Sökning: "extractive industries"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden extractive industries.

  1. 1. Extractive Violence on Indigenous Country : sami and Aboriginal Views on Conflicts and Power Relations with Extractive Industries

    Författare :Kristina Sehlin MacNeil; Marianne Liliequist; Per Axelsson; Florian Stammler; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aboriginal; Adnyamathanha; Australia; conflict; cultural violence; extractive industries; extractive violence; Indigenous peoples; Laevas cearru; LKAB; nuclear waste repository; Sami; structural violence; Sweden; Aboriginer; Adnyamathanha; Australien; konflikt; kulturellt våld; kärnavfallsdepå; Laevas cearru; LKAB; samer; strukturellt våld; Sverige; utvinningsindustrier; urfolk; Ethnology; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : Asymmetrical conflicts and power relations between extractive industries and Indigenous groups often have devastating consequences for Indigenous peoples. Many Indigenous groups are struggling to maintain their lands as Indigenous perspectives on connection to Country are frequently undervalued or dismissed in favour of extractivist ideologies. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Mining Booms in Africa and Local Welfare Effects: Labor Markets, Women’s Empowerment and Criminality

    Författare :Anja Tolonen; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development; Extractive Industries; Mining; Economic Growth; Women s Empowerment; Labor Markets; Africa; Criminality; Gender;

    Sammanfattning : The role that extractive industries can play in processes of economic development is frequently described as, at best non-existent, or at worst, persistently negative. Extractive industries, while focusing on unearthing large sub-soil wealth, are sometimes linked to adverse political and macroeconomic outcomes in developing countries. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Beyond Conflict and Conciliation : The Implications of different forms of Corporate-Community Relations in the Peruvian Mining Industry

    Författare :Maria-Therese Gustafsson; Kristina Boreus; Anders Sjögren; Teivo Teivainen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporations; natural resource governance; mobilization; social movements; Peru; extractive industries; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : In Peru, the rapid expansion of extractive activities has led to increased mobilization by peasant communities. In remote rural areas, the mediating efforts of the state between communities and corporations are often weak, and corporations have played an important role in dealing with communities’ demands and protests through different strategies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. "Income Opportunities and Sea Piracy in Indonesia" and "Extractive Industries, Production Shocks and Criminality"

    Författare :Sebastian Axbard; Mikael Lindahl; Niklas Bengtsson; Konrad Burchardi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 5. Internationalization of production in Kazakhstan and its economic implications: the role of foreign investment and transnational corporations

    Författare :Nurgul Baigabylova; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internationalization of production; transnational corporation; foreign investment; natural resources; extractive industry; transition economy; eclectic paradigm; investment development path;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis examines the development of internationalization of production in Kazakhstan and its economic implications over the period 1991-2010. The main objectives of the thesis are to investigate the role of foreign investment and TNCs in the economic growth of Kazakhstan since its independence in 1991 and onward, to explore the motives that foreign enterprises have for investing in Kazakhstan, and to understand how the internationalization of production affected the Kazakhstani economy during the period 1991-2010. LÄS MER