Essays about: "Political legitimacy"

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  1. 6. 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

  3. 7. Foreign Direct Investment, a blessing, or a burden for African states in terms of corruption?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kajsa Nebrelius; [2023]
    Keywords : Foreign direct investment; corruption; state fragility; Africa; Botswana; Zambia; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The development in Africa has for a long time been harmed because of its high corruption levels. During the last decades, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) have increasingly flown into African states as an attempt to strengthen the societies. READ MORE

  4. 8. China’s Crisis Governance and Evolving State-Society Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ning Ao; [2023]
    Keywords : China; zero-COVID policy; state-society relations; civil rights; interest alignment; evolutionary governance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Existing studies on China’s COVID-19 response have gravitated to a macro-level, formal institutional analysis, focusing either on the effectiveness of the policy in early-stage virus containment or on the growing negative impacts of COVID policy practices on China’s socio-political landscape at the late stage. Using serial interviews accompanied by online observations and documents, this thesis redirects its attention to the micro-level, individual response to China’s crisis governance and COVID policy practices. READ MORE

  5. 9. Guardians of the Ecology : Navigating Challenges in Municipal Urban Planning in Stockholm County – Insights and Strategies from Ecologists

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Ebba Sidh; [2023]
    Keywords : municipal ecologists; value articulation; ventriloquism; municipal planning process;

    Abstract : Urban planning plays an essential role in preparing cities to handle and counteract the climate changes – and connected consequences – of today and the future. Municipal ecologists are specialists in environmental protection and therefore carry a crucial role when developing contemporary and future cities. READ MORE

  6. 10. IFRS PRACTICAL EXPEDIENTS: Exploring antecedents of the phenomenon and preparer choices when offered simplified accounting treatments

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Heidi Hiltunen; Johanna Lindegren; [2023]
    Keywords : Practical expedient; Accounting choice; Cost vs. benefit; Rules vs. principles; IFRS;

    Abstract : This study investigates so-called practical expedients, a relatively new IFRS concept offering preparers simplified accounting choices. We run two parallel tracks: one qualitative part, where we analyse the definition of and the motivation for introducing practical expedients, and one quantitative part, where we collect annual report data to examine how practical expedients are applied by preparers. READ MORE