Essays about: "Military regime"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 48 essays containing the words Military regime.

  1. 26. Human Rights Violations in Argentina and Uruguay : A study with focus on the legal status of the amnesty laws

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Emilio Pereira Aldacor; [2015]
    Keywords : Argentina; Uruguay; human rights violations; military dictatorship; amnesty laws; Transitional Justice.;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes in a comparative manner, the cases of Argentina and Uruguay regarding the amnesty laws that both issued to members of the armed forces after the transition to democracy from the authoritarian regime, for violations of human rights committed during the military dictatorship. The research seeks to understand the causes that have made the amnesty law in Argentina from 1986 and 1987, together with the presidential pardoning of 1989 to be declared unconstitutional in 2005 and 2007 by the Argentinian Supreme Court, while the Uruguayan amnesty law issued in 1986 is at the time when this research was made still in force. READ MORE

  2. 27. Egyptian Secular Feminism After the Egyptian Revolution of 2011: An Analysis of Transformation of the Patriarchal Bargain Between Egyptian Secular Female Feminists and Political Leaderships

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Aydin Baran Gurpinar; [2015]
    Keywords : Patriarchal bargain; Egyptian secular feminism; the Egyptian Revolution of 2011; post-Mubarak Egypt; the Muslim Brotherhood; El-Sisi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 opened up the public space for Egyptian women from very different backgrounds. However, although women played a decisive role in revolutionary events, this did not result in the abolishment of the patriarchal bargain between Egyptian secular-oriented female feminists and the state in post-Mubarak Egypt. READ MORE

  3. 28. Digital Media and Democratization. The case of Myanmar

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

    Author : Santi Mayor Farguell; [2014]
    Keywords : Comdev; Social Change; Myanmar; Digital Media; Democratization; Facebook;

    Abstract : This research project aims at exploring the role and potential of digital media in the current democratization process in Myanmar. Understanding democratization as a process of social change that implies empowering civil society and ensuring equality, the question is how digital media contribute to building a participatory democracy in Myanmar after a five decades long military regime. READ MORE

  4. 29. http:// Myanmar       : A case study on Internet freedom and responsible investment in Myanmar’s emerging Telecom scene

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Therése Naomi Jonsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Myanmar; Burma; Internet freedom; human rights; telecom; CSR;

    Abstract : Myanmar is one of the least connected countries in the world, with an estimated Internet penetration at just over one per cent. The country was ruled by a rigid military regime for half a century, who had a firm grip on the media and brutally cracked down upon any political dissent. READ MORE

  5. 30. Securitizing Libya: The securitizing aspects of UN:s and NATO:s justification of Operation Unified Protector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Christian Norelius; [2014]
    Keywords : Securitization; Referent Object; Securitizing Actor; Securitizing Speech Act; Military Intervention; Libya; UNSC; NATO; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : One of the toughest challenges for the international community is to justify military interventions in sovereign states. Echoing in terms of post-colonialism, underlying interest and power domination, military interventions must be argued for and legitimized in order to gain support from both public and institutional opinion. READ MORE