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Is financialisation inevitable? The power of finance as a policy choice.
Can we reign in the power of finance? This dissertation asks if an industry that is often portrayed as an unstoppable force can, in fact, be stopped. Over the past two decades the study of ‘financialisation’ has been at ... -
Chaotic Schooling: State schools and the making of (un)freedom in contemporary Brazil
(2020-07-18)With this work, I explore and discuss the relationship between state-provided education and the making of substantive freedoms for urban Brazilian underprivileged populations. In Brazil, state schools for basic education, ... -
Politics, Education and the Imagination in South African and Brazilian student-led mobilisations (2015-16)
(2020-07-18)When students contest an education system they experience as oppressive, what do they imagine could exist instead? This dissertation explores the intersection of politics, education, and the imagination amongst students ... -
Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility and the Case of Small and Medium Enterprises in a Kazakh Context
(2020-05-16)ABSTRACT The proposed case study seeks to acquire empirical evidence on the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the context of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kazakhstan. This research draws upon ...
