Essays about: "govermentality"

Found 4 essays containing the word govermentality.

  1. 1. Mitigating climate change, one hamburger at a time : a discourse analysis of how MAX Burgers AB communicates their carbon offsetting — and how customers perceive it

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Alice Andrews; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; climate change mitigation; carbon dioxide removal; green governmentality; ecological modernisation; civic environmentalism; conduct of conduct; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Carbon offsetting through forest sequestration in the Global South has become an increasingly common way for companies to mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions and thereby sell products and services with net zero emissions. In Sweden, fast food company MAX Burgers AB goes even further. READ MORE

  3. 2. Greenland: The Master Shaper of the Arctic? : A study about making change happen

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

    Author : Valentin Erik Martinez Strömberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Greenland; Arctic governance; phronesis; ontological security theory; change; narratives; governmental practices; power;

    Abstract : The Arctic region is changing. This is an oft-cited statement researcher, policy-makers and the general public say about the Arctic. But who can change the Arctic order? This academic paper is interested in determine Greenland’s role and ‘actorness’ in this changeable region. READ MORE

  4. 3. Rural household waste management practices : the case of Ala Ajagbusi rural village, Nigeria

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

    Author : Saheed Adebayo Abdulwakeel; [2017]
    Keywords : waste; govermentality; commons; private space; public space;

    Abstract : Waste management practices in Ala Ajagbusi rural village, Nigeria, is a point of interaction among villagers, and between villagers and civil society organizations. The interaction is seen in the waste generation, waste sweeping, waste storage, waste disposal and collective management of waste in spaces perceived as commons. READ MORE

  5. 4. Empowerment or excessive care? Discourse analysis of the debate around Swedish integration policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elvira Nilsson; [2011]
    Keywords : neo-classical human capital theory; governmentality; Etableringsreform; integration; postcolonialism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This investigation is about Establishment reform that was launched by the Swedish government in December 2010, which is looked at from the discourse perspective. In order to reveal the contents of dominating and alternative discourses around the reform, as well as show the existing value conflict, Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis is applied to the documents about the reform, parliament debates and newspaper articles. READ MORE