Essays about: "political prisoner"

Found 4 essays containing the words political prisoner.

  1. 1. The Many Layers of Sergei Parajanov : A Life’s Work Reprised

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Anna Strohmeyer; [2022]
    Keywords : Parajanov; dissident; censorship; sexual identity; poetic cinema; Soviet; post-Soviet; individual freedom; artistic freedom; prison art; queer studies; diachronic case study; political prisoner; historical revisionism; erasure;

    Abstract : Abstract This thesis examines the various biographical threads, which created the complex fabric of Sergei Parajanov’s life and work, especially his films. His origins, education, marriages, family life, and friendships forged in film school and in the various studios, where he worked, are used to frame his cinematic productions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Group size and label framing: Experimental evidence on cooperative behaviour

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Ronja Sundborg; [2018-10-08]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Cooperation is a fundamental element of human society and essential to tackle the global challenges we face. This thesis addressed two questions: (1) does cooperation decline with increasing group size and (2) is cooperation higher when a community label is applied as opposed to a neutral label? I also conducted two explorative analyses of (1) individual-specific determinants of cooperation and (2) motives for cooperating or defecting. READ MORE

  4. 3. Solving the Collective Action Problem - A Comparative Study of the Climate and Trade Policy Processes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Beckvid Tranchell; Joe-Philipp Kassem; [2012]
    Keywords : Collective Action; Prisoner’s Dilemma; International Policy Processes GATT; UNFCCC; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is the purpose of this essay to compare the trade policy process with the climate policy process within a collective action framework in order to determine differences and similarities. With the recognition that the trade process has been more successful in mitigating the Prisoner’s Dilemma this comparison provides lessons for the climate process. READ MORE

  5. 4. Inter Arma Silent Leges? Applying Humanitarian and Human Rights Law to the Swedish Citizen at Guantanamo Bay.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Christer-Nilsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since January 2002, a Swedish citizen has been detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He was captured in Pakistan during the post-September 11 war between Afghanistan and the United States and subsequently brought to Guantanamo, where he has now passed his two years imprisonment. READ MORE