Essays about: "south asian"
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16. Gender Norms and Relative Earnings within Households - Evidence from South Korea
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Bertrand et al. (2015) and Hederos and Stenberg (2019) examined the distribution of the wife's share of household income declines sharply at the point where she starts to earn more than her husband to see whether the decline is due to a gender identity norm stating that a wife should not earn more than her husband. READ MORE
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17. A Non-linear Analysis of Cointegration in South-East Asian Equity Markets
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This paper investigates the presence of cointegration among the main stock markets in South-East Asia, namely those of Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Part 1 of the thesis studies the relationship using Markov-switching models, while Part 2 uses regime-shifting models with one structural break. READ MORE
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18. MEDIATING SERIAL VIOLENCE : NORMATIVITY, DEVIANCE & FRAMING IN THE MCARTHUR MURDERS
University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMKAbstract : How do the media react in the face of a violent phenomenon involving actors both embraced and marginalized by society? One such phenomena – the McArthur murders – encapsulates this dynamic considering how the media explained the murders to their audiences. McArthur, a white LGBTQ+ man, murdered over a seven-year period specifically targeting male victims of South Asian or Middle Eastern descent associated with the LGBTQ+ community and geographic area in Toronto, Canada. READ MORE
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19. Creating Kabīr : Understanding the use of Kabīr through the lens of Sanskritization
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ReligionshistoriaAbstract : The so called Bhakti movement spread, during the Late Medieval period, like wildfire across the South Asian subcontinent and acted like a catalyst for the development of nirguṇī-traditions. These newly emerging nirguṇī-traditions rallyd men and women alike, preaching for the abolation of the varṇa-system, for Muslim-Hindu unity, devotion to the one omipresent godhead, nirguṇa. READ MORE
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20. Is this a country? The Candlelight movement protests as a force impacting democracy in Korea
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : South Korea has gone from a military dictatorship to being the highest-ranking Asian country in terms of democracy over the last 35 years. In 2016, massive social movement protests broke out after media uncovered accounts of widespread corruption by then President Park Geun-Hye. READ MORE
