Essays about: "feudal structure"

Found 3 essays containing the words feudal structure.

1. 1. Resisting abandonment: An ethnography of oil workers' resistance to political violence and capital accumulation in rural Colombia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Andrés Gómez; [2016]
   Keywords : resistance; oil extraction; Colombia; anti-unionism;

   Abstract : Colombia is the worst country to be a trade unionist in the world. Approximately 3,000 workers have been assassinated in the last 30 years, the state, paramilitary organizations and some multinationals being responsible for most of the murders. READ MORE

3. 2. HONOUR KILLING AND SILENCE OF JUSTICE SYSTEM IN PAKISTAN

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Muzafar Iqbal; [2007]
   Keywords : Pakistan; Sindh; justice system; honour killing; female victims; legal courts; tribal courts; honour; power; legislation; feudal structure; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis attempts to contribute to our understanding of the problem of honour killing, and more specifically investigates why justice system in Pakistan has been failed to eradicate practice of honour killing particularly in Sindh. To investigate and analyze the research problem, the study incorporated interview assessments of representatives of ministries of women development, NGOs, and lawyers. READ MORE

4. 3. PAKISTAN : POLITICS IN A POST-COLONIAL STATE

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Ejaz Hussain; [2006]
   Keywords : Pakistan; the Punjab; politics; praetorian oligarchy; military; colonial politics; strategic partition; structural dynamics; civil-military bureaucracy; the landed-feudal; the urbanrural poor; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis attempts to explain why the military is still a powerful political institution/force in Pakistan. Its purpose was to test a hypothesis that the colonial authority structure along with partition (1947) oriented structural dynamics provides an important structural construct to explain politics and the military in post-colonial state of Pakistan. READ MORE