Essays about: "regional identities"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 23 essays containing the words regional identities.

1. 11. Decentralization: a double-edged sword? : A comparative case study on decentralization and its influence on ethnic conflict and secessionism

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

   Author : Andrés Durante; [2018]
   Keywords : decentralization; ethnic conflict; secessionism; autonomy; power sharing;

   Abstract : This study evaluates the influence of decentralization on ethnic conflict and secessionism. There is little agreement in the existing literature, as several scholars argue for regional autonomy as an effective method of conflict resolution while other scholars argue that decentralization exacerbates ethnic conflict by reinforcing ethnic identities and promoting ethnic mobilization. READ MORE

3. 12. Competing identities? Understanding the role of national and European identities in the case of Brexit

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Anna Matheijs; [2018]
   Keywords : Brexit; identities; social constructivism; European integration; media;

   Abstract : The study of European integration has increasingly become an important topic for IR-scholars and has developed into a field of its own. Scholarly interest in the role of identities in these regional integration processes has also risen over the last decades. This study can be comprised within this line of study. READ MORE

4. 13. THE KARELIA CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION PROGRAMME : A soft space on the Finnish-Russian hard borders

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Author : Karina Carius de Barros; [2018]
   Keywords : soft spaces; Karelia; cross-border cooperation; hard borders;

   Abstract : The study analyzes the Karelia cross-border cooperation programme and its activity under the theoretical framework of soft spaces, exploring the processes through which it overcomes the administrative and political boundaries of the Finnish-Russian ‘hard borders’. The ability of these cross-border areas to cooperate may appear to conflict with the geopolitical context in which they are embedded. READ MORE

5. 14. "The Kurds are alive and their flag will never fall” - Nationalism and internal national dynamics in Kurdistan Regional Government

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Martina Berglund; [2017]
   Keywords : independency; nationalism; tribalism; national identity; KRG; Kurdistan; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Nationalism and the urge for independency has increased since the development of a Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq. The purpose of this study is to further our understanding of the internal national dynamics in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and describe the political parties’ perspective on independency in relation to tribalism and national identity. READ MORE

6. 15. Crossing borders, creating boundaries : Identity making of the Angolan diaspora residing in the border town of Rundu, northern Namibia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Emelie Danielsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Border; boundary; identity; Namibia; Angola; diaspora; migration; colonialism; independence struggle; civil war; proxy war;

   Abstract : This Bachelor’s thesis explores the relationship between borders, boundaries and migration, and their effect on identity making from a diasporic perspective. The study focuses on notions of national, regional, cultural, tribal and ethnic identity, and set in relation to the influence borders and boundarieshave on these processes. READ MORE