Search for dissertations about: "The economy"

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  2. 1. Resaying the Human : Levinas Beyond Humanism and Antihumanism

    Author : Carl Cederberg; Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback; Hans Ruin; Staffan Carlshamre; Bettina Bergo; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Levinas; Heidegger; The Human; Humanism; Critique; Antihumanism; Human Rights; The Other; Universalism; Violence; Responsibility; Transcendence; The Political; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : In this reading a notion of the human is developed through an engagement with the work of French philosopher Emanuel Levinas. The argument is that, with the help of Levinas, it is possible for the idea of the human to be understood anew, for the notion to be ‘resaid’. READ MORE

  4. 2. Circling the Squares : Radical Innovation and Management Control Systems in the Circular Economy

    Author : Johan Arekrans; Sofia Ritzén; Rafael Laurenti; Johan Frishammar; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; circular economy; innovation; innovation management; sustainability; management control systems; cirkulär ekonomi; innovation; innovationsledning; hållbarhet; kontrollmekanismer; Machine Design; Maskinkonstruktion;

    Abstract : An economic system built upon the sale of tangible goods produced using finite resources is inherently unsustainable. The idea of a Circular Economy (CE) as a viable pathway to sustainability has gained considerable attention from academia, policymakers, and the business community. READ MORE

  5. 3. Seven Years That Shook Economic and Social Thinking : Reflections on the Revolution in Communist Economics 1985-1991

    Author : Bengt Svensson; Thomas Jonter; Ulf Jonsson; Ronny Pettersson; Ann-Mari Sätre Åhlander; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; perestroíka; planned economy; labour theory of value; socialist market; market socialism; market economics; shock therapy; gradual transition; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History; ekonomisk historia;

    Abstract : The main theme of this study is to analyze the Soviet economic theoretical debate in the period 1985 – 1991. This period of reconstruction gave possibilities of a more free debate. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Cursed Leaf : An Anthropology of the Political Economy of Cocaine Production in Southern Colombia

    Author : Oscar Jansson; Per Brandström; Lesley Gill; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Colombia; Putumayo; cocaine; paramilitarism; political economy; political anthropology; patron-client relations; ideology; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

    Abstract : In this study, Oscar Jansson explores the relations mediating the distribution of surplus value in the sub-capitalist environment of cocaine production in Putumayo, Colombia. Analyzing the groups of actors in the chain of production in the tropical periphery, the study asserts that the transfer of surplus value from the peasant producers at the bottom of the cocaine economy to a significant extent is mediated by violence inflicted by paramilitary groups. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Industrial TransformationTowards the Circular Economy : Dynamics, Drivers and Constraints

    Author : Armaghan Chizaryfard; Cali Nuur; Paolo Trucco; Emrah Karakaya; Allan Dahl Andersen; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Circular economy; industrial dynamics; evolutionary theory; closed loop supply; industry value chain; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Abstract : The notion of the circular economy has recently been posited as a vital strategy to mitigate climate change. At the industrial level, the circular economy envisions socio-industrial transformation to closed-loop material systems. READ MORE