Essays about: "fall of communism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words fall of communism.

1. 1. Are stories just stories? : An analysis of the effect of intergenerational narratives about communism on ethnic identity

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Lydia Lamboley; [2021]
   Keywords : Intergenerational memories; symbolic ethnic boundary; communism; dictatorship; ethnic identity; identity construction;

   Abstract : Post-dictatorship reconstruction is a recurrent research topic in peace and development. Memories and the remembrance of the past, at the collective or family level can impact populations years after the beginning of their democratisation processes. READ MORE

3. 2. Living by Rails- Developing Cultural Identity in the Post-communist Country

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Daniela Salvová; [2020]
   Keywords : brownfield regeneration; brownfield; sustainable redevelopment; urban regeneration; cultural identity; cultural heritage; fall of communism; post-communist country; urban changes after 1989; Prague after 1989; Prague brownfields; Prague; Czech Republic; urban design; architecture; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : The fall of communism in East-Central European countries brought various changes in the political, economic and social sphere influencing urban structures of cities. The transition from industrial to commercially oriented cities has left a trace in the form of abandoned brownfield sites. The thesis project is mostly research-based. READ MORE

4. 3. From invisibility to political witch-hunt: The influence of everyday marginalization on the sense of Polish and European belonging among the LGBTQ+ minority in Poland.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Anna Jastrzembska; [2019]
   Keywords : narrative analysis; LGBTQ ; European identity; sexual citizenship; European Studies; Poland; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Thirty years after the fall of communism and fifteen years after Poland joined the European Union, there have been more steps backwards than forwards in regards to gender and sexual equality. From the very beginning, this has been a cause of tension between Poland and the EU. READ MORE

5. 4. Gender and age discrimination on the labour market in Poland: the compliance of Polish law and practice with International instruments

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

   Author : Agnieszka Garncarz; [2018]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The principle of equality and non-discrimination in employment existed only in a very basic form in the Polish law until the fall of Communism in 1989, even though Poland had already ratified some major international instruments in this area, such as the ICCPR, ICESCR and the ILO Fundamental Conventions. The first positive development in Polish law concerning the principle of equality and non-discrimination in employment took place with the drafting of a new Constitution of the Republic of Poland in 1997. READ MORE

6. 5. The impact of post-socialism on informal settlements in Belgrade

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Filip Stankovic; [2016]
   Keywords : Belgrade; post-socialism; informal settlement; illegal construction; Belgrade Waterfront;

   Abstract : After the fall of communism in Eastern and Southeastern Europe in 1989 the countries that had been under socialist rule underwent a process of political, economical and social reforms and changes. These changes also had a major impact on the process of urban planning; creating a disruption in previously held planning ideas and patterns and causing a brake with the former planning system. READ MORE