “visible, accessible, environmentally friendly” (Holt and Vonderau 2015), data centers are the backbone of the digital infrastructure. Studies of data centers continuously help develop media and communications studies in understanding the role of media infrastructure, representations of imaginaries of the cloud; social, political and economic realities embedded in data, and issues of power, agency and resistance against the backdrop of increased global concerns for the environment and greening practices, built into the discourse of tech companies. READ MORE