Essays about: "1944"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 31 essays containing the word 1944.

  1. 6. The Politics of Preservation : Urban regeneration, identity formation and governance in the creation of Old Linköping open air museum, 1944–1967

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Elsa Bane; [2020]
    Keywords : sanitization; modernity; modernism; welfare; urban identity; urban regime analysis; preservation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to broaden and deepen the understanding of the urban regeneration and demolition processes taking place in Swedish cities between the 1940s and 1960s. Special attention is placed on how past and present layers of the city were used, conceptualized and legitimized by influential actors within the framework of urban governance. READ MORE

  3. 7. The Finnish Cause is Ours : A Case Study of the Evacuation to the Torne River Valley in 1944

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hanna Huppunen; [2020]
    Keywords : Evacuation; evacuee; reception; children; Torne River Valley; Sweden; Finland; 1944;

    Abstract : Research has been done on refugees in general and on Finns during the Second World War specifically. However, there is a lack of research concerning the evacuation of Finns to the Torne River Valley in Sweden in 1944, especially when it comes to experiences of the reception. READ MORE

  4. 8. De-escalation amid a Total War? : An interpretivist-constructivist analysis of Finland's involvement (or lack thereof) in the Siege of Leningrad and Murmansk during the Continuation War 1941-1944

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Margarita Sallinen; [2020]
    Keywords : constructivism; Continuation War; de-escalation; escalation; Finland; interpretivism; Mannerheim; total war;

    Abstract : At the beginning of the Continuation War in 1941, Finnish and German troops commenced a gradual escalation which resulted in swift successive victories against the Soviets. Yet, Finland´s Field Marshal Mannerheim unexpectedly turned his back on military rationality at Leningrad and Murmansk despite his knowledge of how vitally strategic the locations were to the Soviet war effort. READ MORE

  5. 9. The phenomenon of blood feud among albanians and its impact on children

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sokol Xhaxho; [2019]
    Keywords : Albania; Kosovo; the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini; blood feud; child rights; weak state; NGOs; mediators; living law; living conditions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the middle ages the Albanian northern tribes had their own customary law that regulated their everyday life. This customary law is called the Kanun of Lekë Dukagjini. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Historical Roots of the Spatially Uneven State - Exploring Subnational Variation in State Capacity in Guatemala

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nicolas Rodriguez Bolin; [2018]
    Keywords : state capacity; Guatemala; cleavage structures; subnationalism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper explores the relationship between historical political conflicts and subnational variation in state capacity. I draw on new literature which suggests that internal patterns of state strength mirror the geographical distribution of socio-political conflicts during critical periods of institutional change. READ MORE