Essays about: "Negative Liberty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Negative Liberty.

  1. 1. The Wall: The Right to Liberty and Security at the US–Mexico Border

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hanne Karlsson; [2021-07-01]
    Keywords : migration; US–Mexico border; migration; migrants; refugees; detention; asylum; non citizenship; securitization; social constructionism;

    Abstract : The migration and refugee situation on the US–Mexico border has been heavily debated and caused a lot of controversy in the last couple of years, much as a consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration policy and promise of a wall along the border. This thesis, therefore, aims to analyze how migrants’ and refugees’ right to liberty and security was affected by the way the Trump–government portrayed them, and the phenomenon of migration, as a security threat. READ MORE

  3. 2. Roots of Conflict: Classification and Regression Trees and the Complexity of Organized Violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Jonah Simonds; [2021]
    Keywords : complexity; violence; machine learning; CART; conflict;

    Abstract : Conflict researchers have validated many different theories on the causes of organized violence, but there are significant gaps in knowledge concerning how these theories interact with one another. In this thesis, I identify a body of the most prominent theories of organized violence and model them in an environment suitable for capturing these complex interactions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Choice editing for sustainable development : consumer attitudes toward food retailers limiting food choices

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Andrea Biro; Emma Svensson; [2021]
    Keywords : choice restrictions; environment; food retailer strategies; freedom of choice; health; paternalism; perceptions;

    Abstract : Society is facing significant challenges in transforming to a sustainable food system where healthy food is provided, while reducing the negative environmental impact. Yet, it is debatable whose responsibility it is to provide healthy, environmentally friendly food from sustainable food systems. READ MORE

  5. 4. On Nondomination : A comparative study on the distinctiveness and the preferability of freedom as nondomination vis-à-vis freedom as noninterference

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Amin Baledi; [2021]
    Keywords : neo-Roman republicanism; nondomination; arbitrary power; pure negative liberty; noninterference; overall liberty;

    Abstract : The recent years have seen the revival of neo-Roman republicanism through the works of Philip Pettit, who has replaced Isaiah Berlin’s taxonomy of positive/negative liberty with freedom as nondomination. This essay compares the neo-Roman conception of nondomination to the liberal conception of noninterference, with the purpose of clarifying whether nondomination is a distinct concept of liberty and preferable to that of noninterference. READ MORE

  6. 5. A proposition for a general theory of ideology

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Eric Taylor; [2018]
    Keywords : Ideology; Liberty; Change; Negative Liberty; Republican Liberty; Positive Liberty; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This is a paper proposing a general theory of ideology based on two theoretical components, liberty and change. Liberty is seen as a system for understanding the individual and its relation to the group, change is seen as a system for understanding our future prospects. READ MORE