Essays about: "the South Caucasus"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words the South Caucasus.

1. 1. The voice of unheard : Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Leyla Abdullayeva; [2023]
   Keywords : Social imaginary; Cultural citizenship; Independent media; Participatory media; Media; Communication; Diversity; Inclusion; Gender in South Caucasus; Queer communities in South Caucasus; Media in South Caucasus; Social change; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : “The voice of unheard: Chai Khana and the importance of independent media in encouraging diversity and inclusion” is a master thesis focusing on the case study of Chai Khana, an independent media platform located in the South Caucasus and covering the gender-related stories from the region, and how it represents the voices of gender oppression and marginalisation. Through adopting a methods triangulation approach including the interviews, and textual and visual analysis, the collected data presented interconnectedness of independent media practices, diversity and inclusion, social imaginary and cultural citizenship. READ MORE

3. 2. From Enshrined Language of the State, to Secondary Language of Tourism, Trade and Education : The Development of Policies Regarding the Russian Language in the South Caucasus Region, During and After the Soviet Union

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Felix Sigeback; [2023]
   Keywords : South Caucasus; language policy; postcolonialism; Russia; Armenia; Georgia; Azerbaijan; Russian; Soviet studies; post-Soviet studies;

   Abstract : The aim of my own research is to bind together the limited research done regarding the topic,and to use the research of Russian in the Baltic post-soviet state of Lithuania as a backdrop and comparison. The analysis is postcolonial and comparative, using the concepts of linkage and leverage of Levitsky and Way. READ MORE

4. 3. Horizontal Inequalities in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict : Studying the Emergence of the Karabakh Movement

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

   Author : Hayk Smbatyan; [2022]
   Keywords : Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; Karabakh movement; horizontal inequality; process-tracing; conflict; peace; intractable conflict; mass mobilization; civic uprising; ethnicity; comparative analysis; theory-testing; social movements; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Nagorno-Karabakh; qualitative research; Нагорно-карабахский конфликт; карабахское движение; горизонтальное неравенство; прослеживание процессов; конфликт; мир; неразрешимый конфликт; массовая мобилизация; гражданское восстание; этничность; сравнительный анализ; проверка теории; общественные движения; Армения; Азербайджан; Нагорный Карабах; качественное исследование;

   Abstract : Ethnic contentions would barely arise at the drop of a hat. To understand the roots of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, known as one of the most intractable ethnopolitical conflicts in the South Caucasus region, it is crucial to trace back to the Karabakh movement, a civic uprising that mobilized ethnic Armenians around a struggle for independence. READ MORE

5. 4. Exploring Constraints to Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Baltics and the South Caucasus

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Markar Sangkogian; [2021]
   Keywords : constraints; Russia; foreign policy; Baltic; South Caucasus; neoclassical realism; foreign policy analysis;

   Abstract : The thesis is an explorative study of the notion of constraints to Russia’s foreign policy. The explorative attempt investigates Moscow’s external behaviour vis a vis the states of the Baltics and the South Caucasus from 2013 to 2020. READ MORE

6. 5. The European Union and Georgia : An Effective Approach to Conflict Resolution?

   University essay from

   Author : Pascal Jahn; [2020]
   Keywords : Georgia; Effectiveness; Conflict Resolution;

   Abstract : Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the two de-facto regimes of Abkhazia and South Ossetia have fought actively for their independence from Georgia and international recognition, until the conflict in the Southern Caucasus has reached a frozen status quo in 2008. To maintain peace in the region and to ultimately achieve a resolution of the conflict, the European Union (EU) has become actively involved as an external mediator and has introduced several bilateral agreements and monitoring measures. READ MORE