Essays about: "Constitutions"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the word Constitutions.

1. 21. Kosovo - A Territory with a Right to Self-Determination?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Niclas Fältsjö; [2011]
   Keywords : Kosovo; right to self-determination; human rights; minority rights; declaration of independence; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Kosovo, the world’s 193rd country, will be the sixth state carved from the former Serbian-dominated Yugoslav federation since 1991, after Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Montenegro, which became the world’s newest state in 2006. Kosovo’s statehood is, however, still disputed. READ MORE

3. 22. Development of the Protection of Fundamental Rights within the European Union - an Improved Human Rights Agenda?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Henrik Holmström; [2011]
   Keywords : Charter of Fundamental Rights; Human Rights; Fundamental rights; EU law; Fundamental Rights Agency; EU accession to the ECHR; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Treaty of Rome which established the European Economic Community contained no explicit references to the protection of fundamental rights. This thesis describes the emergence of an EU acquis covering the field of fundamental rights developed by the EU judiciary and legislators in close cooperation with the Member States and the Council of Europe. READ MORE

4. 23. Rethinking Gender from the south

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Lelya Troncoso; [2010]
   Keywords : Gender; coloniality; coloniality of power; Latin America; Chile; intersectionality; capitalism.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is a theoretical exploration of “southern theorists”, with special focus on their contribution to re-thinking, challenging and expanding western conceptualizations of gender. The aim is to identify scholarship that promotes decolonizing and liberatory ways of constructing gender. READ MORE

5. 24. Framing Opposition as Terrorism: a Case Study of the Framing of the Houhthis and Southern Movement in Yemen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sandra Nilsson Hedman; [2010]
   Keywords : Framing; Yemen; politicization; securitization; terrorism; opposition; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis takes off in framing theory and the theory of securitization to investigate the Yemeni government’s framing of its oppositional groups the Houthis and the Southern Movement. My purpose is three-folded: 1) to describe the conflicts between the Yemeni government and these two oppositional groups within their local and global context; 2) to illustrate how the Yemeni government is using the terrorism frame against the Houthis and the Southern Movement; and 3) to explore the reasons why the Yemeni government have chosen this frame. READ MORE

6. 25. Denmark in Afghanistan: Security discourse and the image of the nation-state

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ganna Soldatenko; [2010]
   Keywords : security; securitization; image; Denmark; Afghanistan; discourse; discourse analysis; critical discourse analysis; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the present-day world, a state is only one of a number of social actors, each of which has its own identity, functions and structure. The successful functioning and even existential survival of the state is dependent on various factors, including its capacity to face the challenges of the processes of globalisation, including new threats which emerge from the development of communication technologies (e. READ MORE