Essays about: "Ethnic violence"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 65 essays containing the words Ethnic violence.
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16. A comparative discourse analysis of honor-based violence in a Swedish media context
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : This thesis aims to highlight the complexity of honor-related violence and femicide in Swedish society and how it is represented in media based on who the victim and perpetrator is depending on ethnic and religious backgrounds. The thesis will be based on a comparative discourse analysis of forty Swedish media articles concerning honor killings (hedersmord) and femicide (kvinnomord) in Swedish translated to English. READ MORE
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17. Soft Power in the EU candidate country Bosnia and Herzegovina : The State of Women’s Human Rights in a Post- Conflict Country during a Pandemic
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : This thesis aims to provide a deeper understanding of the situation for women in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the pandemic of Covid- 19. Respecting human rights is a conditionality for EU- membership, which Bosnia and Herzegovina applied for in 2015. READ MORE
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18. Ethnic Prejudice and Discrimination of the Somali Minority Groups : The Image Of The Other As An Enemy
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study aims to investigate how the mechanisms of discrimination, othering, prejudice and enemy imaging work in conflict and non-conflict zones. The study further explored if the informants stories differ when in conflict zones. READ MORE
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19. The Ties that Bind Commanders : A study of sexual violence and restraint by rebel groups in Africa
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : An emerging literature on rebel groups’ restraint in the use of sexual violence has begun to explore the role of the commander. This study seeks to build on this literature by investigating under what conditions rebel commanders will enforce restraint. READ MORE
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20. Danger, Docility and the Denial of Death: On Productive Forces of Violent Practices in Prison
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis establishes an understanding of violence as discourse in the setting of Turkish prisons, during the death fast in the early 2000s. It uncovers discourses embedded in the acts of torture, hunger striking and force-feeding, each able to produce certain kinds of subjects. READ MORE