Essays about: "Zimbabwe"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 112 essays containing the word Zimbabwe.

1. 21. Are the Interests of Women Included in Times of Crisis? : A comparative study of the substantive representation of women during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Southern African Region

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Janna Cederquist; [2021]
   Keywords : Representation; substantive representation; descriptive representation; democracy; electoral autocracy; Southern Africa; gender; female political representation; COVID-19; pandemic;

   Abstract : This study set out to answer how and to what extent the gendered effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are addressed in parliamentary debates in the Southern African regional context. As both the proportion of women in parliament and the level of democracy have been established by previous research as important conditions for women to be able to act for women as a group, four countries with varying combinations of these factors are examined. READ MORE

3. 22. Make Great Zimbabwe Great Again A study of the political usage of Great Zimbabwe 1980–2020

   University essay from

   Author : Adam Andersson; [2020-08-04]
   Keywords : Great Zimbabwe; Mugabe; Nkomo; ZANU-pf; ZANU; ZAPU; MDC; Zimbabwe Bird; Shona; Ndebele; Identity; Colonialism; Rhodesia; Cultural Heritage;

   Abstract : The purpose of this master’s thesis is to show how Great Zimbabwe was politically used during the period 1980-2020. This work was also carried out with the aim to examine and nuance how archaeology is used within the framework of nationalism, and how cultural heritage is used by political organizations for different purposes. READ MORE

4. 23. Great Zimbabwe as Illustrated : A Discourse Analysis of Today's Representation of the Monument

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Frida Furberg Burén; [2020]
   Keywords : Great Zimbabwe; Heritage Discourse; Terminology; Colonial Narratives; Romanticism;

   Abstract : This study investigates the current discourses of Great Zimbabwe by analysing traces of colonial terminology within present-day literary illustrations. The aim is to identify western ideas and perspectives still dominant within the discourses and explore its implications. READ MORE

5. 24. Master’s Thesis in Political Science Democratization in southern Africa: Process and Challenges : A case study of Zimbabwe’s divergent path in its democratic transition

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Dorcas Hällstrand; [2020]
   Keywords : Democratization; democratic transition; authoritarian rule; dominant party system; power dynamics; power capture; power division; power sharing;

   Abstract : Despite promising prospects to transition towards a democracy after attaining its independence in 1980, Zimbabwe somehow fell into authoritarian rule and became increasingly undemocratic compared to other countries in southern Africa. Therefore, this thesis seeks to understand why a “most likely” case of democratization in the region failed and instead slipped into authoritarianism between 1980 and 2000. READ MORE

6. 25. “I will never go back”: a thematic content analysis of Zimbabwean disabled women's sexual and reproductive rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lina Lodenius; [2020]
   Keywords : Compulsory able-bodiedness; Disability; Normate; Othering; Women; Zimbabwe;

   Abstract : This thesis is a thematic content analysis, looking at how compulsory able-bodiedness affects Zimbabwean disabled women’s ability to practice their reproductive- and sexual rights. Zimbabwe is an optimal case to apply this study in, due to its contradictory legislation and high amounts of human rights violations. READ MORE