Essays about: "ecology globalization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words ecology globalization.

  1. 1. Nature Will Not Be Ignored : Ecology and Neoliberalism in the Cinema of Bong Joon-ho

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för koreanska

    Author : Christian Gregory; [2022]
    Keywords : Bong Joon-ho; Korean Cinema; Ecology; Environmentalism; South Korea; Neoliberalism; Capitalism; The Host; Parasite; Snowpiercer; Okja; South Korea; Pollution; Barking Dogs Never Bite; Mother; Cli-fi; climate change;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the filmography of Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho [Pong Chun-ho], and to provide a limited textual analysis of each film divided across two categories: the “explicitly ecological” and “implicitly ecological”. The intent is to, by viewing all of Bong’s films leading up to his critical and commercial success Parasite, argue that Parasite is as much an environmental film as it is critical of neoliberalism and globalization, both of which are common readings of not only Parasite, but all of Bong’s work. READ MORE

  3. 2. Patterns and Determinants of Payout Policy in the 21-st Century : A study of the Nordic Countries.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Tatiana Silva da Costa; Abubacarr Sidy Nyassi; [2021]
    Keywords : Firms’ factors; cash dividends; share repurchases; payout ratio; Dividend Irrelevance Theory; Signaling Theory; Agency Theory; Life-cycle Theory; Substitution and Flexibility Hypotheses;

    Abstract : Payout policies is one of the most discussed topics in corporate finance. Since Miller & Modigliani (1961) dividend irrelevance theory, which was based on perfect markets, many theories have been developed in order to incorporate market imperfections to payout decisions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Social interaction and conflicts. Power inequality among actors in a fishing community and natural reserve area:the Punta de Choros case in Chile

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Iván Greco; [2015]
    Keywords : power; communication; social interaction; land access; networked power; sustainable development;

    Abstract : This thesis describes power and communication relationships among actors in the fishing community and protected natural reserves in Punta de Choros, Chile. By conducting interviews in situ, local actors’ discourses are reconstructed and underlying relational power capabilities between the local community and new social actors are described. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reclaiming Ecological Wisdom: On Culture, Education, and the Roots of the Ecological Crisis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Francesco Fassina; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The paper looks at the ecological crisis as a human crisis of perceptions and values. Its origins can be found in the Western anthropocentric-individualistic worldview whose expansion through the processes of colonization and globalization has allowed the industrial culture to become a global culture. READ MORE

  6. 5. "They know very well what they are doing, but still, they are doing it" : Turkish Cittaslow towns of Gökçeada and Halfeti

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Gökhan Gülbandilar; [2015]
    Keywords : master signifier; Gökçeada; Halfeti; Cittaslow; sustainability science; Lacan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Today a majority of the world’s population is living in urban areas and this trend is expected to continue in the foreseeable future. Globalization plays a key role in the expansion of urban areas as well as urban-related social, economic and environmental problems. READ MORE