Essays about: "Russia"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 464 essays containing the word Russia.

  1. 1. How have the sanctions against Russia and their counter sanctions affected the Russian trade? - An anlaysis of panel data using the gravity model

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Sebastian Falk; Markus Ljungqvist; [2020-06-29]
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    Abstract : Economic sanctions are prevalent in the modern world as an alternative to war, instead aiming to maim economic growth and power by hindering trade. In recent times, sanctions have been imposed against many countries, Russia being one of them. Often seen as a response to questionable political and economic acts. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rights, Sovereignty and Uses of Power: A Qualitative Case Study of Russian Occupied Crimea

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Kultur och samhälle

    Author : Anna Pitkänen; [2020]
    Keywords : Crimea; exception; human rights; Russia; sovereignty;

    Abstract : The objective of the present case study is to comprehensively examine the widely condemned and still ongoing Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula. Drawing on theoretical notions regarding the state of exception, this study sheds a light on civil and political rights developments in the occupied Crimea. READ MORE

  4. 3. Study of the potential of football tourism : Research based on three football leagues: English, Spanish and Russian

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Dorian Ardeleanu; [2020]
    Keywords : sustainability; tourism decentralization; football research; football tourism; linear regression; probit model;

    Abstract : This study is based on first-league football teams from England, Spain and Russia. It demonstrates that football tourism has a big potential because the attendance on football stadiums has a positive effect over the number of visitors in the city, and this influence is stronger among teams that are historically more popular. READ MORE

  5. 4. How have Confucian traditions and values influenced institutional power structures in Maoist ideology?  : A comparative discourse analysis of ideologies enforcing authoritarianism. 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : China; Confucianism; Maoism; PRC; People’s Republic of China; Philosophy; Totalitarianism; Discourse Analysis; CCP;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis will thoroughly analyze the discourse that is the transformation and interaction of the Maoist ideology with the previous Confucian traditions and its importance in institutional spheres of society in contemporary China. The thesis aims to analyze correlations and causations to the aspect of the rise of Maoism from a non-Communist Chinese society highly influenced by Confucian values and traditions to a Maoist dominated Chinese cultural, social, and political landscape. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Other Within Us – A Narrative Analysis of Self- and Other-Identification on Social Media by Actors Involved in the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Annika Ruge; [2020]
    Keywords : Social Media; Media Studies; Social Identity; Social Constructivism; Narratives; Self; Other; Eastern Europe; Nationalism; Qualitative Content Analysis; post-Soviet history; conflict studies; Ukraine; Russia; European Studies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This study examines narratives of Self- and Other-identification in social media content of actors, directly and indirectly involved in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The aim is to shed light on how social media can be instrumentalised as a means of constructing Self and Other in the context of ongoing conflict. READ MORE