Sökning: "Protest Mobilization"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 22 uppsatser innehållade orden Protest Mobilization.

  1. 1. IS THE SEED OF REVOLUTION REPRESSION? A quantitative study of the relationship between government repression and anti-government mass mobilization

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Emma Albertsson; [2024-03-25]
    Nyckelord :Government repression; Anti-government mass mobilization; Authoritarian regimes; Protests;

    Sammanfattning : Throughout history, authoritarian regimes have used repression to avoid the opposition to flourish and to retain power. However, in the case of the protests for Mahsa Amini against the regime in Iran, it has been demonstrated that government repression instead, can be positively associated with anti-government mass mobilization. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Contagion, Contention, and Content: Political Mobilization on Telegram in the 2020 Belarusian post-Election Protests

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Författare :Vide Wassberg; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Telegram; Belarus; Protest; Participation; Mobilization; Connective Action; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to scrutinize the role of the social media application Telegram as a protest mobilizing structure during the 2020 post-election uprising in Minsk, Belarus. The purpose is to strengthen the understanding on how protest mobilizations online relate to offline protest participation in authoritarian states, and how the usage of social media in social movements impact, and is influenced by, its authoritarian context. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Hidden behind the pandemic: A study on the effects of the COVID-19 restrictions on dissent

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Författare :Cecilia Maria Borella; [2022]
    Nyckelord :State repression; COVID-19; Dissent; Philippines;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to address how COVID-19 restrictions affected dissent events in autocracies and electoral autocracies. To do so relies on the combination of the grievances and resource mobilization theories. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Non-violent resistance movements in the light of digital repression

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Författare :Anna Plaudina; [2022]
    Nyckelord :repression; digital repression; backfire effect; censorship; Belarus; digital revolution; mobilization; ICT; Telegram revolution;

    Sammanfattning : Over the past decade, the success rate of non-violent resistance movements has decreased. With the development of information and communication technology (ICT), governments have taken repression into the digital realm to tamper with protest movements. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Digital Repression: Backlash or Deterrence of Dissent? : A quantitative analysis of the Middle East and North Africa region during 2000-2020

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Författare :Perla Toubia; [2022]
    Nyckelord :MENA; state repression; digital repression; cyber regulation; dissent; mass mobilization; protest; information and communication technology ICT ; repression-dissent puzzle; backlash; deterrence;

    Sammanfattning : Digital Repression: Backlash or Deterrence of Dissent? is a quantitative analysis of the MENA region between the years 2000 and 2020. By distinguishing, theoretically as well as empirically, between nonphysical and physical aspects of state repression, this study aims to fill an identified research gap and contribute to the literature on the repression-dissent puzzle. LÄS MER