Essays about: "Neoliberalization"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 21 essays containing the word Neoliberalization.

  1. 16. Rubbish rules : a critical discourse analysis of neoliberalizing processes in Swedish waste management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Sara Skarp; [2016]
    Keywords : neoliberalization; discourse theory; waste incineration; waste management; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A linear system – one that extracts materials and then puts them in landfills and incinerates them, thus creating a demand for even more materials – is fundamentally unsustainable. Swedish waste management is thought by many to be progressive and at the forefront, when looking at the waste hierarchy. READ MORE

  3. 17. Spaces of Trade in Tallinn: Uncertainty and Everyday Life

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Jana Dzadonova; [2015]
    Keywords : Open-Air markets; Tallinn; Every Day life; Architectural Interventions;

    Abstract : The everyday survival of the other at the border between ‘East’ and ‘West’ is the object of this study. The country in-between, Estonia, is a ‘melting pot’ of Russian, Western and Nordic influence, what makes this zone an active, diverse, nevertheless invisible in the global awareness. READ MORE

  4. 18. Economic Development and Environmental Degradation in the era of Neoliberalism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Felipe Pimenta Carvalho; [2012]
    Keywords : Economic development - Environmental degradation – Sustainable development – Neoliberalism - Brazil; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : After the 1980s, neoliberalism became the dominant philosophy of development across the world. Whereas the widespread implementation of neoliberal economic policies contributed immensely for a maximization of world economic integration and activity, critics argue that the ideology was also responsible for dramatically widening the inequality gap between and within nations, as well as for the increasing deterioration of the planet’s environmental base. READ MORE

  5. 19. A Tale of an Uneven Urban Development: The socio-economic and socio-cultural contradictions of Tarlabasi Renewal Project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sara Pinar Onder; [2012]
    Keywords : Urban transformation; Tarlabasi Renewal Project; Henri Lefebvre s spatial triad; urban neoliberalization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper audits, theoretically and empirically, how the nature of the renewal projects in Turkey and social justice are closely connected by looking at spatial and urban politics with a special emphasis on the case of Tarlabasi Neighborhood in Istanbul. Based upon the theoretical framework of Henri Lefebvre's spatial triad, the study aims to illustrate the socio-economic and socio-cultural contradictions of the urban regime in Turkey. READ MORE

  6. 20. Biofuels Expansion and Their Differentiated Social-political Impacts in Developing Countries: A Comparative Account between Land Grabs and Social Sustainability in Honduras.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mauricio Luna Galván; [2012]
    Keywords : biofuels; land grabbing; social sustainability; social-political conflicts; dispossession; neoliberalization; Honduras.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The present study is concerned with the expansion of biofuel production and two revealing and contrasting impacts caused in Honduras. The biofuels complex emerges as a sustainable alternative to cope with pressing problems related to climate change, energy insecurity and environmental degradation. READ MORE