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Kultursemiotiken per se analyserar mötet mellan kulturer. Begrepp som ego-kultur, extrakultur och icke-kultur är centrala i undersökningar som syftar till att blottlägga den självbild en kultur gör av sig själv i mötet med en annan. Dessa begrepp har paralleller på individnivå med de personliga pronomina i språket. I den uppsats jag ämnar presentera kommer jag därför att koncentrera mig på en disk

The following thesis is examining compliance with EU-law from a member state perspective. The variation in the compliance level between the member states from 1995 to 2005 is analyzed to prove the fact that the Nordic member countries during the measured time period experienced a low number of infringements. The infringements that did occur were resolved faster and more efficient in the Nordic cou

When Deng Xiaoping introduced his reform program, he began China's transition from a plan economy to a socialist market economy. Liberal theorists often argue that there is an automatic link between ?free market? and ?democracy?, however this link is not evident in China. This contradiction constitutes the problem area of this thesis. With a theoretical framework containing ?totalitarism? and

This short documentary film narrates the socio-environmental conflict triggered by a large-scale copper mining project aimed at extracting critical minerals for the global Energy Transition from the heart of the Andean Amazon. Through Theatre of the Oppressed and the voice of Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo, indigenous territorial defender, the film narrates the process of the Tent of Resistance in P

Påtryckta av diverse stakeholders samt media är företag idag tvingade att ta ställning till ett socialt företagsansvar. I det postmoderna samhället försöker företag legitimera sin verksamhet och de risker den producerar eftersom legitimering hos intressenter och allmänhet är en förutsättning för att kunna uppnå det yttersta syftet; ekonomisk vinst. Med företagens etiska ställningstagande uppstår e

The continuous and on-going enclosure of the commons has been identified as critical for the expansion of capitalism, through processes of dispossession, expropriation and commodification. In the light of the rapid erosion of our cultural and environmental common pool resources, the concept of the commons is increasingly gaining interest, since it presents new political and cultural perspectives a

Tomas Eloy Martínez´ Santa Evita displays a profusion of ekphrastic sequencies through which the photographic representations become a recurring theme. This study examines these descriptions of photographies with the purpose of studying what the inclusion of this visual collage responds to and what place this occupies in the temporal development and in the general imaginary economy of the work. To

This essay makes an attempt to answer whether the mean Swedish household is vulnerable to changes in economic variables. This is made with a simplified version of housing expenditure relative to the household’s disposable income which creates a quota. First a history review is made which helps clarify the reasons of this quota moving in certain directions. The history lesson also provides importan

The Populist Radical Right party family consists of parties often stigmatized by the political establishment around Europe and is regarded as a rather heterogeneous party family in comparison with other traditional party families in Europe. By comparing Populist Radical Right parties using methods found in the academic literature on party families, this study sets out to test the cohesiveness of t