Essays about: "ethnic polarization"

Found 5 essays containing the words ethnic polarization.

  1. 1. The Other Side of the Pandemic Reportage : Audience Perception of COVID-19 Media Framing and its Influence on Social Polarization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Titilope Oladiran; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; ethnic polarization; prejudice; media frames; ethnic conflicts; Lagos State; non-media centric; stereotypes; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research aimed to explore the experiences of Lagos State residents during COVID-19 and the relationship between COVID-19 reportage in Lagos State and ethnic inter-relationship. The goal is to understand media influence in a society from the perspectives of people directly influenced by the COVID-19 media frames. READ MORE

  3. 2. All about scarce resources? Untangling the Dynamics of Farmer-Herder Violence in Nigeria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lucas Lindfors; [2019]
    Keywords : Nigeria; conflict; violence; resource; scarcity; farmer; herder; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The violent clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria have sharply intensified over the last couple of years. Not only has the number of clashes and casualties increased but the violence has also dramatically evolved, from spontaneous reactions and minor disputes to carefully planned attacks where militias eradicate whole villages. READ MORE

  4. 3. Urban Segregation and the Paradigm of Security - A Discourse Analysis of Swedish Urban Policies

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Maja Stalevska; [2018]
    Keywords : Urban Policy; Segregation; Discourse Analysis; Governmentality; Ban-opticon dispositif;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the modalities of Swedish urban policy in its approach to urban segregation. By using a diachronic discourse analytic approach inspired by Foucault, I attempt to reconstruct the narrative of urban policy by looking at the problematizations of urban phenomena in urban programmes extending over the course of two decades. READ MORE

  5. 4. Ethnocentric favoritism ethnic polarization and corruption tolerance - evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Adnan Habibija; [2015-07-02]
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    Abstract : Earlier research on group identity has shown mixed effects of in-group favoritism (Rachel Kranton et. al. ; Helen Bernhard, Ernst Fehr and Urs Fischbacher 2006 ; Lorenz Goette et. al 2006 ; Yan Chen and Sherry Xin Li 2009 ; Nancy Buchan et al. READ MORE

  6. 5. India - the Role of Civil Society and the State in a Nation Fragmented by Ethnicity and Religion.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nina Johansson; [2008]
    Keywords : India; civil society; fragmentation; democracy; violence; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Indian society is made up of a complex web of relations deeply rooted in caste, religion and ethnic belonging. Violence and turmoil is common and the entrance of BJP (the nationalistic party that in many ways have dominated the political scene since the late 1980:s) has greatly increased polarization. READ MORE