Essays about: "cleavages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word cleavages.

  1. 1. Hazaras Persecution in Afghanistan : A case study through the lens of protracted social conflicts and relative deprivation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Ahmad Zia Ashrafian; [2023]
    Keywords : Hazaras persecution; ethno-religious; psycho-cultural; Afghanistan; protracted social conflicts; relative deprivation; case study; Abdul Rahman; Taliban; IS-K; Pashtuns; Kafir;

    Abstract : This paper represents the root causes of Hazaras persecution in Afghanistan through ethno-religious and psycho-cultural approaches, using Protracted Social Conflicts (PSC) and Relative Deprivation (RD) frameworks. The Hazara community has been subject to persecution in variety of ways including assassinations, physical torture, enslavement, forced displacement, kidnapping, and target attacks by both state and non-state actors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Democratizing Democracy Indices: Towards a More Inclusive Measure

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Megan Kathleen Baxter; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Several large, international institutes and think tanks, like Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), International IDEA, and Freedom House, among others, focus on measuring and tracking government regime types and political environments, primarily through measuring democracies. Yet for all of their sophistication and massive datasets, there are misalignments between democracy scores and human rights for groups that are marginalized in many countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Social Cleavages, Conflict, and the Fates of Autocratic Regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Teodor Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Autocracy; dictatorship; social cleavage; economic inequality; ethnic cleavage; conflict; non-state conflict; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This article focuses on two specific social cleavages, ethnic and economic inequality and analyses their respective effects within autocratic regimes. The primary mechanism that was tested was the relationship between these two, and non-state conflict, (defined as a conflict with more than 25 combat fatalities, and the state not directly taking part). READ MORE

  5. 4. Social Cleavages, Conflict, and the Fates of Autocratic Regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Teodor Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Autocracy; social cleavage; economic inequality; ethnic cleavage; conflict; non-state conflict; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This article focuses on two specific social cleavages, ethnic and economic inequality and analyses their respective effects within autocratic regimes. The primary mechanism that was tested was the relationship between these two, and non-state conflict, (defined as a conflict with more than 25 combat fatalities, and the state not directly taking part). READ MORE

  6. 5. I think I'll have myself a (local) beer

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Lily Blain; [2021]
    Keywords : Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a consensus in circles of academia and policy that the term ‘local’ is used to differentiate food systems that are not of a global or national scale. While many have looked to define local in specific regional settings and contexts, little has been done to understand the different discourses of local in different sectors of the food & beverage (F&B) industry. READ MORE