Johan Skytte poliitikauuringute instituut

The EU energy policy image dynamics in relation to the external crisis: evidence from 5th and 6th European Commission terms

Shipina, Ekaterina (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

The master thesis explores the EU energy policy agenda change by analyzing legislative preparatory documents prepared by the European Commission in the period between September 2009 and November 2019. This period covers ...

Estonia-Russia cross-border cooperation before and after the political crisis of 2014: drawbacks, developments, and transformations

Parshukova, Alina (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

The topic of cross-border cooperation is increasing in its relevance. When it comes to cross-border cooperation, international relations become an important issue in the framing of transboundary activities and the process ...

The dynamic of the discursive construction of Europeanness and Eastness in the European Union’s discourse on Ukraine, 2004-2016

Ng, Chun Sing Iverson (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

Polarization of public opinion regarding the EU in conditions of polarized national elite

Shentseva, Taisiia (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

Theoretically, elite polarization should lead to public polarization but it does not always happen. This Master’s thesis examines what factors lead to mass polarization when parties are polarized. 12 cases with high elite ...

(Re)constructing Europes in the migrant crisis: Germany, Hungary, and Russia

Ortjens, Julius Rudolf Adrianus (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

This thesis uses Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe’s discourse theory to analyse the construction of European identity by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President ...

When social movements function as democratization forces: the radical democratic perspective on the role of social movements in Georgia 2012-2018

Dadunadze, Davit (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

The determinants of legislative speechmaking on salient issues: the analysis of parliamentary debates on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal agreement using structural topic models

Goriunov, Artem (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

Making America Great, Again through memes: a qualitative content analysis of a Trump-based populism in user-generated memes

Haynes, Amanda (Tartu Ülikool, 2020)

Although populism is much-discussed, global trend, attempts to define it have been contentious, unsatisfactory, and often accomplished without the input of the populists themselves. The latest emergence of this political ...

Religious liberalism: issues of religious minorities in Georgia

Hulsey, Logan (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

Since 2012, there have been several issues concerning the Georgian Muslim community. These issues include the dismantling of a minaret, the dispute over ruined mosque, and the nailing of a pig’s head to a madrassa door. ...

Soviet Kazakh identity through the works of Magzhan Zhumabaev and Iliyas Zhansugurov

Berndt, Valentina (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

This thesis aims to contribute to the growing scholarship surrounding Kazakh national identity and Kazakh literary studies, by focusing particularly on the development of Kazakh poetry and the evolution of Kazakh identity ...

The role of collective memory in the Georgian-Abkhaz reconciliation process: obstacle or opportunity?

Bernardi, Rossana (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

The present research seeks to uncover the dynamics between forms of collective memory and current reconciliation processes between Georgia and the de facto state of Abkhazia. Based on assumptions derived from theoretical ...

The radical left in Ukraine since Maidan: the case of the National Anarchist Movement

Wishart, Alexandra (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

With political fringe groups gaining momentum during the Euromaidan Revolution in 2013, much scholarly attention has been given to actors of the radical right while dynamics by the socalled ‘New Radical Left’ have been ...

Europeanization of parliamentary discourse: the Migrant Crisis in the Croatian Sabor and Serbian Narodna Skupština 2016-2018

Novel, Tamara (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

Behind renaming: state, minorities and toponym changes in Almaty and North Kazakhstan oblasts since 1991

Diego Gordon, Maria (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

Lately renaming of districts, towns and villages in Kazakhstan has drawn attention amongst experts, journalists and curious onlookers equally. The topic has caused particular interest within heated debates on Kazakhstan’s ...

The heritagization of the communist past: German museums on the GDR

Bochantin, Levi (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

With Germany on the eve of its 30-year anniversary of reunification between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a renewed look at the country’s remembrance landscape of the GDR ...

How exogenous factors redirect voter preferences: the case of Italy and Lega Nord

Orti Manara, Ginevra (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

The current rise of far right populist parties in Europe has touched the Italian political scene during the 2018 national elections, when Lega Nord (Northern League) reached 17.35 percent of support from all over the ...

Immigratsiooni mõju heaoluriigi majanduskasvule ja kuritegevusmäärale ning selle ühiskondlik tajumine/raamistamine Rootsi näitel

Laanjärv, Romet (Tartu Ülikool, 2019)

Immigratsioon on viimastel aastatel Euroopas märgatavalt kasvanud ning tänu sellele on küsimused immigratsioonist, immigrantidest ja nende mõjudest tõusnud väga tugevalt poliitilise debati üheks olulisemaiks teemaks. ...