Essays about: "neo-Gramscian theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words neo-Gramscian theory.

1. 6. Power and Ownership : A critical analysis of the Bretton Woods Institutions' Country Owned Poverty Reduction Strategies

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Mattias Hjort; [2008]
   Keywords : Poverty Reduction Strategies; capacity building; discourse analysis; Foucault; governmentality; neo-Gramscian theory; hegemony; common sense;

   Abstract : Previously, studies in the intersection of power and development have predominantly concentrated on power as domination; how powerful actors can force recipient countries into embracing specific policies due to economical asymmetries. Yet, with the introduction of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP) approach to development employed by the Bretton Woods Institutions (BWI), conditions on certain policies have decreased and it is said that the approach allows for country ownership as development strategies are written by the countries themselves. READ MORE

3. 7. Global Civil Society : A Study on the Transformative Possibilities of Civil Society as an Agent in International Relations

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Eirini Souri; [2007]
   Keywords : International Relations; Civil Society; social change; NGOs; European Union; Latin America;

   Abstract : Global Civil Society is a spectrum of diverse social actors, which offers an alternative to the making of contemporary politics, and towards social change; it provides us with a new approach to change the existing global order through development rather than confrontation. For this reason, global civil society has recently attracted increased interest in the academic and political discourse and consequently has left the margins and is placed in the centre of contemporary International Relations and political theory. READ MORE

4. 8. The United Nations Security Council Reform: A Critical Approach

   University essay from Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Feyzullah Yilmaz; [2007]
   Keywords : The United Nations; Security Council Reform; Critical Theory;

   Abstract : Utilizing Critical Theory, through its neo-Gramscian and Frankfurt School dimensions, as the theoretical framework, this study aims to explain how the institutions, such as the United Nations, of an international system transform together with the structure – the international system. More specifically our aim is to explain the lack of transformation of only one body, the Security Council, of that specific institution, the United Nations. READ MORE

5. 9. 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

6. 10. The European Union: Towards a ?Posthegemonic, Post-Westphalian and Postglobalization? World Order

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Vusal Karimov; [2006]
   Keywords : postglobalization; neo-liberal globalization; transnational business; Neo-Gramscian critical theory; transnational social forces; posthegemonic; world order; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The European integration is one of the spectacular historical events. The result that has been obtained would be virtually impossible for any other regional organization to achieve. However, the continuation of this accomplishment depends upon some premises. READ MORE