Essays about: "globalisation local"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words globalisation local.

1. 1. “You can not pay my rent forever” Voices from Dandora: Exploring Perspectives on Slum Tourism through Resident, Tour Guide, and Swedish Tourist Experiences

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Linnea Reuterberg; [2023-10-26]
   Keywords : Slum tourism; Kenya; Sweden; Dandora; Neocolonialism; Dependency;

   Abstract : In line with the increase of Globalisation, the demand for more unconventional tourism has been on a rise during the last decades. More Western tourists want to get insight into the everyday life of citizens in the country they are visiting. READ MORE

3. 2. Complementary Money for Democracy : A multiple-case study of four complementary currencies in northwestern Europe from a perspective of radical democracy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Lisa Fredriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Democracy; Radical Democracy; Economic Democracy; Complementary Currencies; Money; Globalisation; Localisation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Democracy is facing mounting challenges in today’s globalised world, with rising inequalities and unsustainable practices. Yet money creation and design are kept independent of popular control despite the substantial impacts they have on the development of society and the well-being of its citizens. READ MORE

4. 3. International tech companies in the Swedish media landscape – Bound for success? : A case study about what can affect international tech companies’ success when establishing a presence in the Swedish media landscape

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Maha Hafidh; [2023]
   Keywords : Public relations; journalism; media landscapes; international public relations; Omvärldsrelationer; journalistik; medielandskap; internationell PR;

   Abstract : Denna fallstudie presenterar forskning om vad som kan påverka framgången för internationella teknikföretag när det kommer till att etablera sig i det svenska medielandskapet. Sverige ses som ett nav för innovation och med globalisering samt framväxten av kommunikationsteknologier kan företag bedriva sin verksamhet på andra marknader än deras ursprung, vilket gör det viktigt att förstå vad som kan påverka framgången med att etablera sig i det svenska medielandskapet när man genomför kommunikationsinsatser. READ MORE

5. 4. Food sovereignty: Empowering Indigenous peoples in the face of globalisation and climate change. A case-based research study from Oaxaca, Mexico

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Aliénaure Nobels; [2023]
   Keywords : Food sovereignty; local food system; sustainable farming; climate change; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Worldwide, Indigenous peoples have played a critical role in preserving ecosystems and biodiversity. Historically oppressed by colonial institutions, they are today confronted with detrimental effects of the global food system and increasingly pronounced changes in climate that jeopardise their ability to produce food. READ MORE

6. 5. Sápmi, Sweden's Smörgåsbord? On Human Rights, Rights of Nature and Extractivism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Stella Terjung; [2022]
   Keywords : Rights of Nature – Extractivism – Human Rights – Decolonisation – Ontologies – Self-determination; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In North Sweden, Sámi activists are resisting the proposed Gállok mine, disapproving of their land being treated as a 'smörgåsbord' and countering the assumption of modernity that dichotomises the human and the nonhuman. Against this backdrop, this thesis looks at some of the unprecedented challenges the rapid extension of globalisation poses to the human and nonhuman world. READ MORE