Search for dissertations about: "commodification"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the word commodification.

  2. 1. Fictitious Carbon, Fictitious Change? : Environmental Implications of the Commodification of Carbon

    Author : Wim Carton; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; commodification; climate change policy; emissions trading; market instruments; environmental geography;

    Abstract : Governments increasingly rely on the use of market instruments to tackle climate change and help decarbonize a deeply fossil fuel-dependent economy. This dissertation examines this trend as one instance of the ‘commodification of carbon’, or the process through which emission reductions are made into commodities and then traded on the market. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Last Urban Frontier : Commodification of Public Space and the Right to the City in Insurgent Hong Kong

    Author : Elton Chan; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public space; commodification; protest; right to the city; Hong Kong;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the production and transformation of public spaces in Hong Kong, a city that is steeped in neoliberal ideals and has seen substantial deterioration in terms of democratic rights and freedoms in recent years. As a result of the expansion of neoliberal capitalism, commodification of urban space has not only exacerbated, but also become more far-reaching and indiscriminate. READ MORE

  5. 3. Exchangification of art: transforming street art into market products

    Author : Hanna Borgblad; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; exchangification; commodification; arts marketing; market practice; authenticity; legitimacy; graffiti; street art;

    Abstract : Art markets are filled with tensions, often explained as an inevitable dichotomy between arts and commerce. During the last century, this phenomenon has been defined as the commodification of art. READ MORE

  6. 4. Time to Work : Responsibilization and Reification in the Swedish Welfare State

    Author : Desirée Ödén; Mikael Holmgren Caicedo; Fredrik Svärdsten Nymans; Ebba Sjögren; Christine Cooper; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting; Management Accounting; Performance; Performance Management; Public Sector; Refugee Crisis; Establishment; Labour Market; Responsibilization; Commodification; Alienation; Reification; Critical Theory; Swedish Public Employment Service; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : In late 2015 and early 2016, more than two million refugees crossed European borders. Sweden, with its 10 million inhabitants welcomed more than 160,000 refugees, the second highest number per capita in Europe. READ MORE

  7. 5. Displacing Diversity : How Social Mix Interventions are Legitimised, Experienced and Resisted in a Danish Neighbourhood

    Author : Rebecka Söderberg; Erica Righard; Carina Listerborn; Tina Gudrun Jensen; Marie Stender; Malmö universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ghetto policies; Racialisation; Commodification; Un-homing; Resistance; Global politik; Global politics;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis explores residents’ experiences of and resistance to social mix interventions, as well as how these interventions are legitimised in policies. This is studied through an ethnographic approach to policies combined with ethnographic fieldwork in a neighbourhood targeted by social mix interventions. READ MORE