Essays about: "post-colonial context"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 essays containing the words post-colonial context.

  1. 11. SEX WORK AND TRAFFICKING IN ”WESTERN” DISCOURSE : Examining the dissonances between US narratives and Cambodian women’s experiences

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Månsson Delerce; [2019]
    Keywords : sex trafficking; sex work; Cambodia; US discourse; post-colonialism;

    Abstract : By examining Cambodia as a case study, this thesis is exploring the resonances and dissonances between “Western” discourse reflected in US policies and NGOs and women’s experiences of sex work and trafficking. The massive attention to human trafficking driven by the US “War on trafficking” has undoubtedly had tremendous consequences on women’s lives in Cambodia, as the US still exerts a very prominent influence on the country especially through development aid. READ MORE

  3. 12. "We Are the Land and the Land Is Us" - Analyzing the Construction of Sami National Identity in Sami Political Discourse on Land and Natural Resources

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Melodie Viallon; [2018]
    Keywords : Sami people; Nordic countries; identity politics; nationalism; post-colonialism; critical discourse analysis; European studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The collective fight for self-determination among indigenous peoples around the world has made headlines over the past few years. The exploitation of indigenous territories by settler-states has revived nationalist feelings among the groups, including the Sami, whose territories spread across four states. READ MORE

  4. 13. Former President of a Former Colony : How The Guardian reported on the final events leading to Robert Mugabe’s resignation

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Henric Lindholm; [2018]
    Keywords : ideology; post-colonialism; orientalism; Zimbabwe; Robert Mugabe; journalism; the Guardian;

    Abstract : During the month of November 2017, the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe was taken into custody by Zimbabwe’s military. This was a move in order to shift the governmental power after which Mugabe after almost 40 years as President of Zimbabwe resigned from his post. READ MORE

  5. 14. Watering down justice : energy justice in the Inga dams case in the DRC

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Ruth Krüger; [2017]
    Keywords : hydroelectric dams; energy justice; sustainability science; Democratic Republic of Congo; post-colonial context; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is energy justice and sustainability science, and the argument is based on a case study of the Inga dams. Substantial further development of hydropower is planned at the Inga dams, located on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo. READ MORE

  6. 15. Intergroup Relations & Power : An ethnographic case study observing the multicultural staff of Cambambe, through the lenses of Psychology & International Relations Theories

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Karla Santa Ritta Pietsch Majic; [2017]
    Keywords : Labor; migration; post colonialism; political psychology; power; intergroup psychology; intergroup relations; cross-cultural; international relations;

    Abstract : This is an ethnographic case study, based in participant observation, which investigates and analyzes how the everyday relationships between Europeans, South Americans expatriates & Angolan nationals, are structured in a common transnational labor community in Angola, named Cambambe. This study investigates if there are any features of post-colonial power relations that affect and shape the interactions between those three communities. READ MORE