Essays about: "Elite structure"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Elite structure.

  1. 1. A Failure of Norm Diffusion: An Analysis of Saudi Export of Salafist Norms to Bosnia and Herzegovina

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Theodor Selimovic; [2023]
    Keywords : Bosnia and Herzegovina; Salafism; Norm Diffusion; Elite structure; Islamic Community; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Saudi Arabia has been exporting Salafism, a fundamentalist version of Islam, to Bosnia and Herzegovina since the 1992-95 Yugoslav secession war. However, Salafism has been mostly rejected, even though one might expect Bosnian society to be susceptible to radicalism. READ MORE

  3. 2. Coins, glass shards and other means of payment - A comparative study of Scandinavian Charon object burials using R. Dawkins’ meme theory

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Markus Ahlberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Charon’s fee; Obolus; Roman Iron Age; Migration Period; Elite Burial; Mercenary; Meme; Engbjerg; Himlingøje; Högom; Kälder; Hol; Gile; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis’ topic is to investigate the evolutionary dispersal of the Charon’s fee or Obolus rite outside the Roman provinces in Northern Europe, with a specific focus on Roman Iron Age and Migration Period Scandinavia. The aim of this study is therefore to add further understanding to the spread of Roman cultural influences outside the imperial borders and what made Roman material and ideological culture so attractive to the Germanic and Scandinavian Iron Age peoples. READ MORE

  4. 3. Consociational Democracy and The Prospects of Agonistic Peace: A Mixed Method Study of the Effects of Lebanese Power-Sharing from 2006 to 2022

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Zacharias Spindler; [2023]
    Keywords : Key words: Consociational democracy; Lebanon; power-sharing; agonistic peace; government immobilism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Abstract The thesis highlights the need for a broader understanding of consociational democracy and its relationship with government immobilism and agonistic peace. Being a mixed study of the period 2006 to 2022, it suggests that the existing theory of consociational democracy, as proposed by Arend Lijphart (1969) overlooks the cyclical nature of these factors in Lebanon. READ MORE

  5. 4. Critical Discourse Analysis of COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Videos. : A Study of Popular Videos in Arabic Media.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Hussein Alwaday; [2022]
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    Abstract : COVID-19 hit the world causing global health, social and political problems. Exceptional misinformation about the pandemic has been circulating through social media and contributed to the public panic and confusion about how to deal with the crisis. READ MORE

  6. 5. Beyond Modernity : Narrative Strategies in Hindi Short Stories of Uday Prakash

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : David Dymén; [2022]
    Keywords : Uday Prakash; Hindi literature; magic realism; magical realism; the fantastic; regionalism; postcolonialism; postmodernism; realism; experimentalism; genre; narratology.; Uday Prakāś; hindī sāhitya; jāduī yathārthvād; āṃcaliktā; uttaropaniveśvād; uttar ādhuniktā; prayogvād; yathārthvād; śailī.; उदय प्रकाश; हिंदी साहित्य; जादुई याथार्थवाद; आंचलिकता; उत्तरोपानिवेश्वाद; उत्तर आधुनिकता; प्रायोगवाद; याथार्थवाद; शैली;

    Abstract : This thesis explores different genres and modes of writing in short stories of the contemporary Indian author Uday Prakash, such as magical realism, the fantastic, regionalism, postcolonial and postmodern writing. It poses the question: “In which literary genre should Uday Prakash’s writings best be categorised?” The study is based on a reading of Prakash’s collection, 10 Pratinidhi kahāniyāṃ – Ten Representative Stories, consisting of ten stories of the author’s own choice. READ MORE