Essays about: "definition of minority"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words definition of minority.

  1. 1. Conflicting Right to Rights : Testing multicultural group rights under clashing cultural claims

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gustaf Lindskog; [2023]
    Keywords : Liberal multiculturalism; multicultural group rights; cultural ownership; minority rights;

    Abstract : The theory of liberal multiculturalism is based on a normative concept of liberalism leading to the implication of recognized cultural minority rights. However, there is no clear depiction of how liberal multiculturalism responds to the case of different cultural groups placing claims over one same excludable resource. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Islamic State’s Enslavement of the Yazidi Minority : An Inquiry into the Female Devotees’ Responsibility

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kriminologiska institutionen

    Author : Mina Andersson Jenabpour; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The notion of female devotees of the Islamic State (IS) as being naive and submissive companions of their fighting husbands has recently been defied by cases of active women participating in violent atrocities within the Caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Nevertheless, cases of more passive IS-women still exist. READ MORE

  4. 3. Erasing Identity: A Study of the Legal Evolution of Cultural Genocide and its Implications for the Protection against State-imposed Extinction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Samantha Edin; [2022]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; folkmord; genocide; internationell straffrätt; international criminal law; kulturellt folkmord; cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Brottet folkmord kallas i folkmun för "brottets brott", vilket tyder på dess allvar och dess status som en jus cogens-norm i internationell rätt. Den nuvarande rättsliga definitionen av folkmord omfattar dock endast fysiska och biologiska handlingar, till skillnad från den ursprungliga definitionen som betonade innebörden av kulturellt folkmord. READ MORE

  5. 4. Defining Urban Terroir : The Placemaking Qualities of a City

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Zaid Al-karkhi; [2021]
    Keywords : Terroir; placemaking; authenticity; urban design; cultural identity; exclusion; interculturalism;

    Abstract : Throughout the history of Architecture and Urbanism, many efforts were made and continue being done in order to learn how to successfully design good built environments for human beings. This goal has not only expanded to several other fields such as Geography, Sociology, and Environmental Psychology but also received new and invaluable contributions from several other unexpected fields. READ MORE

  6. 5. Gamers with the Purpose of Language Resource Acquisition : Personas and Scenarios for the players of Language Resourcing Games-With-A-Purpose

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Nikolaos Droutsas; [2021]
    Keywords : games with a purpose; crowdsourcing; persona-focused design; user experience design; natural language processing;

    Abstract : Ethical, cheap, and scalable, purposeful games leverage player entertainment to incentivise contributors in language resourcing. However, discourse is scarce around the enjoyability of these games, whose playerbases are divided between a tiny minority of reliable contributors and a vast majority of inconsistent contributors. READ MORE