Essays about: "Sandra Backlund"

Found 2 essays containing the words Sandra Backlund.

1. 1. Corporate Social Responsibility in the tour operating sector: institutional arrangements and the shaping of agendas.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sandra Backlund; [2015-08-12]
   Keywords : CSR; tourist sector; tour operators; sustainable tourism; institutional pressure;

   Abstract : Aim: The aim of this research is to explore how institutional arrangements for socially sustainable tourism influence the shaping of CSR agendas in the tour operating sector. Theory: Neo-institutional theory of organizational change / the Scandinavian branch. READ MORE

3. 2. Ecuadorian indigenous youth and identities : cultural homogenization or indigenous vindication?

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Sandra Backlund; [2013]
   Keywords : CONAIE; social movement; indigenous; identities; youth; Ecuador;

   Abstract : There exists a scholarly debate on the cultural impact of globalization and how and to what extent it is affecting indigenous people in particular. Three theoretical standpoints can be discerned from the debate; the homogenization-perspective which holds that globalization is making world cultures more similar, the hybridization-perspective which emphasizes that it is fragmenting cultural boundaries and the differentiation-perspective which implies that globalization is augmenting differences and making humanity as a whole more diverse. READ MORE