Essays about: "neoliberal hegemony"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words neoliberal hegemony.

1. 1. Environmental Activism- a Threatening Outside? A Discourse Analysis of a Non-violent Civil Disobedience Protest in Stockholm, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Kandra Wahlgren Eales; [2023-11-08]
   Keywords : securitisation; discourse analysis; non-violent civil disobedience; poststructuralism; hegemony; deliberative democracy; neoliberalism;

   Abstract : This study examines the identity construction of environmental activists in discourse following a political protest in Stockholm, Sweden. More specifically it aims to understand how environmental activists have been subjected to securitisation, and what underlying ideology supports this perception. READ MORE

3. 2. Power in the Age of the Green Energy Transition: Multinational Corporations, the State, and Cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Wilma Arvidsson; [2023]
   Keywords : cobalt; Democratic Republic of Congo; Glencore; multinational corporations; green energy transition; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the power balance between states and multinational corporations, and how the green energy transition impacts this balance, a connection commonly overlooked by researchers. I have sought to remedy this gap by conducting a qualitative case study of the relationship between the Democratic Republic of Congo, which holds the majority of global cobalt reserves, and major cobalt producer Glencore. READ MORE

4. 3. "The Open Veins Remain Open": GM Soy Cultivation, Socio-Environmental Struggle and the Political Economy of Contemporary Peronist Development in Argentina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Julian Dannefjord; [2023]
   Keywords : Argentina; genetically modified soy; GMO; extractivism; Peronism; Kirchner; Gramsci; bio-hegemony; interviews; participant observation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Argentina is a pioneer in practicing export-oriented extractivism as a model of socio-economic development. A prevalent extractive project is genetically modified (GM) soy, which was adopted under neoliberal governance in the 1990s and has had a variety of socio-environmental consequences in the country. READ MORE

5. 4. Exploring power dynamics in the water sector in Chile: a focus on avocado plantations and water resources in three municipalities

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Alberto Anticoli; [2022]
   Keywords : water; avocado; power; sustainable development; Chile;

   Abstract : This thesis researches the power dynamics related to the intrinsic relationship between the expansion of avocado plantations and its effects on the water system in Chile's municipalities of Quillota, La Cruz, and La Calera. The study adopts a mixed methodology. READ MORE

6. 5. Reimagining Play Reconstructing Education : Exploring discourse in The LEGO Group as Media Producer: A qualitative discourse analysis, examining constructions of children, LEGO self-representation and ideology, and 21st Century education.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Caroline Pearsall; Radmila Canic; [2021]
   Keywords : Education - Competent Child - Commodified Child - Learning through Play - 21st Century - Technology - Brick Ideology - The LEGO Group - Iconic Brand;

   Abstract : This paper analyzes how the Lego Group discourse portrays children, education, play, themselves and attempts to reveal corresponding ideologies surrounding the brick. The LEGO Group claim equality, honesty and transparency in their communications, and within their business ecosystem, at their core are their traditional family values, creating an intriguing and multi-layered discourse. READ MORE