This thesis uses theoretical tools from social movement studies literature to analyze the group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The application of Social Movement Theory allows dynamics to be identified that help ...
This thesis aims at exploring Lebanon’s Civil Defense disaster preparedness through its structures and processes. The Civil Defense was chosen because this Agency’s sole responsibility is to protect civilians against ...
This thesis explores the manifestation of pro-Israel bias in German foreign policy (FP) as well as contradictions between Germany’s actual Middle East (ME) FP and German FP values. The thesis applies social constructivist ...
Many scholars, foremost among them Mahmood Mamdani, have identified an emerging hegemonic western discourse: the Good Muslim (GM)- Bad Muslim (BM) distinction. By distinguishing between those Muslims who are liberal, ...