Essays about: "ecology of political science"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 45 essays containing the words ecology of political science.

  1. 41. Unpacking Lunch: Political Ecology & The Meat Industrial Complex

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Jenica Frique; Jenica Frisque; [2010]
    Keywords : political ecology; neoliberalism; development; factory farming; meat-industrial complex; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper highlights, theoretically and empirically, how development and underdevelopment are closely linked by looking at the global food system, with a special emphasis on the meat-industrial complex. Conceptually, this thesis mobilizes Foster’s theory of metabolic rift, O’Connor’s theory of the second contradiction of capitalism, and Harvey’s “accumulation by dispossession” to account for the socio-ecological contradictions of the meat-industrial complex. READ MORE

  3. 42. Greening the (welfare) state: Rethinking Reflexivity in Swedish Sustainability Governance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Roger Hildingsson; [2007]
    Keywords : environmental policy ; sustainability; reflexive governance ; political ecology ; ecological modernization ; ecological state ; green state ; welfare state ; Sweden; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Contemporary developments in sustainability governance have enhanced environmental policy and induced comprehensive institutional reforms in several countries. Theoretically, this has also induces a debate on the role of the state for reflexive and ecological sustainability governance. READ MORE

  4. 43. The power of ignoring waste - a systematic charachterisation of what has been left unregulated

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrik Hermansson; [2007]
    Keywords : Ignored waste problems; Industrial ecology; Political world economy; International regulation; Elitist power; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Waste is an inescapable product of economic activity. As we now face a world economy, the waste problem is also increasingly an international one and needs to be handled as such. READ MORE

  5. 44. Reintegration of former child soldiers: the reintegration process in Gulu, Uganda, from an ecological perspective.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Caroline Andersson; [2007]
    Keywords : child soldiers; Uganda; networks; rehabilitation; reintegration; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Social changes; theory of social work; Sociala förändringar; teorier om socialt arbete; Social problems and welfare; national insurance; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Child soldiers are one of the major problems in modern society. In the case of northern Uganda, child soldiers (or formerly abducted children) have been used for decades in the conflict between the government and the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army. Uganda is now facing a great challenge rehabilitating those children. READ MORE

  6. 45. Perceptions and interpretations of "environmental flows" and implications for future water resource management: A survey study

    University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

    Author : Michael Moore; [2004]
    Keywords : Ecology; Environmental flow; water management; survey; perceptions; ecological water requirements; Ekologi;

    Abstract : An understanding of the impacts on freshwater systems from water management and development practices and the recognition that freshwater ecosystems are dependent on various aspects of the natural hydrological variability has given rise to a relatively new field of science commonly referred to as environmental flows. The assessment and application of environmental flows has advanced considerably in the last ten years. READ MORE