Essays about: "regional identities"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 essays containing the words regional identities.

  1. 16. Syria: a state of imbalance and war : A case study of the civil war in Syria

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Viking Bohman; [2016]
    Keywords : Syria; civil war; state-to-nation imbalance; nationalism;

    Abstract : This paper attempts to answer the question of why the war in Syria has been particularly long and violent. To do this, it draws upon the explanatory value of Benjamin Miller’s theory of regional war and peace (2007). READ MORE

  3. 17. Regional Integration in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Cross Border Region in Southern China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Yang Yang; [2015]
    Keywords : cross-border region; Regional integration; Hong Kong; Shenzhen; Institution; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 18 years has been past since Hong Kong returned to China in 1997, lots of policies and investment has been made to improve the regional integration and cooperation between Hong Kong and mainland China. Regional cooperation increased profoundly, and the region grew in a fast pace during the past two decades. READ MORE

  4. 18. Political Entrepreneurs and Regioneers: A Netnographic Study of Regional Identity and Soft Regionalism in Somerset, England

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Zachary Mooney; [2015]
    Keywords : identity; cultural analysis; political entrepreneur; commodification; soft regionalism; heritage; region; Somerset; England; Britain; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Soft regionalism and regional identities in Great Britain has seldom been explored beyond the national debates of Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. Many recent local studies in England have, too, been neglected. READ MORE

  5. 19. Death as an architect of societies: Burial and social identity during the Viking Age in South-western Scania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Franciszek Satalecki; [2014]
    Keywords : Viking Age; death and burial; Social Identity; Human Sacrifice; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : In this thesis I explore the subject on how burial was used by Viking Age population of South-western Scania to express their social identity. As opposed to most earlier research concerning Viking Age burials I utilise regional, mourner-centred and practice-based approach. I am following observations conducted for burials in Denmark by J. READ MORE

  6. 20. Urban Waterfront VS Suburb, Different Characteristics of Public Space of Malmö city —A comparative study about public space of Västra Hamnen and Hyllie in Malmö

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Yinyang Wang; [2012]
    Keywords : urban waterfront; public space; urban revitalization; suburb; Västra Hamnen; Hyllie; Malmö;

    Abstract : This paper sets out to compare public spaces at two locations with different identities and characteristics, one located at the urban waterfront and the other located in the peri-urban suburban land of Malmö city. The purpose is to manifest what constitute the urban planning strategy of Malmö in the first decade of 21st century and how the guidelines of detail plannings embody and characterize the planning strategy. READ MORE