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  1. 1. Unpacking the Washback Effect of University Entrance Exams : A Qualitative Study of Uzbekistan’s Students’ Exam Preparation Experiences

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Zarnigor Hotamova; [2024]
    Keywords : Washback; High-stakes University Entrance Exams; Competence-based Curriculum; 21st Century Skills;

    Abstract : The evolving nature of education emphasizes the importance of fostering 21st-century skills. To align with the requirements of the contemporary era, Uzbekistan introduced its new competency based National Curriculum, highlighting the development of 21st century skills. READ MORE

  3. 2. Legal Informality and Debt-Based Trade in Uzbekistan. A Case Study of Rural Ferghana Valley.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Elmurod Sobirov; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Debt-based trade and economic exchanges are becoming more and more widespread phenomena in the context of most post-Soviet Central Asian societies, especially in Uzbekistan. In the absence of viable state economic support, a functional banking system and an effective legal system, trust-based economic exchanges serve as an alternative means for conducting micro-level businesses in Uzbekistan. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. Marketing of Community-Based Tourism : A case study of Central Asia

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

    Author : Fiona Gansauer; [2021]
    Keywords : Stakeholder Theory; Community-Based Tourism CBT ; Distribution Channels; Marketing; Central Asia; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; cross-national analysis;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to fill the research gap between marketing and community-based tourism, with using the Stakeholder Theory as intermediary. For this purpose, it is analyzed how the Stakeholder Theory can contribute to improve the marketing of community-based tourism. READ MORE

  6. 5. Counting votes or counting bodies? : A qualitative study on the effect Regime Type has on the nature of Pre-election Violence in autocratic states

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Tilda Janbrink; [2021]
    Keywords : Military regime; elections; electoral violence; pre-election violence; autocracy; state repression; Pakistan; Uzbekistan;

    Abstract : In a quantitative study in 2007, Davenport found that autocratic military regimes statistically face a higher risk of electoral violence than authoritarian party-backed regimes. This thesis has attempted to link Davenports findings with theories on military belligerence presented by Lai and Slater (2006) as well as Geddes et al. READ MORE