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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4237. Adviser: Nancy Abelmann. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-212) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Auckland (New Zealand), 2007. / (UMI)AAI3294771. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-12, Section: A, page: 5225. Adviser: Ann Sullivan.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Criminal Justice, 2009. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 14, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-12, Section: A, page: 4866. Adviser: Arvind Verma.

Financial literacy is commonly defined as the knowledge, skills, and ability to navigate the increasingly complex financial markets, and is considered to empower consumers to make responsible financial decisions. Financial literacy is increasingly promoted as a crucial life skill in the aftermath of global financial crisis by numerous global initiatives and became part and parcel of national strategies of financial inclusion. By utilizing theoretical insights from Michel Foucault’s late work on governmentality, this dissertation analyzes financial literacy education initiatives in Turkey with ethnographic research. Cultural political economy perspective articulated in this dissertation underlines the importance of theorizing the financialized capital accumulation dynamics together with the reshaping of culture and the constitution of financialized subjectivities. It is argued that financial literacy is a “technique of the self” seeking to govern the everyday conduct of subjects in line with the long-term interests of financial capital. Financial literacy curricula provide not only the basic knowledge of finance but also instruct subjects ways to conduct oneself on financial planning, budgeting, debt management, creditworthiness, saving and investment. Financial literacy agenda deepens neo-liberal governmentality with the promotion of entrepreneurial subjectivity and responsibilization of individuals for social risks such as unemployment, economic downturn, and pensions. By problematizing the constitution of financially literate subjectivity and providing an everyday and cultural perspective on financialization, this dissertation contributes to the discipline of International Political Economy. / Dissertation / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

[pt] Nesta dissertação realizamos uma análise do modelo de financiamento público proposto para o audiovisual no Brasil, e seu impacto nos diferentes estados. Ao constatarmos que a indústria audiovisual nacional apresenta uma expressiva concentração regional da produção e do consumo, optamos por investigar o impacto dessa concentração no desenvolvimento cultural e social do país. Além disso, identificamos possíveis alternativas de desconcentração, a exemplo dos mecanismos de incentivo estaduais que têm sido desenvolvidos na Bahia. Esperamos que esse estudo possa contribuir para o debate sobre a realidade da concentração da indústria audiovisual existente no Brasil. / [en] In this dissertation we performed an analysis of the public financing model proposed for the audiovisual industry in Brazil, and its impact by the different states of the country. Considering that the national audiovisual industry has a significant regional concentration of its production and consumption, we chose to investigate the consequences of this concentration on cultural and social development of the country. Besides that, we identified alternatives of desconcentration, such as local incentive mechanisms that have been developed in Bahia. We hope this study contribute to the discussion of the concentration of the audiovisual industry reality that exists in Brazil.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Anthropology, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Nov. 19, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: A, page: 0619. Adviser: Anya Peterson Royce.

Carbon offsetting has been an institutionalised response to climate change for over a decade. Over this period, climate change has become more severe and calls for climate justice have become increasingly insistent. Yet the normative controversies of carbon offsetting remain unresolved, as debates about the environmental quality, development impacts and ethical implications of carbon offsetting continue. This thesis explores the relationship between morality and carbon offsetting in three domains. First it provides an evaluation of the ethics of offsetting. Second it gives an account of the 'lay normativity' of the market, describing how carbon market actors interpret and act upon issues of moral concern. And third, it explains offsetting's moral economy. First, the thesis examines the moral rationales for and problems of offsetting in order to clarify the bases of criticisms levelled at offsets by researchers concerned about trends in neoliberal environmental governance. In evaluation of the ethics of offsetting, the PhD recognises some limited rationales, but mainly highlights widespread problems including lack of environmental integrity and failure to produce 'sustainable development'. The structure of the market is shown to create opportunities for malpractice and difficulties for reform. Second, building on work in cultural political economy, the research describes carbon offsetting's lay normativity. The account is based on interviews with over sixty carbon offset market actors including project developers, consultants, auditors, regulators, retailers and buyers in the UK, continental Europe, and in India. Findings show that the market is founded on ethical principles: offsetting is nothing without notions of environmental and developmental care. Critiques of, and reforms to, offsetting are also grounded in principled debate. But carbon market actors often use their power to further commercial interests that are not aligned with production of environmental or developmental value. And yet, even as rationales are ignored and problems are amplified, market actors maintain a discursive semblance of moral behaviour through forms of justification, story-telling and identity work. Third, the thesis explains how principles, profit and power combine to affect the governance of offsetting. It shows that the concentration of power among profit-seeking actors drives the production of offsetting's moral problems in the stages of project development, regulation and retail. Commercial interests in the politics of knowledge lead to manipulation of the discursive framings through which people come to understand offsets. Ethical narratives are deployed to sustain the market in states of dysfunction, enabling privileged groups to gain exchange value at the expense of climate protection and sustainable development. Through this explanatory work, the PhD contributes an original application of ideas about moral political economy to the case of climate change and carbon trading, demonstrating that powerful actors can shape culture and alter our perceptions of right and wrong.

Att den norrländska landsbygden länge haft befolkningsproblem råder inga tvivel om, och dess befolkning spås inte heller öka i framtiden. Så sent som i somras kom dock en önskan från Näringslivscheferna i Region 8-kommunerna om att man tillsammans ville börja arbeta med inflyttning och rekrytering. Syftet med denna studie var att studera hur kommuner inom Region 8-samarbetet arbetar med att öka kommunens inflyttning och attraktionskraft. Detta undersöktes genom ett fokus på platsmarknadsföring utifrån ett statsvetenskapligt perspektiv. I studien genomfördes kvalitativa intervjuer med utvalda kommuner inom Region 8-samarbetet, och även med en representant för Region 8 som helhet. Studien identifierade att samtliga av de kommuner som ingick i studien, och även Region 8 i stort, använder sig av meningsbyggande åtgärder, definierade genom CPE, i arbetet med inflyttning och attraktionskraft. Det vill säga man lyfter fram det som sedan tidigare är en del av kommunens identitet och bygger mening kring denna, i syfte att locka till sig invånare och besökare.

The thesis deals with the Czechoslovak-British relations in 1953-1957. The thesis is divided into the three parts, which are analysing the development in the aforementioned period. Each part has own chapter. These parts are political and diplomatic one, economic one and last but not least cultural one. The political part includes the basic framework of international relations in the aforementioned period, then deals with brief summary of post-war development of mutual political relations. The next main part of chapter mentions the influence of German question and Suez Crisis. The political part concludes with the subchapter about general tendencies of mutual Czechoslovak-British relations. The economic part is opened with the brief introduction of post-war development of mutual political relations. The next main part of chapter is dedicated to some mutual relations in the matter of nuclear power for civilian use. The same as the previous chapter also the economic part is concluded with the subchapter about general tendencies of mutual economic relations. The final cultural part starts with mentions of brief summary of post-war development. The main part of chapter comprises also two subchapters about Whitehaven fund and Lidice Shall Live Committee. The cultural part is concluded again with the...