Essays about: "Islamic State"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 108 essays containing the words Islamic State.

  1. 11. Good Girl, Wife or Foreign Fighter - Danish Media Constructions of women in ISIS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Camilla Gissel; [2022]
    Keywords : ISIS; Female foreign fighters; Social Problems Theory; Narrative Criminology; ISIS bride; Betrayal; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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

  3. 12. We are here, we don’t fear Feminists counteracting legitimizing myths and authoritarian practices in Turkey to end violence against women

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sofie Karlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Feminist mobilization; violence against women; Turkey; legitimizing myths; Authoritarianism; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Previous literature suggests that the republic of Turkey is transforming from a democracy to an authoritarian country under Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi’s rule. The Turkish government has introduced and implemented a series of events that organizes around the supreme power of the President - one major being the withdrawal from the Istanbul convention. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Strategic Use of Hard and Soft Power

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Razan Al-Shammari; [2022]
    Keywords : Iranian state influence; Iran; pro-government militias PGMs ; Popular Mobilization Forces PMF ; Iraq; repression; repressive violence; soft power; hard power.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis will research the Iranian state influence on repression in Iraq. In particular, it is a case study that will explore the Iranian state influence, in the form of ideological and financial influence, on pro-government militias in Iraq between 2014 and 2020. READ MORE

  5. 14. Unwanted Returnees : Legal Aspects of Sweden's Non-Repatriation Policy of Detained Women and Children in al-Hol and Roj Camps

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Aws Al-Kohaili; [2022]
    Keywords : Public international law; General international law; Human Rights; Islamic State; IS; Syria; Repatriation; War; Folkrätt; Mänskliga rättigheter; Islamiska staten; IS; Syrien; Reparation; Barnkonventionen; Internationell rätt; Krig;

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  6. 15. Conflict in Central Asia - A Soviet Affair

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hugo Axelsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Soviet Union; Central Asia; relative deprivation; state coercion; historical legacies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : After the fall of the Soviet Union, two prominent Islamic groups, the IMU in Uzbekistan and the IRPT in Tajikistan, took to arms against their governments. To explain the contexts of these movements, this thesis utilises historical legacy theory to establish a continuity between the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes, which together with relative deprivation theory can explain why violent religious conflicts arose in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan after the collapse of the USSR. READ MORE