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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"the History of Capitalism"”.
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THE MATERIALITY OF KNOWLEDGE: THE COLONIAL ROOTS OF THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
The present work aims to draw on the theoretical legacy of postcolonial critique, which includes the assumption of a fundamental continuity between colonial history and our postcolonial world, in order to rethink the current configuration of the relationship between capital and knowledge (usually …
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Integration and Implementation of ESG Strategies for Real Estate Companies
There has not been a time in the history of capitalism that real estate investors and managers care about “doing good” as today. While the sole pursuit of financial return has undoubtedly been the dominant driver for real estate investments, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) …
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African industrial policy in an era of expanding global value chains: the case of Ethiopia's textile and leather industries
Throughout the history of capitalism, the process of industrialisation has been recognised as the engine of economic development. No region in the world ‘suffers’ more acutely from a lack of industrialisation than Africa, clearly highlighting the need for industrial policy. However, the formulation …
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Economic Crisis and American Literature, 1819-1857
… demonstrates how literary responses to the United States’ first widespread financial crises—the Panics of 1819, 1837, and 1857—gave form to the abstract but increasingly violent forces governing the brave new economic world. Previous economic critics, working under the rubric of the New …
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Development, Security and Displacement: An Ethnographic Case Study of Rocinha and other Key Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
<p>This study highlights the complex and generally overlooked relationship between development, urban space, and security, and does so through a multiyear ethnographic study of Rocinha, Brazil’s largest <em>favela</em> (slum/squatter community).</p> <p>Since 2007 unprecedented resources have been …