Essays about: "militarization"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 37 essays containing the word militarization.
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16. "It's Complicated" The Relationship Between Islam and Gender Equality. : A Comparative Case Study of the Developments of Family Codes in the two Muslim States Tunisia and Algeria
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This paper takes a critical stance to the conventional thinking about the relationship between Islam and gender equality in a functional idea analysis on the family codes in Algeria and Tunisia. With two different outcomes in spite of their historical and cultural similarities, this paper seeks to understand the developments from neo-colonial and Islamic feminist perspectives. READ MORE
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17. SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND EXPERIENCES OF PARTICIPATION AND DEMOCRACY: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY IN THE CHILEAN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Abstract Chilean education is still in the process of overcoming a dark period of dictatorship where the school was governed by repressive, controlling and antidemocratic regulations. In 2009 a new general law for Chilean education was enacted that included several values suggesting a more active participation for all the members of the school community. READ MORE
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18. Beyond the dichotomies of a coercion and voluntary recruitment, Afghan unaccompanied minors unveil their recruitment process in Iran
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för mellanösternstudierAbstract : By shedding light on accounts from unaccompanied Afghan asylum-seeking minors in Sweden who were child soldiers in Syria, this thesis explores and examines their narratives and their involvement in the civil war in Syria. The research aims to create a deeper understanding of how these children themselves made sense of their participation in the war by answering the following questions: How were the children approached by the recruiters? What kind of reasons for joining the war are put forward by the recruiters and what strategies do the children encounter: a) economic; b) identity formation; c) social deprivation; d) feeling of vulnerability; e) militarization; f) mental development; g) ideology/ religious-sectarian; or all together? How do the children perceive these encounters and make sense of their recruitment to the Shiite Fatemiyoun Brigade? To which extent has the ideology of Shi’ism played an important role for them in joining the Syrian War? This is a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews which combines procedures from two approaches and techniques: an ethnographic approach and a narrative approach that explores the interviewees’ experiences in a period of time and also generates detailed insights. READ MORE
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19. Intersectionality and the Vulnerability of Irregular Migrant Women to Sexual Assault: the Journey and Arrival to the U.S./Mexico Border
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This research looks at the sexual assault of irregular migrant women on the journey and arrival to the United States/Mexico border from an intersectional perspective. It aims to analyze this topic through understanding cultural issues and changes at the border which have fomented abuse of migrants’ human rights, and combines the academic research with data regarding irregular migration, militarization of the border, and gender statistics. READ MORE
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20. Hegemonic bodies in robotic warfare : A critical discursive analysis of drone warfare through a feminist perspective
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This thesis is a critical discourse analysis of robotic warfare through a feminist perspective. The study aims to investigate how gender norms and militarization affects the drone operators within the United Stated Armed Forces. READ MORE
