There is a dominant narrative promoted by the People's Republic China (PRC) that
advocates “Harmony.” This project examines the nature of this “harmony narrative” as
the case background, and then explores and compares ...
The background of this thesis is the context of irregular migration from Africa to Europe,
which is especially affecting Malta because of its geographical location and its small size.
The thesis focuses on the push factors ...
This research used a series of qualitative measurements of media coverage to investigate how differences in characteristics of a terrorist related event correlate with qualitative differences in media coverage. The first ...
Nazism and fascism have been a latent problem within Europe since the Second War World.
The gap between Left and Right Wing political parties has increased in the last few years. Many
politicians in their determination ...
This dissertation is an attempt to understand the meta-narratives of justice
operating within the Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha, Sahayak Gana (TBMSG), a dalit
Buddhist social movement active in Maharashtra, India. The ...
This thesis describes the developments in Turkey with regards to its Kurdish Question. A case study is built using the greed or grievance approach in order to present the differences between the Kurdish minority living in ...
This project explores the heretofore-untold experiences of, and roles undertaken by elementary-aged African American students in desegregating Catholic schools in New Orleans. In so doing, these, the youngest students, ...
Linguistic issues are likely to occur in countries with more than one official language. This is also the case in Finland, a country with two national languages (Finnish and Swedish). Even though Finland is a proponent of ...
This dissertation explored the background of mediators and what circumstances
and events are identified as being influential in their career choice to become a
mediator. The research also explored why individuals choose ...
Violent crime rates associated with drug trafficking and the availability of small
arms in Latin America is alarmingly high. A variety of frameworks for combatting this
kind of crime exists. Some crime-stopping tactics ...
Ukrainian conflict could be viewed as the complex economic, political and social crisis within the state. I am studying the presentation of Ukrainian national identity in media during the conflict period, from November 23, ...
Recognizing the fact that shifts in communications technologies can fundamentally restructure the way in which members of society relate with one another, this study is focused on the analysis of the interactional patterns ...
In an ever-evolving technological landscape, conflict analysis and resolution (CAR)
practitioners are faced with the unique task of working in a rapidly changing landscape
that is susceptible to the reliance on and impact ...
Empathy is central to many conflict resolution processes, but the concept has not been adequately described in the field. This dissertation investigates processes of cultivating empathy by examining structured classroom ...
This thesis addresses Hugo Chávez’s construction of the citizen in his discourse on Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution. In an effort to understand his moral frame regarding the state and its citizens, and to better understand ...
This research seeks to identify and analyze features of maps in Israeli curricula and academia to analyze the potential for maps to produce certain narratives. The paper will recommend amendments to certain functions of ...
This dissertation uses positioning theory and narrative analysis to examine the
relationship of culture, emotion and agency in the dramatic construction, mobilization
and acceptance of an American war narrative and later ...
This study applies methods from narrative analysis to declassified intelligence documents regarding the Bosnian War of the 1990s and the Dayton Peace Agreement. An examination of themes, characters and plots demonstrated ...
This study engaged in a narrative analysis of the 2009-2010 U.S. health care reform controversy from a conflict analysis and resolution perspective grounded in social identity theory. Four sets of artifacts produced during ...