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1. Fictitious Carbon, Fictitious Change? : Environmental Implications of the Commodification of Carbon
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
2. The Last Urban Frontier : Commodification of Public Space and the Right to the City in Insurgent Hong Kong
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
3. Exchangification of art: transforming street art into market products
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
4. Time to Work : Responsibilization and Reification in the Swedish Welfare State
Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER
5. On the governmentalization of sustainability : the case of flood risk mitigation in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Contemporary society is confronted with numerous sustainability challenges. Some are new, others have been around since time immemorial, but none have been governed on the societal level since their emergence. LÄS MER