Essays about: "Female terrorism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Female terrorism.
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1. Terrorist by Association : How the Swedish women who joined IS were portrayed in the Swedish media
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : In 2014 when the international terrorist group the Islamic State (IS) declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria, more than 40,000 people travelled to join the terrorist group. According to the available data between 10-13% were women but the real number is assumed to be substantially higher. READ MORE
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2. Good Girl, Wife or Foreign Fighter - Danish Media Constructions of women in ISIS
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Women who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have been understood as serving passive and largely supportive roles in ISIS state-building by media and, to a far extent, academia. Academia has argued that the passive role evolves into active participation in weaponed combat and planning of attacks. READ MORE
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3. Beautiful bombs : A comparative case study of female and male suicide bombers in Boko Haram
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. Perceptions of Women in the Far-Right : A Comparative Ideology Analysis of Far-Right Perceptions of Women.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This bachelor’s thesis aspires to contribute to the field of research concerning women and far-right extremism. Scholars have during recent years called attention to the surge of far-right extremism and female participation in jihadi terrorism. However, when these fields of research meet, various knowledge gaps are distinguishable. READ MORE
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5. Perceiving Terrorism: A survey experiment about how Swedish students define terrorism based on the perpetrator’s ethnicity
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze how students perceive the concept of terrorism based on the ethnicity ascribed to the perpetrator. Studies conducted in the US have shown that the public defines political violence differently depending on the language used to describe the event, white perpetrators are more often called mass shooters while perpetrators of other ethnicities are more frequently called terrorists. READ MORE
