Essays about: "violence against elite"
Found 5 essays containing the words violence against elite.
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1. UNDERSTANDING THE RELIGION AND GENDER EQUALITY CONTROVERSY Why does the Christian protestant- Lutheran church clash with the promotion of gender equality? An explorative study of Tanzania family law.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Gender equality is a well-studied topic, but we have not understood to a sufficient extent how religion interacts with notions of gender equality, especially from an elite perspective. That is why this research aims first, to understand how the Protestant – Lutheran Church conceptualizes gender equality. READ MORE
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2. Violence Against the Elite : A Comparative Analysis of two Terminal Classic Mass Graves in Cancuén
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : In this essay a comparative analysis will be conducted on two mass graves from the terminal classics in the Maya lowlands. This will be done by analysing interpretations of the Cancuén site in Guatemala. Cancuén was a major trading port city in the terminal classics’ southern lowlands. It flourished until its decline in the late 700’s CE. READ MORE
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3. The quality of governance peace : Governance perceptions and sustaining peace
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Quality of Government (QoG) peace is a concept gaining some traction alongside more known concepts such as the democratic peace, or liberal (capitalist) peace or the globalist/modernist peace. This study aims to uncover how perceptions of governance quality uncover variation in the number of violent and nonviolent collective and interpersonal events at the sub-national level in Nepal. READ MORE
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4. The Impact of Feminist Activism on the UK Government's Policy Proposal on Domestic Violence- Actions Speak Louder than Words
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Social movements have been argued to be important political actors because of their ability to apply pressure and mobilizing governments to take policy action on societal problems. In light of this, it is the aim of this thesis to investigate if a feminist movement in the UK, called the IC Change campaign, can serve as the explanation as to why the UK government put forward a new policy proposal on domestic violence. READ MORE
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5. Political Conflict and Economic Competition
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : A key ingredient for a dynamic economy is a modicum of competition, but with weak institutions powerful elites have strong incentives to collude to generate economic rents. Weak institutions also increase the scope for political violence, as an array of powerful elites have incentives to use coercion for private gains. READ MORE