Sökning: "Brett Christophers"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Brett Christophers.
1. Trading animal genetics : On the “marketization” of bovine genetics in the dairy industry
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies the workings of markets in the specific context of the international trade in bovine genetics in the dairy industry and with a particular focus on the Global North. It draws upon the examples of trade in breeding stock – cows – at auction sales and trade in bovine semen. LÄS MER
2. Going places : Local settings and global horizons in young people’s education and work trajectories
Sammanfattning : The recent trend for mass higher education and a growing policy focus on a knowledge-driven economy has created the expectation that everyone can enter a fulfilling and rewarding career. However, young people often experience discrepancies between expectations of social mobility and local or national labour market opportunities. LÄS MER
3. The state of tenancy : Rental housing and municipal statecraft in Malmö, Sweden
Sammanfattning : Rental housing tenants in Sweden and Europe are increasingly seeing their homes subsumed to market pressures. This thesis provides empirical and conceptual insights into the processes by which market and financial practices and logics shape the housing sector, through a critical analysis of rental housing in Malmö, Sweden. LÄS MER
4. Living in the calm and safe part of the city : The socio-spatial reproduction of upper-middle class neighbourhoods in Malmö
Sammanfattning : When residential segregation is mentioned in news coverage and when it is talked about in everyday discourse in Sweden, it is very often associated with immigration and minority groups living in the poorer areas of the city. A common assumption is that “immigrants” actively withdraw from society and that they choose to live together rather than integrating with the majority population. LÄS MER
5. Pushing borders : Cultural workers in the restructuring of post-industrial cities
Sammanfattning : This research explores the agency and positioning of cultural workers in the restructuring of contemporary cities. This positioning is ambiguous. LÄS MER