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A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Oil Spill Disclosure: A Case Of Royal Dutch Shell In Nigeria, Sanja Pupovac

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Purpose: This thesis examines environmental narrative disclosures of Royal Dutch Shell plc (hereafter Shell) of oil spills in Nigeria to explore accountability for social and environmental disasters in a developing-country context. Shell has been under intense public scrutiny over its oil operations in the Niger Delta, especially following the activities of anti-oil activists in the late 1990s. This thesis highlights the discursive construction of oil spills and explores issues of responsibility where multinational corporations exist alongside extreme poverty.

Design/Methodology/Approach: In order to interrogate the discourse and explore power relations in the production of public documents, this thesis adopts a critical …

Intelligible Accounting For The Future: A Critical Study Of Worth And (Dis)Placement, Stephanie Perkiss

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis is inspired by the promise and the ambiguity that surrounds terms like ‘sustainability’ as indicators for the well-being of future generations in a globalised world. The concept, as well as the realities of place – of how and where humans live, is the focus of the study. Place is complex, and the processes that give rise to the often horrible realities of displacement are even more complex. This thesis examines the multifaceted concept of displacement in three historical cases and one imagined, but unfolding case – the portending displacement of Pacific Islanders in the 21st century. The three …