Central and East European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (CEERES) – Master’s Theses
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Memory politics in Poland under the Law and Justice Party (PiS): constructing narratives of heroism and victimhood using a case study of three Polish museums
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)This thesis examines how and why Poland’s current ruling party, the Law and Justice (PiS), implements its memory politics in the following three memorial museums: the Warsaw Uprising Museum, the Ulma Family Museum of ... -
The role of the civil society consultations in the post-2020 EU Roma framework
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)In 2011, the European Union presented the EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, the first large-scale EU Roma policy to tackle the integration issues of the most marginalized and vulnerable ... -
Right-wing populism and gender ideology: case study of Hungary's Fidesz and Poland's PiS
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Political socialization of immigrants: a case study of Estonia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)Learning and acquisition of political behavior are important processes as they affect the way individuals participate in political and civic life of a country. Political socialization is the process of learning and change ... -
Visegrad Four cooperation during the migration crisis
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)Together with the unprecedented migration flow in Europe, 2015-2016 period marked the date of the increased visibility of the four Central European states, otherwise known as Visegrad Four group. The Visegrad Four earned ... -
The inherent dissonance of heritage in contemporary Polish museums
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 represent the bravery and courage that emerged during Europe’s darkest period. Despite both occurring in occupied Poland, the narratives have not both ... -
Exploring visions of inclusion: women’s disability activism in Georgia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)This thesis aims to investigate the intersection of gender and disability rights activism in The Republic of Georgia by focusing on the narration and gendered experience of women disability activists. Since the ratification ... -
Conceptual problems in the study of populism: normativity, contestability, and plurality
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)The complicated and mercurial character of populism is apodictic, but the consequences of populism’s conceptual confusion have been overlooked as scholars refashion populism to fit the methodological and empirical goals ... -
The metamorphosis of the far right in Hungary: the case of Jobbik
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)One of the most successful far-right parties in Hungary and among the Visegrad Four states, Jobbik, has moderated and transformed into centrist people's party. This thesis analyzes the incentives and effects of repositioning ... -
Contested names: (re)naming of places and nation-building in Soviet Georgia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)This study examines the renaming of settlements in Soviet Georgia. The goal of the research is to determine the extent to which toponym change was employed as a strategy to build the Soviet Georgian nation. Since toponyms ... -
Recognition of the Russian threat in Poland. From othering to securitisation
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)The theory-driven research aims to investigate securitisation as a phenomenon applied to a particular case of Polish perception of Russia. Despite the fact that Russia’s expansionist ambitions toward neighbouring states ... -
The value in those you know: dimensions of social capital in COVID-19 vaccination uptake among ethnic and religious minority groups in Georgia
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the diverse roles of information. While the interconnected nature of the globe has seen the rapid transmission of knowledge, disinformation has continued to spread in parallel. ... -
Tengrism as a lived religion in Kazakhstan and its role in national identity building
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)Tengrism has slowly been experiencing a revival in Turkic countries across the world, most notably in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Mongolia. This thesis seeks to explore the connection between Tengrism in Kazakhstan, ... -
Securitisation spill-over: the case of Hungarian and Romanian national minorities in Ukraine after 2014
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)This research deals with the securitisation of minority issues in Ukraine after 2017. It aims to explain how Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014 made Ukraine conduct nation-building policies to protect Ukrainian ... -
Role competition in Central Asia? Network analysis, role theory and great power regionalism: a framework for analysis
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)The present thesis develops an analytical framework that rests on three pillars: 1. Network Analysis; 2. Role Theory; 3. Neorealism. These theoretical and analytical approaches have been hitherto disconnected in IR and ... -
The influence of a minister: Turanism in the Hungarian government
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)The ideology of Hungarian Turanism, which insists on a connection between the Hungarian nation and the nations of the formerly accepted Ural-Altaic language family, has in recent years experienced a revival, to the extent ... -
Exploring the dynamics between non-state cinema, audiences, and the future of the industry: contemporary Kazakhstani independent arthouse cinema from the perspectives of the filmmakers
(Tartu Ülikool, 2022)Recently, the Kazakhstani film industry as a whole has been experiencing many significant changes. Rising numbers of independent and arthouse filmmakers are financed by the government with fewer restrictions and now the ...
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