Essays about: "trade union"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 405 essays containing the words trade union.

1. 21. From Enshrined Language of the State, to Secondary Language of Tourism, Trade and Education : The Development of Policies Regarding the Russian Language in the South Caucasus Region, During and After the Soviet Union

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Felix Sigeback; [2023]
   Keywords : South Caucasus; language policy; postcolonialism; Russia; Armenia; Georgia; Azerbaijan; Russian; Soviet studies; post-Soviet studies;

   Abstract : The aim of my own research is to bind together the limited research done regarding the topic,and to use the research of Russian in the Baltic post-soviet state of Lithuania as a backdrop and comparison. The analysis is postcolonial and comparative, using the concepts of linkage and leverage of Levitsky and Way. READ MORE

3. 22. The New Trade Union Model: A Strategic Action Field Approach to the Trade Union Organization of Umbrella Company Workers in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Alexander Moser Uppström; [2023]
   Keywords : Trade unions; Solo self-employment; Umbrella companies; Strategic action fields; Collective actors; Industrial relations; Umbrella company workers; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses a new trade union model for umbrella company workers and the changes in the field of trade unions in Sweden. By conceptualizing trade unions as collective actors within strategic action fields I describe and explain how a small independent trade union and challenger in the field, Säljarnas Riksförbund, has managed to construct a new trade union model for umbrella company workers that differs from the traditional model used by the incumbent Unionen, the largest trade union in Sweden. READ MORE

4. 23. Institutional dynamics in Cuban agriculture : a case study from three Cuban farms

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

   Author : Calle Lindkvist; Lisa Hedborg; [2023]
   Keywords : institutions; institutional change; Cuba; agriculture; path-dependency; informal constraints; formal constraints;

   Abstract : Cuba is still subjected to the trade embargo imposed by the United States in 1962, restricting global trade and historically forcing Cuba into a dependency on the Soviet Union for energy, oil, and agricultural inputs. Today's agricultural system in Cuba bears the imprint of this historical reliance in the form of institutional constraints that shape Cuban farmers everyday activities. READ MORE

5. 24. Carbon Protectionism?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Sam Säflund; Malcolm Thunberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Event study; Cumulative Abnormal Return; EU CBAM; ETS; Sustainable finance;

   Abstract : This study examines the market reactions and valuation implications of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) adopted by the European Union (EU). The CBAM is the world's first carbon border import tax aimed at addressing carbon leakage and promoting a transition to a low-carbon economy. READ MORE

6. 25. Production of critical minerals and metals: Empirical investigation of sustainability aspects

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Johanna Askros; [2023]
   Keywords : Energy transition; environmental justice; sustainable development; sustainable mining; systems thinking;

   Abstract : The threat of global climate change has brought on the need for a transition towards renewable energy sources and electrification, thereby creating a significantly increased demand for energy minerals and metals. Despite being on a path towards an energy system with net-zero emissions, the European Union (EU) is currently highly dependent on the import of these minerals and metals from outside of the Union. READ MORE