International business and Environment -- 2

Job ID: 32467861

Budget: $10 – $30 USD

Research Essay Topics - 4000 words

1. "Marx provided a framework for thinking about the relationship between capitalism and nature. Whilst he could not have predicted the profound problems of the early twenty first century, his work provides the concepts that allow us to engage with an economics that is predicated on the exploitation of human beings and the natural world." Discuss

2. Is capitalism a "civilising" process?

3. What is the relationship between contemporary Native Constitutionalism and nonhuman rights?

4. How have international legal regimes mediated the relationship between the mobility of capital and fossil fuels?

5. Do the international economic law institutions promote eco-imperialism? You may answer this question with respect to all or any of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund or the World Trade Organization.

6. "The current international investment regime is inherently incapable of delivering ecologically sustainable results". Critically discuss.

7. Is the international intellectual property system irretrievably linked to a business model based on fossil capital?

8. "The idea of a green international corporate sector is an illusion that will keep business-as-usual going until the planet is completely exhausted." Critically discuss.