Essays about: "Daesh"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the word Daesh.

  1. 6. Preventing Radicalization in Prisons: A comparative analysis of the Danish and Swedish Prison and Probation Service's counter-radicalization strategies within prisons

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Sara Christiansen; [2017]
    Keywords : deradicalization; life-course and developmental criminology; militant islamism; prison; radicalization; rehabilitation; violence; violent extremism;

    Abstract : It is important to direct resources to effective evidence- and value-based counter-radicalization strategies, especially within prisons. With the increasing threat ofviolence and terror from various violent extremist groups, such as Daesh, thefocus on prisons should be intensified. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Power of Personality in Decision-Making : A Study of Obama's Decision to Launch Air Strikes in Syria

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Johannesson; [2016]
    Keywords : Barack Obama; Personality; Foreign Policy; Psychology; Five-Level Model; Daesh; Syria; Terrorism;

    Abstract : Barack Obama’s personality is studied to understand how the personality of a leader can contribute to the decision-making process in foreign policy. The study connects literature from foreign policy analysis as well as psychology to contribute with an example of how these two fields of study can be used simultaneously. READ MORE

  4. 8. ...And Reconcile Us With Evil : A Critical Investigation of the Imagery of Good and Evil in Western Religion, Film and Politics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Arne L Gellrich; [2016]
    Keywords : Peace and conflict; social psychology; religion; good; evil; böse; übel; Kant; Nietzsche; Obama; Trump; Clinton; TTIP; CETA; Germany; Sweden; USA; presidential elections; presidentials 2016; theology; Jesus; demons; satan; devil; iblis; christianity; judaism; yahweh; god; leviathan; hero; batman; marvel; harry Potter; twilight; avatar; James Bond; Jason Bourne; dragon; brexit; Daesh; Facebook; Campact; protest; CDA; critical discourse analysis; fairclough; SPD; CDU; AfD; Grüne; Linke; PEGIDA; Flüchtlinge; Flüchtlingskrise; TTIP; CETA; Campact; Gabriel; Merkel; Obama; Hannover; Demonstration; Kant; Böse; gut; wohl; übel; Gott; teufel; Jesus; Löfven; Wallström; Brexit; SD; förolämpning; Farsan; Hamilton; flytingar; flyktingskrisen; Facebook;

    Abstract : With an eye on the current social and political situation in Europe, and with regards to the so-termed refugee crisis, this study aims to map the discourse on assumed good and evil shared among Western cultures, as represented by Sweden, Germany and the United States.  The thesis takes its point of departure from essayistic reflections of the philosophical tradition and theological and religious analytical positions respectively. READ MORE

  5. 9. Political Violence in Media: A case study of the media framing of the Kurdish female fighters in Northern Iraq and Syria

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Therése Lundmark; [2016]
    Keywords : Kurdish female fighters; YPJ; Peshmerga; critical discourse analysis; media framing; political violence;

    Abstract : The aim and purpose of this study is to explore how the Western media, more precisely six British newspapers, portrays the Kurdish female fighters of the Women’s Protection Units and the Peshmerga, who today are fighting against Deash in Northern Iraq and Syria. There have been a growing media interest in the Kurdish female fighters since the rise of Daesh, and they were an often recurring subject in newspapers and other media platforms during 2014 and 2015. READ MORE

  6. 10. Media Wars: The Caliphate Strikes Back. Islamic State’s Propaganda Magazine Dabiq as a Possible Paradigm Shift in Visual War Reporting and Propaganda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Lukas Jürgen Herbers; [2016]
    Keywords : Islamic State; Dabiq; Propaganda; War; Journalism; Photography; Censorship; Bare Life; Habitus; Photojournalism; Daesh; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the history and usage of war photography and propaganda according to theories of their utilisation for the establishment of national narratives in times of war. While Western media and nations alike try to establish narratives of just war without loss of innocent people and own soldiers, the newly emerged terrorist group Islamic State indicates a paradigm change in the approach of graphic content as part of propaganda. READ MORE