Essays about: "Unequal exchange"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words Unequal exchange.

1. 1. The Power of Hydrogen: The emergent eco-social relations of the capitalist hydrogen economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Dominique Félix Arsenault; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The production, use and trade of hydrogen fuels as an energy medium across different sectors – the hydrogen economy – is being articulated as a vision of the future by various global energy actors. Hydrogen’s spatio-temporal profile makes it suitable to integrate into the fossil fuel landscape and reproducing the economic power embedded within it. READ MORE

3. 2. Colonial Tendencies of Voluntourism: A Postcolonial Analysis of Weltwärts Testimonials

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Amelie Aue; [2023]
   Keywords : Voluntourism; Weltwärts; Development; Postcolonial Theory; Coloniality of Power; Orientalism; white Saviorism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Voluntourism is often described as a sustainable development strategy facilitating Global Learning and cross-cultural exchange. Initiated by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the voluntourism program Weltwärts strives to create stronger international partnerships, development engagement, and equitable encounters. READ MORE

4. 3. Smile and Waive? A critical case study of the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 products using World-Systems Theory and Realism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : David Alexanderson; [2022]
   Keywords : World-Systems Theory; Marxist-Realism; COVID-19; Health Equity; TRIPS waiver; Intellectual Property; Core-periphery division; World Trade Organization; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the deadliest health crises in modern history. Increasing production of all relevant medical goods and ensuring their equitable distribution has been argued as a necessity to contain the pandemic, which led to the South African and Indian delegation in the TRIPS Council of the World Trade Organization to propose the implementation of a TRIPS waiver to ensure that intellectual property does not pose a barrier to increased production. READ MORE

5. 4. Regional Cross-border Disaster Collaboration: A Joint Standard Operating Procedure between Jordan Israel and Palestine

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Nadia Rinaldi; [2022]
   Keywords : Regional Cooperation; Disaster Preparedness; Standard Operating Procedure; Disaster Risk Management; Middle East; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This case study research aims to identify the enabling factors and challenges for developing a joint Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Disaster Response Preparedness between Jordan, Israel and Palestine. Twelve qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with experts either involved in the SOP project, the region and/or with extensive experience in developing cross-border SOPs. READ MORE

6. 5. Reconstruction

   University essay from Konstfack/Institutionen för Konst (K)

   Author : Sahar Al-Khateeb; [2021]
   Keywords : Art; Reconstruction; Visual art; Installation; Chair in art;

   Abstract : RECONSTRUCTION is a conversation that shifts between analyzing and locating the artist’s position in their society. Especially the power of the majority in the society over the individual. Reconstruction is a way of resistance, or the only way of resistance, at least for me. READ MORE