Essays about: "Ethnic Polarisation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Ethnic Polarisation.

1. 1. Agents of Peace or Tension: Analysing Political Elites’ Electoral Rhetoric : A Qualitative Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sanna Sandehl; [2024]
   Keywords : Communal division; polarising and reconciliation rhetoric; ethnic religious and tribal affiliations; election campaign rallies;

   Abstract : How do some political elites, in unstable democracies with communal divisions, use ethnic, religious, and tribal affiliations for a rhetoric of polarisation and/or reconciliation when running for office? This thesis applies a framing analysis to explore how political elites employ these affiliations in speech acts, mainly political rallies, to construct narratives of polarisation and reconciliation during election campaigns. The theoretical framework is constructed by previous research on “Big Men” politics and the rhetoric used by ex-combatants turned politicians within a context embossed with electoral violence and division. READ MORE

3. 2. How the Office of High Representative has impacted the reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Hanna Mustajbegovic; Berg Theodor; [2024]
   Keywords : Bosnia and Herzegovina; Reconciliation; The Office of High Representative; Dayton peace agreement; Cold peace; Warm peace;

   Abstract : Twenty eight years ago there was a brutal war in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the three main ethnic groups in the country as a part of the bracke-up of Yugoslavia  (Balazs, 2008). This thesis analyses how the OHR has contributed to the reconciliation process in Bosnia and Herzegovina by looking at academic articles, information from local actors, analysing the local debate and semistructured interviews within the international community in BiH. READ MORE

4. 3. Can Ethnic Diversity Explain the Varying Effects of Regional Trade Agreements?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Sundmark; [2020]
   Keywords : Preferential Trade; Ethnic Fractionalization; Ethnic Polarisation; Heterogeneous Effects; PPML; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In response to the recent stagnation of global economic integration, a large part of world trade today transpires within the boundaries of regional trade agreements (RTAs). However, trade effects are heterogeneous both across and within RTAs - a phenomenon not fully understood. READ MORE

5. 4. Power-sharing, only for majorities? : A discourse analysis about the inclusion of minorities in power-sharing arrangements.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Melissa Pervan; [2020]
   Keywords : Power-sharing; Ethnic Polarisation; Ethnic-divided societies; ethno-politics; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Nigeria; Centripetalism; Consociationalism; Minorities.;

   Abstract : Power-sharing is introduced in ethnic-divided and ethnic-polarised countries with the aim to prevent and/or end conflicts. The purpose is to include different groups in power-sharing positions. READ MORE

6. 5. Modernisation - A Saviour Running Late: Assessing the Validity of Modernisation Theory by Investigating the Effects of Diversity on Growth

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Alexander Fält; Adrian Rydén; [2014]
   Keywords : Modernisation; Diversity; Fractionalisation; Polarisation; Growth;

   Abstract : Modernisation theory is based on the idea that socioeconomic development leads to significant societal changes in culture and behaviour, changing the focus from group identity to individual ability. This paper seeks to investigate the validity of modernisation theory by examining the effects of ethnic, linguistic, and religious diversity on economic growth. READ MORE