Essays about: "Bosnia-Herzegovina"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 26 essays containing the word Bosnia-Herzegovina.

1. 6. Balkan refugees in Sweden - a study on labour market assimilation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Nathalie Sommar Lindskog; Anton Viklund; [2020]
   Keywords : Yugoslav war; refugees; assimilation; labour market; gender differences; Sweden; 1990s;

   Abstract : This study focuses on annual earnings assimilation and the employment probability, described as the assimilation of annual earnings and the extent of which available workers are being used respectively (in this case workers originating from a certain country) of immigrants arriving from former Yugoslavia, i.e. READ MORE

3. 7. Ethnic divisions in Bosnia-Herzegovina
 - The inequality between three different ethnic groups in the country and how media is used to portray them

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Karolina Jurcevic; [2020]
   Keywords : Bosnia-Herzegovina; BiH; Media; Activism; Civic activism; Grassroots activism; Post-conflict peace building;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to observe how media and activism can be a part of the post-conflict peace building in Bosnia as well as to highlight the work and importance of NGOs in the country. This thesis will focus on how these NGOs work with media and activism in order to contribute to the post-conflict peace building. READ MORE

4. 8. At the Endpoint of Violence : A comparative study between the genocide in Bosnia Herzegovina and the conflict in Georgian Abkhazia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Linnea Lönnberg; [2018]
   Keywords : genocide; violent escalation; genocidal intent; Bosnia-Hercegovina; Georgia; Abkhazia;

   Abstract : In an attempt to bridge the gap between theories of violent escalation and those of genocide, this paper theorizes genocide to be a strategic choice by leaders in response to a situation which they perceive to lack alternatives. This situation is expected to evolve out of a violent escalation, more precisely civil war. READ MORE

5. 9. Approaches to political gender equality in Bosnia-Herzegovina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Daniela Cudic; [2018]
   Keywords : gender equality; Bosnia and Herzegovina; women in politics; female underrepresentation; NGO; bottom-up approach; top-down approach; policy implementation; awareness-rising; gender-responsible budgeting; women in governments; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : How can the low representation of women in politics in Bosnia-Herzegovina be understood and what can a different approach add to already existing approaches to make Bosnia-Herzegovina more gender equal in terms of political representation of the genders? There has been established a Gender Equality Law that demands a 40% gender quota of political representation, but the gender representation has only reached a number of 26% at most. It can fairly be claimed that the top-down approach itself is deficient in this area based on the amount of laws and regulating documents that have been determined by the state to improve the gender inequality issue. READ MORE

6. 10. Post-communism and its connections to corruption in Eastern Europe : A qualitative study about corruption in Bosnia-Hercegovina and Romania

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studier

   Author : Indira Begović; Cora Emilia Manole; [2017]
   Keywords : corruption; communism; post-communism; Eastern Europe; the Balkans; Romania; Yugoslavia; Bosnia-Herzegovina;

   Abstract : Corruption perception is a disputable subject. While corruption is hard to prove, corruption perception indexes are used in political measures such as denying adherence to international communities or international travel zones like Schengen. READ MORE