Essays about: "tajikistan"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the word tajikistan.

1. 1. Violence at the border: Exploring portrayals of violence in news articles reporting the border conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Susanna Mäkelä; [2023]
   Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; border conflict; slow violence; news media;

   Abstract : Using Nixon’s (2011) conceptualisation of slow violence, this study explores how violence is portrayed in English-language news articles reporting the Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflicts in April 2021 and September 2022. This study aims to discover the ways in which violence is communicated to English-speaking audiences, and, in a larger context, it contributes to the understanding of violence produced in border conflicts. READ MORE

3. 2. Conflict in Central Asia - A Soviet Affair

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hugo Axelsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Soviet Union; Central Asia; relative deprivation; state coercion; historical legacies; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : After the fall of the Soviet Union, two prominent Islamic groups, the IMU in Uzbekistan and the IRPT in Tajikistan, took to arms against their governments. To explain the contexts of these movements, this thesis utilises historical legacy theory to establish a continuity between the Soviet and post-Soviet regimes, which together with relative deprivation theory can explain why violent religious conflicts arose in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan after the collapse of the USSR. READ MORE

4. 3. Marketing of Community-Based Tourism : A case study of Central Asia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Fiona Gansauer; [2021]
   Keywords : Stakeholder Theory; Community-Based Tourism CBT ; Distribution Channels; Marketing; Central Asia; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; cross-national analysis;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to fill the research gap between marketing and community-based tourism, with using the Stakeholder Theory as intermediary. For this purpose, it is analyzed how the Stakeholder Theory can contribute to improve the marketing of community-based tourism. READ MORE

5. 4. Kinship-Based Control of Female Sexuality and Reproduction:Case Study of Virginity Testing in Tajikistan : A Normative Proposal of How to Reconcile the Global and the Local

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   Author : Jozefin Szász; [2021]
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   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to propose a normative approach to women's rights by the reconciliation of the global and the local, to demonstrate the interconnectedness of different levels of analysis. Through investigating the social and political context of Tajikistan, including two illustrative cases of virginity testing, a single case study of virginity testing is conducted. READ MORE

6. 5. Maybe your comment will help her dial the trust number : What do the attitudes on social media tell us about the situation of women in Tajikistan?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Semira Osmanovic; [2021]
   Keywords : #Tajikistan #activism #socialmedia #Instagram #women #patriarchy #empowerment #genderequality;

   Abstract : The ever-growing digital takeover of society fosters new platforms for opinion formation, transforming the traditional way of interacting and practising activism. However, while online activism has been successful in western parts of the world, its importance has not been as widely acknowledged in places such as Central Asia in relation to feminism. READ MORE