Essays about: "oil and development"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 421 essays containing the words oil and development.

  1. 1. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Gabriel Bintley; [2024]
    Keywords : Enjoyment; Jouissance; the Other; Climate Crisis; Lacan; Žižek; Environmental Politics; Ideology Critique; Njutning; Jouissance; Den Andre; Klimatkrisen; Lacan; Žižek; Miljöpolitik; Ideologikritik;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE

  2. 2. Formulation development, rheological characterization, and cosmetic evaluation of gel-creams

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Author : Carl Pontén; [2024]
    Keywords : Rheology; Texture analysis; Viscometry; Semisolids; Design of Experiments; Critical Process Parameters; Critical Quality Atttibutes; Pharmaceutical Technology; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Oil in water (o/w) emulsions are thermodynamically unstable systems composed of small oil droplets dispersed in a continuous aqueous phase. This means that given enough time, the two phases will separate. Pharmaceutical emulsions are used as a method of administering the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for topical applications. READ MORE

  3. 3. Assessing Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030: Economic Diversification, Social Inclusion, and Environmental Preservation through the Triple Bottom Line Lens

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Zara Salman; [2024]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Saudi Arabia; National Interest; Economic reformation; Vision 2030; Agenda 2030; Triple Bottom Line Theory.;

    Abstract : This essay critically analyzes the implementation of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 initiative through a detailed descriptive case study as the methodological framework, employing the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) model as the theoretical basis. The essay delves into the alignment of Vision 2030 with TBL principles, particularly in its influence on economic diversification, social inclusivity, and environmental conservation. READ MORE

  4. 4. Has Sweden “Struck Oil”? Exchange Rate Implications of Large Natural Resource Discoveries

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Emil Dahlbom; Johan Helmstad; [2023-06-29]
    Keywords : Natural Reources; Exchange Rate; Exchange Rate Volatility; Minerals; Oil; Gas; Resource Curse; Dutch Disease; Macroeconomics; Sweden;

    Abstract : With the global shift towards renewable energy and sustainable development, what are considered important natural resources and the value thereof, is undergoing a change, particularly as new technologies develop. The effects of natural resources on macroeconomic factors have been debated for centuries, and while some countries have sustainably managed their natural resources, empirical evidence shows that positive effects should not be taken for granted. READ MORE

  5. 5. A Conflict of Intent? Protective Agency Surrounding the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Patrick Mukanza; [2023-02-16]
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    Abstract : In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to the role of change agency and reproductive agency in the literature on evolutionary economic geography (EEG). Using these two concepts as a basis, this thesis introduces the concept of protective agency. READ MORE