Sökning: "belarus human rights"

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1. 1. Weapons or Victims? The impact of weaponized migration on the European Union’s self-perception and identity

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Wilma Sörman Ivarzon; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Weaponized migration; Refugee Portrayals; Ontological Security; European identity; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how the European Parliament portrays weaponized migration, a phenomenon in which states mobilize migrants against another state to force concessions. Furthermore, the thesis analyses how instances of weaponized migration impact European identity. LÄS MER

3. 2. The EU’s democracy assistance efforts in Belarus - An analysis of the character of EU democracy assistance and involvement in the mass protests of 2020-2021 in Belarus

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Fanny Flyborg; [2021-08-30]
   Nyckelord :European Union; Belarus; Democracy; Mass Protests; Linkage; Leverage; Democracy Assistance; Authoritarian; Civil Society;

   Sammanfattning : During recent events, Belarus has come under the light due to the falsified re-election of Lukashenko in 2020. Mass protests arose, and the civil society’s demand for democracy became clear. LÄS MER

4. 3. Triadic Relationship Between Social Movement,News Media, and Geopolitics : Government affiliated transnational media and its’ coverage of 2020-2021 Belarusian Protests

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Författare :Karolina Kukstaite; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Belarus protests 2020; transnational media; geopolitics; social movements; media framing;

   Sammanfattning : As the media followed the turn of events in Belarus, increasing arrests and the violence that followed brought tens of thousands of Belarusians into the streets to demand change, end police brutality, and display how far human rights abuses have come in Lukashenko's regime. This thesis argues that in the cases like this, foreign media comes forward to either further protester's voices or shut them down, which, drawing on the previous research, is considered dependent on the geopolitical relations of the countries involved. LÄS MER

5. 4. Mobilizing Under Authoritarianism: A case study on state repression and individual motivations for civil society engagement in Minsk, Belarus.

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Vide Wassberg; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Social movement; Participation; Civil society; Authoritarianism; Belarus; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Mobilizing for increased human rights and democratization in authoritarian states comes with great costs and risks. The post-soviet country of Belarus is often referred to as a textbook example of a consolidated authoritarian state. Despite several attempts, Belarusian society has yet to move towards a democratic transition. LÄS MER

7. 5. The EU - a Normative Power: Understanding the EU's motivations through its use and non-use of sanctions (restrictive measures)

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Neriman Kikici; [2017-08-04]
   Nyckelord :European Union; EU; foreign policy; sanctions; restrictive measures; strategic interests; normative power; norm promotion; economic interests; security interests; neo-realism; norms;

   Sammanfattning : The objective is to understand to what extent the EU’s behaviors/reactions, especially the use of sanctions, against the third countries vary in accordance with strategic or normative motivations and secondarily how the EU’s foreign policy choices have been varied over time. For this purpose, the thesis explores the EU’s stated motivations and actual practices by employing content analysis. LÄS MER