Essays about: "Former Yugoslavia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 essays containing the words Former Yugoslavia.

1. 1. Role Expectations as Motivators of Mass Violence Perpetration : A Normative Approach to Understanding Perpetrator Behaviour During the Yugoslav Wars from 1991–1995

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Otilia Rehnström; [2023]
   Keywords : Yugoslav Wars 1991-1995; Perpetrator behaviour; role expectations; social norms; role strain; role conflict;

   Abstract : The enduring question of why apparently ordinary individuals participate in the systemic perpetration of mass violence hallmarks genocide studies, and it arose yet again when the multifarious atrocities faced by civilians in the Yugoslav Wars of 1991–1995 were apparent. With explanations resting on notions of “ancient hatreds” having been denounced in favour of ones that emphasise the role of emotions like fear and resentment, ethnic myths and symbols, and competition on group and individual levels of society, there remains some issues with these approaches; they cannot account for what motivates variations in behaviour by on-the-ground perpetrators nor can they describe the process by which violence develops in tandem on micro- and meso-levels, while still accommodating macro-level causes for conflict. READ MORE

3. 2. SKIN IN THE GAME - Inter-ethnic cooperation despite political havoc?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Fatmir Mikullovci; [2022-06-30]
   Keywords : Ethnicity; inter-ethnic cooperation; Kosovo; Serbia; EU-accession;

   Abstract : Kosovo has throughout history been inhabited by several different minorities and its status as a sovereign country is still contested, despite its declaration of independence in 2008. The country has struggled with conflicts which culminated in armed warfare in 1999. READ MORE

4. 3. Identity-building process among Second-Generation Migrants from former Yugoslavia living in Sweden.

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

   Author : Paulina Zofia Scibisz; [2022]
   Keywords : Identity Building; Second Generation; Social Identity Theory; Transnationalism; Former Yugoslavia;

   Abstract : This study discusses the process of identity-building among second-generation migrants from former Yugoslavia, living in the Southern Region of Sweden, Skåne. The findings of this study have shown that respondents' identity construction is fluid and depends on many factors that influence it, which vary from one individual to another. READ MORE

5. 4. What is an Attack? : A Study on the Necessary Prerequisite in Crimes Against Humanity

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Nathalie Ottosson; [2022]
   Keywords : Public International Law; International Criminal Law; Crimes Against Humanity; Attack; Gender Perspective;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to determine the meaning of the necessary prerequisite attack in the international core crime crimes against humanity. Based on this, the thesis also aims to determine how a Swedish court should interpret the necessary prerequisite attack. READ MORE

6. 5. 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