Essays about: "oligarchy"

Found 5 essays containing the word oligarchy.

  1. 1. How oligarchy affects cities: the case of Tbilisi

    University essay from

    Author : Levan Amiranashvili; [2022]
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  3. 2. Swedish Iron Law of Oligarchy : Swedish social networks and strategical positions in Russia, the transitional period of 1991-1994

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

    Author : Mattias Alvarsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Sweden; power; social network analysis; qualitative; flex net; power position; iron law of oligarchy; power law; business; military; government; Sverige; makt; social nätverksanalys; kvalitativ; flex net; maktposition; oligarkins järnlag; potenslag; näringslivet; militär; staten; politiker;

    Abstract : This study examines the configurations of power positions in the perspective of social networks in the context of Sweden and Swedish actors around the initiation of privatization in Russia 1991-1994. The study aims to increase the knowledge on the subject of power and social networks through the use of a combination of theoretical concept, taking off in Janine Wedel’s flex net. READ MORE

  4. 3. HIMA ! Revolutionary Park in Yerevan, Armenia

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Hayk Shahinyan; [2016]
    Keywords : Yerevan; Armenia; Myasnikyan Square; Revolutionary Space; Democracy; Hayk; Shahinyan; HIMA; Park; Revolution; Protest; Riot; Clash; Uprising; Demonstration; Public Space; Public Square; Forum; Soapbox; Euromaidan; March 1 2008;

    Abstract : HIMA! / NOW! - translation from Armenian In light of recent and ongoing protests, demonstrations and riots in Ukraine, Egypt, Israel or Armenia, some actual questions arise such as how is the built environment used as an area of protest, how it is chosen as a focal point or path for resistance, what are the common characteristics of revolutionary spaces and how the environment effects on success. Lack of democracy from the government and in everyday life of Armenia society, total corruption and feeling of impunity oligarchy, the government and most of governmental institutions, weak economic growth accompanied by alarming number of emigration as well as successful scenarios in neighboring Georgia and Ukraine, force to predict a inescapable eruption of protests Armenia in near future. READ MORE

  5. 4. Transition and Oligarchy: The Role of the Russian Oligarchs during the Yeltsin Era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felicia Melander; [2010]
    Keywords : Neo-Gramscian; Oligarchs; Transition; Yeltsin; Class; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : By employing the concepts found within the neo-Gramscian theory this thesis analyzes the role and effects of the Russian oligarchs during a period of transition in Russia, primarily from 1991 to 1993, during the so-called Yeltsin era. The political and economic changes during this period of time, especially the new market and privatization reforms that were implemented under Yeltsin contributed to a weak hegemonic development, for instance, and enabled the oligarchs to advantageously position themselves within politics and finance. READ MORE

  6. 5. PAKISTAN : POLITICS IN A POST-COLONIAL STATE

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ejaz Hussain; [2006]
    Keywords : Pakistan; the Punjab; politics; praetorian oligarchy; military; colonial politics; strategic partition; structural dynamics; civil-military bureaucracy; the landed-feudal; the urbanrural poor; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis attempts to explain why the military is still a powerful political institution/force in Pakistan. Its purpose was to test a hypothesis that the colonial authority structure along with partition (1947) oriented structural dynamics provides an important structural construct to explain politics and the military in post-colonial state of Pakistan. READ MORE