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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 27 uppsatser innehållade orden civil resistance movement.
1. “What Else Can We Do?” An examination into sustained anti-authoritarian mobilization in Hong Kong’s Yellow Economic Circle
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : Civil liberties and freedoms have diminished globally due to the last decades’ deepened authoritarianism. Concurrently, mobilizations countering this development have decreased. LÄS MER
2. THE REVOLUTION WILL (NOT) BE NEGOTIATED : CIVIL RESISTANCE AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningSammanfattning : Scholars that study civil resistance mainly focus on factors that explain success or democratisation yet overlook what shapes an important link between the two: negotiations. This study asks why some civil resistance movements enter extensive negotiations with the regime while others do not and argues that the decision to negotiate in nonviolent campaigns is a function of a movement’s organisational capacity. LÄS MER
3. Bör man göra så? : En normativ analys av sociala rörelsers metoders legitimitet
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : Social movements’ most effective methods are often perceived as illegitimate by civilians, politicians and activists themselves. This creates a paradox as social movements’ methods needs to be able to mobilise to be effective, which requires legitimacy. LÄS MER
4. Standing Up While Sitting Down : Researching the foundations of nonviolent civil resistance movements and its effect on democratic transitions
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningSammanfattning : This thesis paper set out to investigate the research puzzle of why some nonviolent conflicts lead to democratisation while others do not, as well as what explains this variation. A time series, cross-case comparison between the Arab Spring revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt was conducted exploring the link between organisational structure of prominent organisations participating in the movement and the success or failure of the countries’ later democratisation efforts. LÄS MER
5. “NONVIOLENCE IS FINE AS LONG AS IT WORKS” : A study of the relationship between civil society and processes of radicalization
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningSammanfattning : The radicalization literature within the field of social movement research which studies the phenomenon of primarily nonviolent protests becoming primarily violent has mapped a variety of mechanisms that drive or underlie the radicalization of nonviolent resistance. To date, little attention has however been directed at the potential role of civil society influencing the trajectories of protests. LÄS MER