Essays about: "thesis about cooperatives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words thesis about cooperatives.

  1. 1. Exploring the governance of platform cooperatives A case study of a multi-stakeholder marketplace platform cooperative.

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Fredrik Andersson Bohman; [2017-09-13]
    Keywords : Platform Cooperativism; Commons Governance; Fairmondo; Governance;

    Abstract : Platform cooperativism is a movement that criticise corporate-owned sharing economy platforms regarding their negative role in generating poor social conditions of labour and extracting huge profits simply by controlling the flows between supply and demand. The aim of this movement is to bring about a change in ownership structures in favour of the platforms workers, establish democratic governance and reinvigorating the notion of solidarity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Eco-visualization for amateur energy work : Supporting energy management in Housing Cooperatives

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Author : Isaac Rondon; [2017]
    Keywords : Eco-visualization; Data Visualization; Research Through Design; Amateur Work; Housing Cooperative;

    Abstract : Eco-visualization technologies aim to trigger more environmental behaviors by providing feedback about the usage of key resources such as energy. However, the design of these technologies to encourage energy conservation has been mainly focused on individual behaviors in a household level. READ MORE

  4. 3. Who has the power, men or women? : A qualitative study about womens' farmers' cooperatives in Nicaragua and women's power

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carolina Köhler de Castro; [2015]
    Keywords : Nicaragua; Cooperative; Women; Decision-making; Power; Postcolonial feminism; Farmers; Empowerment; Development; We Effect; Femuprocan;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the power relations in women’s farmers’ cooperatives in Nicaragua, and to see if the women feel that they have power over their decisions and if they feel that their power has changed after joining the cooperative. The theory used in this thesis is postcolonial feminism theories of women empowerment and frameworks on development efforts to women. READ MORE

  5. 4. “It is all about territory”: A study of a segregated group of Roma in Rome, Italy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturantropologiska avdelningen

    Author : Fabio Provenzano; [2014]
    Keywords : Roma; policies; immigration; Italy; segregation; humanitarianism; theory of practice;

    Abstract : On 25th July 2008 to 4th November 2011 the Italian government activated a state of emergency due to the presence of ‘nomadic encampments’ throughout the nation, leading to the current urbanising plan named ‘The Nomad Plan’. The main objective of this plan is to transfer 6,000 Roma into 13 authorised camps monitored by guards and 24h video-cameras, located outside Rome's perimeter. READ MORE

  6. 5. Internally Displaced Persons in Georgia - Challenges for Change

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : MIKAEL ÅHLIN; [2011]
    Keywords : Internal displacement; IDPs; Zugdidi; Samegrelo; Georgia; Caucasus; Megrelian; Mingrelian; Internally Displaced Persons;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on global and local level. The researchquestion deals with the problems associated with IDPs - what challenges IDPs are facing and thefuture prospects for IDPs worldwide and on local level in the Samegrelo region in Georgia. READ MORE