Essays about: "economic anthropology"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 essays containing the words economic anthropology.

1. 6. "If they win, we disappear": An interview study of local mining opposition in northwestern Ecuador

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : John Jederlund; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; Mining; Extractivism; Cultural politics; Ecological imaginary; Development; Social fabric; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : In the contemporary globalised era, social and economic development is being increasingly associated with extractivism. Opening up resource markets to multinational extractive industries is a common strategy used by Latin American states for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. READ MORE

3. 7. Can Education Promote Wellbeing? : Implementing Social and Emotional Education in Europe: A Case Study in the Anthropology of European Policy Making

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Olga Talantopoulou; [2022]
   Keywords : Wellbeing Education; Policy Recommendations; Social and Emotional Education; European Commission; NESET;

   Abstract : This is an investigation of how the EU has promoted wellbeing education in primary and secondary schools. The aim of this thesis is to understand from an anthropological perspective how the European Commission makes recommendations in collaboration with the expert group NESET. READ MORE

4. 8. Vad kan man göra - The redistribution of a disaster

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

   Author : Franz Spengler; [2021]
   Keywords : COVID; disaster; emotional labor; vulnerability; anthropology; food service; Sweden;

   Abstract : Doing ethnographic work on the effects of COVID 19, I looked at how food service businesses were affected. I found that the government’s selective distribution of aid and lacking guidance had forced them to prioritize accommodating customers over their own safety. READ MORE

5. 9. ‘Our own law is making us beggars’ : understanding the marginal experiences of governed, mine-side communities in Mutoko district, Zimbabwe

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Saymore Ngonidzashe Kativu; [2021]
   Keywords : unequal ecological exchange; lifeworld; granite mining; governance; mining anthropology; natural resources curse; natural resources governance; Zimbabwe;

   Abstract : There is a rising interest in the Global South, to ensure that mineral resources are governed to benefit local communities where they are extracted. The shared Africa Mining Vision and economic aspirations in Zimbabwe seeking to integrate equity in governing and extracting mineral resources reflects such interests. READ MORE

6. 10. The Moral Economy of Swedish Labour Market Co-operation and Job Security in the Neoliberal Era

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : James Fleming; [2021]
   Keywords : Moral economy; embedding; industrial relations; Sweden; corporatism; co-operation; job security; ne- oliberalism; labour market negotiations; unions; employer organisations; anthropology; political econ- omy; de-commodification; social peace; Inbäddning; Sverige; samarbete; arbetssäkerhet; nyliberalism; arbetsmarknadsparter; arbetsmarknadsrelationer; arbetsmarknad; förhandlingar; fackförbund; facket; arbetsgivarorganisation; antropologi; social fred; kommodifiering; Svenskt näringsliv; LO; anställningskydd; Las;

   Abstract : In the neoliberal era, there has been a global trend towards increased labour market insecurity and inequality, even in countries traditionally emblematic of union strength and socio-economic security such as Sweden. In this study, I present the first ethnographic research conducted in anthropology of negotiations between the central Swedish union and employer peak bodies (known as the ‘labour market partners’). READ MORE