Essays about: "post soviet"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 101 essays containing the words post soviet.

  1. 21. The Katechon and Moscow as Third Rome : Visual analysis of Russia's religious soft power in Greece

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Laura Pennisi; [2021]
    Keywords : Russia; Greece; ROC; soft power; religion; Orthodox businessmen; multimodality; visual grammar;

    Abstract : The symphonic relationship between the Russian state and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), a mission conceived as entrusted by God to coordinate their contributions to the society, provides the Russian state with a moral framework and the ROC with the possibility to confirm her spiritual role for the establishment of a Russian Orthodox world. This vision of a new Russian world helps the ROC expand her canonical borders to amend for the fragmentation of the pastoral community after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. READ MORE

  3. 22. Cooperatives at a crossroads : trajectories of agricultural cooperatives in Ukraine

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Viktor Eriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : agricultural; cooperative; Ukraine; post-soviet; trust; collective action;

    Abstract : This exploratory comparative case study seeks to understand challenges and strategies for farmer collective action in post-Soviet settings. It does so by examining member relations, trust and commitment in two successful dairy cooperatives in western Ukraine: one NGOinitiated cooperative with a bottom-up organization, and one cooperative developed in liaison with a local large-scale agricultural enterprise (LSE). READ MORE

  4. 23. Integration inequality among compact IDP settlements of Georgia: Settlement design and its impact on sustainable income generation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Nishnianidzze Omari; [2021]
    Keywords : Internal Displacement; Settlement Design; Compact IDP settlements; Reintegration; Employment; IDPs in Georgia;

    Abstract : Georgia, the Post-Soviet, transition country with struggling economy and territorial disputes has been dealing with forced migration since 1990s. In 2008, the country experienced another internal displacement wave and about 30,000 people were forced to flee from their homes. READ MORE

  5. 24. Mapping the Mismatch - Bride Abduction in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan and the Disconnect Between Local Realities and Aid Organization Framing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Charlotte Caroline Sophie Geib; [2021]
    Keywords : bride abduction; Kyrgyzstan; international aid organizations; framing; complexity; decoupling; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bride abduction in post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan is a human rights and gender equality issue that continues to exist despite national and international efforts to end it. This bachelor thesis explores Kyrgyz bride abduction as a mismatch or disconnect between local realities and top- down aid practice. READ MORE

  6. 25. The curious case of the Russo-Georgian war: economic implications of a post-Soviet conflict

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Edward Lilliehöök; [2021]
    Keywords : case study; Georgia; Russia; synthetic control method; war;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper was to fill a gap in the literature on the consequences of the Russo-Georgian war of 2008. I asked: how did Russia's invasion of Georgia affect Georgian per capita GDP? I hypothesised that the effect was negative but negligible and used the synthetic control method to answer the research question. READ MORE