Essays about: "islamic revolution of iran"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 essays containing the words islamic revolution of iran.
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6. Them vs Us - The ontological significance of identity and (in)security in the Cold Conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : In recent years, identity has become increasingly important within the field of International Relations and in studies of conflict. This has led to the widening of the field with the help of perspectives from the field of Psychology, and the emergence of ontological security theory (OST) where identity is a centrality. READ MORE
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7. Imagining a Revolutionary Iran: National Narratives in the Revolutionary Discourse of the Mojahedin-e Khalq
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för MellanösternstudierAbstract : Skocpol’s States and Social Revolutions, first published in 1979, was a hugely influential book encapsulating what has become known as the “Third Generation” of theories of revolution. In it, she argues that “revolutions are not made, they come” (Skocpol, 1979, 17), insisting that structural factors such as pre-revolutionary social structure and state breakdown were primarily responsible for the outbreak of revolutions. READ MORE
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8. Balancing Power in the Middle East : A study of the purposes and effectiveness of the Iran Sanctions
University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/StatsvetenskapAbstract : This study has two main purposes; to study the reasons of why sanctions were imposed on Iran, and evaluating the success of the sanctions. The study suggests that the disclosure of the Iranian nuclear program had consequences on the power balance in the Middle East, with Iran imposing a threat to regional neighbours and worrying the international community, leading to the United Nations Security Council imposing heavy sanctions on Iran in 2006. READ MORE
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9. The Legality of Sex Change Surgery and Construction of Transsexual Identity in Contemporary Iran
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionenAbstract : The Islamic government in Iran has legalized transsexual surgeries and introduced a legal process which leads to medical intervention in transsexual cases. This has allowed thousands of Iranian men and women to undergo sex change every year. READ MORE
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10. The Portrayal of Iranian Women in Swedish Public Service Television : Case studies of two recent documentary films
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Considering recent researches on representation of women from Islamic countries in western media including Sweden, the portrayal of “Muslim women” in general and images of Iranian women in particular is classified in a sets of stereotypes such as oppressed, dangerous, backward, rough, traditional, veiled and uncivilized through the framework of concepts related to sexually constrained, tradition-bound, domestic, family-oriented, victimized. The purpose of this thesis was studying two most recent documentary films broadcasting on Swedish television, Min Stulna Revolution and Sahar och hennes fru, which depict Iranian women living in Sweden as challenging rather than confirming traditional stereotypes of “Muslim women”. READ MORE
