Essays about: "militarism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word militarism.

  1. 1. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
    Keywords : Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

    Abstract : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. READ MORE

  3. 2. Arms export in feminist Sweden : A Study of Swedish Arms Exports in the Context of Feminist Foreign Policy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Caroline Aderman; [2023]
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    Abstract : This dissertation concerns motivations of the Swedish arms export since the implementation of feminist foreign policy in 2014 until it was discarded in 2022. It contributes to knowledge on the intersection between feminist foreign policy and arms export. READ MORE

  4. 3. Corruption and Public Expenditure : Does corruption divert public spending from social to military sector?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Munnu Tomy Kallany; [2022]
    Keywords : Corruption; Military Spending; Social Spending; Healthcare Spending; Education Spending; Public Expenditure; Rent-seeking; Collective Action Problem;

    Abstract : Corruption, militarism, and conflict are bedfellows, and their coexistence feeds a vicious circle of violence and instability. Every dollar spent on the military is a dollar not spent on welfare-generating services such as education and healthcare. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Securitization of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Against Women and the Myth of Protection in War : A (Feminist) Critical Discourse Analysis of the United Nations Security Council's Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security from 2000-2009

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Signe Skovgaard Madsen; [2022]
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    Abstract : The inclusion of women in security at the highest institutional level the United Nations Security Council through its Resolution 1325, which passed unanimously in 2000, has been hailed as a monumental achievement for feminists. However, scholars have argued that the feminist agenda got lost in the (masculine) Security Council, as gendered stereotypes are reinforced through the Council’s resolutions, with the potential utilization of those stereotypes to justify continued militarism. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Diffusion of Mllitarism? : Assesing the relationship between the militarization of public security in Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Miguel Loustalot; [2022]
    Keywords : militarism; latin america; policy diffusion; mexico; central america; northern triangle; el salvador; guatemala; honduras; international relations; militarization; security studies; northern america; constructivism;

    Abstract : Latin America has experienced a new militarization in the last five years despite its history filled with military dictatorships and authoritarian governments. Due to their high rates of violence and crime worldwide, the countries with the most severe militarization process are Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. READ MORE