Essays about: "Political history"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 646 essays containing the words Political history.

1. 6. A labour-free childhood? African perspectives on international child rights policies.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

   Author : Dorotea Reuterswärd; [2023-11-22]
   Keywords : childhood; child labour; child rights; policy; literature review; ideal type; postcolonialism; Africa;

   Abstract : This paper notes that one prominent trait of Western thinking about children is that childhood should be protected and care-free. For example, if children are engaged in work, their childhood is seen as 'lost'. READ MORE

3. 7. Employing Genocide : Narratives, Ethnic Identities, and Political Legitimacy in Post-Genocide Rwanda

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Gustaf Hallström; [2023]
   Keywords : Rwanda; Genocide; narratives; memory politics; ethnicity; identity; collective identity; power struggle; Paul Kagame; social psychology; collective memory; politics of memory; memory consumers; politicised identities; reconciliation; official narratives;

   Abstract : This thesis offers an analysis on the memory politics in post-genocide Rwanda, and examines the official narratives regarding history, ethnicity, and identity in order to analyse how political elites in Rwanda politicises collective identity and transforms the social environment of its population through establishing power struggles. By adopting of a qualitative content analysis, the thesis focuses on the speeches by the president Paul Kagame held at the start of each year’s commemorative event of the genocide, known as Kwibuka. READ MORE

4. 8. Russia’s embrace : Crimean mythology in Putin’s public communications 2014-2022

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Dennis van der Laan; [2023]
   Keywords : Crimea; Putin; mythology; political communication; Russia; annexation;

   Abstract : This dissertation is aimed at investigating which elements from the Russian mythology about Crimea appear in Putin’s public political communications in the period 2014-2022, how they are used and for which reasons they are used. Crimea has been a crucial region in history-making throughout the past decade and has played an important role in Russian politics, Russian-Ukrainian relations and Russian-Western relations. READ MORE

5. 9. Cultural heritage under attack - Putin's motives for attacking Ukrainian cultural heritage

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ellen Archer; [2023]
   Keywords : Putin; Russia-Ukraine war; Cultural heritage; Conflict; Postcolonial theory; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : On February 24th 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then Ukraine has reported damage to more than 1000 sites of cultural importance. READ MORE

6. 10. Cultural Heritage and Nationalism : A Case Study of the (re-)conversion of Hagia Sophia into a Mosque

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Efstratios Lales; [2023]
   Keywords : Hagia Sophia; mosque; Istanbul; museum; memory; cultural heritage;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to assess the cultural heritage implications of converting Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey from a museum into a mosque in July 2020. Through analysing cultural heritage management as a tool that could support the building of nationalism, this thesis explores the links between nationalism and cultural heritage. READ MORE