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1. Conditions of ‘Sustainability’ : The Case of Climate Change Adaptation in Sweden
Sammanfattning : By describing climate change as one of the greatest challenges of our time, the Swedish government has expressed a commitment to climate change adaptation as an integral part of the country’s sustainable development efforts. Sweden has also been portrayed as a frontrunner of climate policy and sustainable development. LÄS MER
2. On the politics of Responsibilization : diverting and diffusing responsibilities at the intersection of food and the climate crisis
Sammanfattning : Transformative ways of addressing the climate and socio-ecological crisis remain scarce despite a flurry of attempts to organize for ‘sustainability’. Organization and management research has shown how climate responses are often viewed with scepticism and how powerful actors contribute to climate inaction and the maintenance of business as usual of high-emitting sectors. LÄS MER
3. Om tidens värde : En sociologisk studie av senmodernitetens temporala livsvärldar
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the relationship between people’s conceptualisation and use of time in everyday life against the background of the political economy of the late modern welfare state. The main focus lies upon their evaluation of different time-uses in order to approach a better understanding of the moral economy of time. LÄS MER
4. Corporate Hegemony through Sustainability : A Study of Sustainability Standards and CSR Practices as Tools to Demobilise Community Resistance in the Albanian Oil Industry
Sammanfattning : Many critical business scholars have disregarded sustainability standards and corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as mere window dressing, operating as a smokescreen to hide illegitimate corporate practices. Others have pointed to these activities as hegemonic articulations, as a way to strengthen corporate alliances with and dominance over other actors in society. LÄS MER
5. Austerity Politics : Is the Electorate Responsible?
Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the public finance literature concerned with fiscal sustainability, and consists of an introduction and four stand-alone essays. The first three essays analyse the reasons why governments accumulate large levels of debt. LÄS MER
