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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 72 uppsatser innehållade orden State repression.
16. Undermining Resistance : State Repression in the Gezi Park Protests
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningSammanfattning : This paper investigates how changes in states’ repression tactics impact the dynamics of civil protests. Research on the repression-dissident nexus has commonly studied repression as one concept, lacking disaggregation into its different types. LÄS MER
17. Politisk jiu-jitsu, ett pris de mäktiga slipper betala? : En kvantitativ studie om maktens påverkan på konsekvenserna av statligt förtryck gentemot ickevåldskampanjer
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis presents a quantitative study that aims to investigate whether Brian Martin is right in his theory about how more powerful actors have a greater capacity to prevent outrage and anger after opressions and thus suffer less from political jiu-jitsu, a process in which oppression becomes counterproductive. This is done by looking at whether more powerful regimes getaway more easily with repressing nonviolent campaigns. LÄS MER
18. Emergency Powers & Human Rights: Shield or Sword? Analysing the emergency powers paradox in a Southeast Asian context
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : The state of emergency – the governmental provision of imposing exceptional powers applicable to emergencies – is a characteristic shared by a majority of national governments. The possibility to invoke emergency provisions, albeit necessary, is inherently vulnerable to abuse. LÄS MER
19. Counting votes or counting bodies? : A qualitative study on the effect Regime Type has on the nature of Pre-election Violence in autocratic states
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningSammanfattning : In a quantitative study in 2007, Davenport found that autocratic military regimes statistically face a higher risk of electoral violence than authoritarian party-backed regimes. This thesis has attempted to link Davenports findings with theories on military belligerence presented by Lai and Slater (2006) as well as Geddes et al. LÄS MER
20. The Deadly Impact of Socio-Economic Inequality: How socio-economic inequality affects conflict intensity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central- and South America
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Civil wars continue to prevail, and the number of causalities increase in the last decade, while socioeconomic disparities within countries steadily widen in many parts of the world. Yet, the understanding of the potential correlations between these two trends remains incomplete. LÄS MER
