Essays about: "g8"

Found 4 essays containing the word g8.

  1. 1. Naval Architecture

    University essay from KTH/Marina system

    Author : Claes Tretow; [2015]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Den inledande delen av denna artikel utgörs av en essä om dagens handelssjöfart. Texten har till uppgift att sätta hela det presenterade arbetet i ett sammanhang. Vad som beskrivs är essentiella delar för sjöfartens uppbyggnad och dess viktiga roll i ett globalt samhälle. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Politics of Ideology in Information and Communication Technologies for Development: An African Case Study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Johnson Ayonka; [2010]
    Keywords : Neoliberalism; Neo-Marxists; Information and Communication Technologies for development; TNCs.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Information and communication technologies have acquired contemporary prominence and are being introduced as new and technologically innovative devices for rapid African development, becoming key cornerstones of the development assistance interventions of the European Union and the G8. But the Dot Force Initiative of the G8 and the various ICT for development programmes of the EU display a modernization and neoliberal approach to development. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mediabilden av kravallerna

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Marcus Thedsén; Christian Wilhelmsson; [2010]
    Keywords : Polis; aktivist; demonstration; kravall; diskurs; globalisering; ideologi; kapitalism; media;

    Abstract : Kandidatarbetet handlar om hur kravaller framställs i media. Vi har valt att fokusera på Göteborgs-Posten och Arbetarens rapportering från tre internationella politiska möten, WTO-mötet i Seattle, EU-toppmötet i Göteborg och G8-mötet i Genua. READ MORE

  5. 4. Pop-culture icons as agents of change? : The roles and fucntions of celebrity activists in peace- and development related global issues

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Jonas Andersson; [2007]
    Keywords : celebrity activism; pop-culture icons; politics; advocacy; diplomacy; power;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the possible theoretic and (f)actual role(s) of pop-culture icons in peace and evelopment-related global issues, using the qualitative research methods of text- and discourse analysis. Do pop-culture icons have a role to play at all in this field? If so, what is that role? What are these celebrity activists currently saying and doing on the international development scene and what are their analyses like? What are their current and historical functions? There is support in the academic literature suggesting that celebrity activists can possess vast power resources (scope of influence), (soft) power and (charismatic) authority, which in turn enables them to influence the attitudes and values of (especially young, receptive) people. READ MORE