Search for dissertations about: "Uzbekistan"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word Uzbekistan.

  2. 1. Living Law and Political Stability in Post-Soviet Central Asia : A Case Study of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan

    Author : Rustamjon Urinboyev; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political stability; welfare; living law; social norms; sociology of law; law and society; mahalla; Uzbekistan; Central Asia; Ferghana Valley; post-Soviet societies; ethnography; socio-legal studies; corruption; informal economy; public administration; informal institutions; legitimacy; state-society relations.;

    Abstract : Central Asian countries are facing multidimensional political stability and security challenges in the post-Soviet period. Current scholarly discussions of political stability in post-Soviet Central Asia continue to revolve around the issues of Islamic upheaval, ethnic conflicts, civil war or inter-clan struggles, and how the authoritarian regimes in this region deploy coercive strategies and penal sanctions to cope with political instability. READ MORE

  4. 2. Demographic Journeys along the Silk Road : Marriage, Childbearing, and Migration in Kyrgyzstan

    Author : Lesia Nedoluzhko; Gunnar Andersson; Jan Hoem; Hill Kulu; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; marriage; childbearing; migration; ethno-cultural differences; Kyrgyzstan; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the limited demographic literature on Central Asia – the region through which led the great Silk Road – an ancient route of trade and cultural exchange between East and West. We focus on Kyrgyzstan and countries in its immediate neighborhood: Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. READ MORE

  5. 3. Islamic Activism in Azerbaijan : Repression and Mobilization in a Post-Soviet Context

    Author : Sofie Bedford; Johan Eriksson; Drude Dahlerup; Raol Motika; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islamic activism; social movements; mobilization; non-democratic contexts; soft repression; post-Soviet religion; official Islam; Azerbaijan; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Post-Soviet Azerbaijan is often portrayed as a very secular country. Thus the mobilization of mosque communities in the late 1990s and their conflictual relationship with the authorities came as a surprise. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Cacophony of Voices : A Neoclassical Realist study of United States Strategy toward Central Asia and Southern Caucasus 1991–2006

    Author : Björn Ottosson; Jan Hallenberg; Adrian Hyde-Price; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international relations; foreign policy; strategy; national security; U.S. history; modern history; Caucasus; Caspian; Central Asia; realism; constructivism; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : U.S. strategy toward Southern Caucasus and Central Asia has not been studied sufficiently. READ MORE

  7. 5. Treatment optimisation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

    Author : Johanna Kuhlin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : A successful treatment outcome is seen in only 60% of persons treated for multidrugresistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide, defined as resistance to both rifampicin and isoniazid. To improve these disturbingly low numbers, treatment optimisation is highly needed. READ MORE