Currently India is the thrid most poluting country in the world. With a major share in global geographical coverage and thereby, abundant natural resources, India has great potential for...Show moreCurrently India is the thrid most poluting country in the world. With a major share in global geographical coverage and thereby, abundant natural resources, India has great potential for electricity generation from a diverse set of renewable energy sources. This thesis brings forward, the potential of seven different renewable energy sources in India, based on regional geographical and demographical charcteristics.Show less
When becoming a political party during the 1992 elections, Hizbullah decided to shelve their revolutionary ideals of the establishment of an Islamic state in Lebanon in favour of accommodation with...Show moreWhen becoming a political party during the 1992 elections, Hizbullah decided to shelve their revolutionary ideals of the establishment of an Islamic state in Lebanon in favour of accommodation with the current political system. This thesis examines how they communicated this change in position firstly to the wider multisectarian public and secondly to their hardcore followers.Show less
After the Arab Spring, social media have been attributed great potential for democratization and enhanced political accountability, which has raised hopes for Africa’s stagnant democracies....Show moreAfter the Arab Spring, social media have been attributed great potential for democratization and enhanced political accountability, which has raised hopes for Africa’s stagnant democracies. Research is, however, inconclusive on whether this potential is seized and what this means in practice. Moreover, no research on political accountability in Africa has used social media as a primary source yet. Therefore I have studied the everyday Nigerian political accountability dynamics on social media as participant observer for 75 days. The observations exhibited four important shifts in accountability dynamics on social media away from traditional, offline accountability practices. First, social media has created an incessant and two-directional accountability cycle in which citizens find a unified voice through hashtags and the government replies to accountability demands instantly. Secondly, social media facilitate the traditionally much sought proximity between citizens and their leaders, as a channel for complaining, reassurance and interaction. Third, clientelist accountability dynamics have shifted from only demands for private and club goods, to mostly demands for collective and public goods, despite some deviations. Lastly, social media also allowed for slacktivism, but this did not inhibit the success of one online campaign. These shifts are significant, as they strengthen political accountability and thus democracy, even though the limits of the impact of online accountability and its meaning to the average Nigerian put the democratizing powers of social media in perspective. The observations nevertheless highlight the new opportunities and new dimensions to traditional accountability in Nigeria, and possibly Africa, enabled and channelled by social media.Show less
Pan-Africanism has been of great importance in Ghanaian politics ever since the country’s struggle towards self-determination as Ghana’s first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah led the country to...Show morePan-Africanism has been of great importance in Ghanaian politics ever since the country’s struggle towards self-determination as Ghana’s first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah led the country to independence through his Pan-African vision of African liberation and unity. Even long after his political rule, Pan-Africanism has remained an important aspect of the country’s political culture and national identity. However, global and local events have influenced the meaning and expression of Pan-Africanism in the country’s political rule. Therefore, this paper examines the change in interpretation of the Pan-African meaning in Ghanaian politics ever since independence. As this paper will argue, such changes are influenced by global developments such as Cold War settings, the rise of capitalism and globalization.Show less
The thesis centers in the analysis of what would be the consequences or influences on the Brazilian state and the Brazilian society would be, by the privatization of security. It first analyzes the...Show moreThe thesis centers in the analysis of what would be the consequences or influences on the Brazilian state and the Brazilian society would be, by the privatization of security. It first analyzes the different elements of Private security. Elaborating on what Private Security involves, the difference between private and public security and illustrating the different factors that could stimulate the growth of Private Security. Moreover,it looks on the consumption of Private security. It analyzes the role of Private Security in Latin America, starting with the analysis of criminality and the falling of security, continuously looking at the influence of neoliberalism and the further expansion of Private security in the Latin American region. Lastly, it introduces the example of Brazil. It starts by elaborating on the actual Brazilian situation towards security ,then it analyzes the current debate on Private security in Brazil. The analysis of this debate is done by going through all of these before mentioned points.Show less
This thesis poses the question "do international tribunals effectively contribute to conflict resolution?", which it answers on the basis of the tribunal of Bosco Ntaganda. Building on available...Show moreThis thesis poses the question "do international tribunals effectively contribute to conflict resolution?", which it answers on the basis of the tribunal of Bosco Ntaganda. Building on available academic literature, the first chapter forms a theoretical framework that defines effective conflict resolution. It furthermore explains how justice should ideally be achieved, after which it offers the reader a schematized checklist. Chapter two forms a detailed case study on the Congolese conflict and how Ntaganda's trial is situated in it. Subsequently, Chapter three analyzes the trial along the checklist. This ultimately leads to conclude that, theoretically, the International Criminal Court could become fundamental to conflict resolution, but that it somehow fails to flawlessly translate this into practice. As such, this thesis proves useful to practitioners- and philosophers of international law, as it identifies the bottlenecks of the ICC.Show less
Over the past few years there has been an increase of the development and testing of nuclear weapons by the North Korean government. This exposure of a certain threat, as well as the message and...Show moreOver the past few years there has been an increase of the development and testing of nuclear weapons by the North Korean government. This exposure of a certain threat, as well as the message and behaviour North Korea with this shows, has made headlines in the various news media of the Western world. North Korea’s growing isolation due to its behaviour and foreign politics, as well as its continuous nuclear threats appear in worldwide media, thus spreading fear of the country. This fear became the centre of a renewed wave of yellow peril through entertainment media. In this BA thesis I focused particularly on the portrayal of North Korean antagonism in Hollywood movies, by analysing the film narratives of ´Olympus has Fallen´ and ´Red Dawn´.Show less
This thesis focuses on the manner in which Algerian and Moroccan authorities overlooked the growing identification and importance the French language had for citizens through the implementation of...Show moreThis thesis focuses on the manner in which Algerian and Moroccan authorities overlooked the growing identification and importance the French language had for citizens through the implementation of Arabization. The research was guided by the following research question: What were the negative consequences experienced in Morocco and Tunisia following the implementation of the Arabization process in each respective country? This thesis will examine these adverse effects by studying both short term and long term effects caused by Arabization. Most existing literature focuses on the positive aspects of Arabization such as the re-establishment of the Algerian and Moroccan identities after the colonial era. This has created a gap in the existing literature about this topic as the negative effects of Arabization are discussed scarcely. Subsequently, this thesis adopts a different approach to existing literature by discussing these negative effects.Show less
How do Ukranian and Russian people refer to the separatists? Turns out that Ukraine is using more propaganda then the separatists or Russia. This thesis is meant to open the way to several new...Show moreHow do Ukranian and Russian people refer to the separatists? Turns out that Ukraine is using more propaganda then the separatists or Russia. This thesis is meant to open the way to several new researches on the languagepolicy of Ukraine.Show less
The paper discusses and investigates the economic and political considerations from the side of the European Union for the fifth enlargement with a special focus on the case study of Bulgaria’s...Show moreThe paper discusses and investigates the economic and political considerations from the side of the European Union for the fifth enlargement with a special focus on the case study of Bulgaria’s admission to the European Union. The hypothesis posed in the introduction claims that the main drive behind Bulgaria's admission is the political situation in Eastern Europe and mainly the aftermath of the Kosovo War.The first chapter of the piece analyses the Eastern expansion with a consideration of the history of the EU. Later on chapter number two explores the economic benefits that Bulgaria offers to the EU as a future member, and chapter number three poses the main argument for the hypothesis, namely the political reasons and motivations for admitting the country in the EU.Show less
