Essays about: "Pressure for Globalization"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words Pressure for Globalization.

  1. 21. Streetscapes: behind the scenes : perspectives of streets as place in a slum setting, and how local concepts of place are affected by political and global development interests

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Marlene Thelandersson; Maria Höök; Pia Jonsson; Emma Skottke; [2012]
    Keywords : Streets; place; public space; life-world; system-world; planning processes; informality; slum upgrading; urbanization; spatial representation; Nairobi; Korogocho; Kenya; UN-Habitat;

    Abstract : Planning processes are often disconnected from the experienced place on the ground. Ideologies of space, developing agendas, time constraints and budgets serve to limit the understanding of the lived world of those dwelling in an area and stand at risk to reduce it to the abstract space of maps. READ MORE

  3. 22. GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE GLOBAL LABOR MARKET: A CASE STUDY ON BANGLADESHI FEMALE IMMIGRANTS IN LONDON

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Shafiqul Islam; [2012]
    Keywords : Gender Inequality; Labor Market; Globalization; Feminization of Employment; Neoliberal Economy; United Kingdom; Bangladesh; Migration; Bangladeshi Female Immigrant; Sex Segregation of Labor; Patriarchy; Masculinity; Public and Private Sphere.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to explore and understand gender inequality that exists in the global labour market in general and for the Bangladeshi female immigrants in particular. It emphasises feminization of employment in relation to state-market-family relations. READ MORE

  4. 23. The ghettos in Denmark: An anthropological study of the development and debate about ghettos in Denmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Helene Ahrens Johansen; [2011]
    Keywords : Ghettoisation; immigration; discrimination; global systemic anthropology; crisis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This bachelor’s thesis is an anthropological analysis of the ghetto debate in Denmark taking place from October 2010 to April 2011. Considering the different actors in the debate; the politicians, the ethnic minorities as well as the ethnic Danish residents of the ghetto, and the Danish population in general it will become clear that the debate about ghettos is very different between those trying to propose a politic on the subject and those living in the ghetto. READ MORE

  5. 24. Determining the pressure distribution on submerged 2D bodies using dissipative potential flow.

    University essay from KTH/Marina system

    Author : Mirjam Fürth; [2011]
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    Abstract : Globalization is reaching the furthest corners of the world and with globalizations comes a rising demand on transportation. In shipping; a significant cost both to the ship owners and the environment are the fossil fuels used for propulsion, even a small reduction in the wave resistance can bring considerable reductions both in operating costs and emissions for such ships. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Strategic Trends and Factors of Swedish Manufacturing Companies Establishing in People's Republic of China

    University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Mattias Granat; Robert Truong; Frida Wallin; [2011]
    Keywords : Strategy; People’s Republic of China; Swedish Manufacturing Companies; National Responsiveness; Pressure for Globalization; Strategy Approaches;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate implementation strategies of SwedishManufacturing Companies when establishing in People’s Republic of China, with the objective to determine what strategy that is the most commonly adapted. Strategy is an important approach, which companies apply when deciding what direction a company should take, in terms of financial, structural and operational. READ MORE