Essays about: "world-systems theory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words world-systems theory.

1. 6. In Peripheral Sickness and in Core-like Health: An explorative case study analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic using World-Systems Theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mimmi Yiyi Shen; David Alexanderson; [2021]
   Keywords : Vaccine nationalism; World-Systems Theory; Covid-19; Global Health Equity; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the deadliest in modern history. Vaccines are currently the primary resource used for stopping the pandemic and minimizing harm. READ MORE

3. 7. On the Silk Road with Giovanni Arrighi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

   Author : Simon Frohlund; [2021]
   Keywords : World-systems analysis; Systemic cycles of accumulation; Hegemonic transitions; China; Scientific paradigms; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores contradictions, inadequacies, and competing formulations within Giovanni Arrighi’s theory of systemic cycles of accumulation (SCAs) as a Kuhnian scientific paradigm. This has been carried out through a comparative study on how the theory has been applied by scholars on the issue of the prospective hegemonic rise of China in the contemporary setting. READ MORE

4. 8. Sport migration in a Global World: A Case study of Lithuanian Swimmers migration to the United States

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen Idrottsvetenskap (IDV)

   Author : Ignas Vaičaitis; [2021]
   Keywords : Migration; swimming; Lithuania; The United States; Collegiate sports;

   Abstract : In this master's thesis, I studied the migration of Lithuanian swimmers to the United States. This study covered the period from 1990 when Lithuania regained its independence from the Soviet Union to 2004 when it joined the European Union and opened up to the free labor market movement. READ MORE

5. 9. Health for Export? A WPR and World-Systems Analysis of the OECD’s Construction of Pharmaceutical Pollution

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ebba Rosendahl; [2020]
   Keywords : OECD; pharmaceutical pollution; WPR; world-systems theory; environmental load displacement; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The issue of pharmaceutical pollution has recently gained attention on the international political agenda as several actors have raised concern for its negative impact on ecosystems, human health, and livelihoods in emerging economies where an increasing share of the pharmaceutical production is located due to the cheaper labor and less stringent environmental regulations. In 2019, the OECD published a report with policy recommendations on how to manage pharmaceutical residues in freshwaters, being one of the first international actors to address pharmaceutical pollution from manufacturing as a problem. READ MORE

6. 10. Dynamic Co-authorship Network Analysis with Applications to Survey Metadata

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM)

   Author : Peter Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : Network theory; social network analysis; dynamic networks; co-authorship networks; scientometrics; scholarly data;

   Abstract : Co-authorship networks are a particular sort of social networks representing authors collaborating on joint publications. Such networks are studied within the fields of bibliometrics and scientometrics. READ MORE