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  1. 1. Reinventing the Middle Kingdom : A case study of Chinese spread of authoritarianism through International Organizations

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Författare :Anton Altgård; [2022]
    Nyckelord :ASEAN; Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; authoritarianism; Belt and Road Initiative; China; democracy; democratization; democratic backsliding; international organizations; liberalism; one-China Policy; realism; rational actor theory;

    Sammanfattning : The liberal theory of international relations primarily associates international cooperation with liberal democratic states, to the point that a theory of scholars Poast and Urpelainen claim that international cooperation with consolidated democracies through international organizations may boost the democratization of or at least prevent democratic backsliding in non-consolidated democracies. This paper investigates the possibility of decoupling these theories from democracies and democratizing by examining whether Chinese efforts within the framework of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Belt and Road foreign policy project have a similar but reverse effect on its target states, prompting developments in authoritarian directions. LÄS MER

  2. 2. The American Withdrawal from Afghanistan

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Författare :Hillevi Pihl; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Afghanistan; war; America; withdrawal; international relations; realism; liberalism; al-Qa’eda; Taliban;

    Sammanfattning : The American war in Afghanistan is the longest war in American history, yet there has seemed to be no clear argument for continuing the war for almost two decades. Unilateral withdrawals in counterinsurgency wars are not uncommon, especially if the other party involved is viewed as nondemocratic. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Rethinking representative democracy : Representation beyond contestation & partisan politics

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Internationella relationer

    Författare :Lua Nazerian; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Representative; democracy; reform; Bahai; Socrates; Normative; partisan politics; participation;

    Sammanfattning : The current forms of representative democracy have come to face various fundamental challenges such as: decrease in political participation, distrust in partisan politics and politicians and perhaps increase of ideological polarization. To take solace in the belief that the current democratic tools are far from perfect yet the finest in modern societies, has not contributed to solution-oriented modifications of its efficacy. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Rättfärdigandet av det extrema : En diskursanalys av säkerhetiseringen av droger i Filippinerna

    Master-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

    Författare :Karl Jonsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :securitization; drugs; Philippines; discourse analysis; Copenhagen School; extra- judicial executions; otherness;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this study is to determine the impact of text and language in the form of how political speech can affect and form a discourse that excludes a certain category of people and how such an exclusion leads to exercise of power beyond normal, democratic rules of state intervention towards said group of people. This is a case study investigating the drug war of the Philippines, initiated by the country’s president Rodrigo Duterte, and his speeches related to the drug issue. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Saudiarabien och Internationellt samarbete : En fallanalys om Saudiarabien och mänskliga rättigheter

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Författare :Karolina Olsson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :United Nations; Human rights; Saudi Arabia; Liberalism; Realism;

    Sammanfattning : Since the eruption of the Arab Spring, the Middle East is in a fragile situation with major ongoing conflicts. Saudi Arabia is an important regional actor in the political turmoil of the Middle East but is also a violent offender of human rights. LÄS MER