Essays about: "Popular uprisings"

Found 5 essays containing the words Popular uprisings.

1. 1. Internet in Public : An ethnographic account of the Internet in authoritarian Cuba

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Aida Zekic; [2017]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The Internet’s democratizing potential is a hot topic in the study of authoritarian regimes. In the new decade, scholars and policy makers have applauded the benefits that online access to information and communication may bring. READ MORE

3. 2. Hezbollah: Ideology, Practice, and the Arab Revolts - Between popular legitimacy and strategic interests

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arabiska

   Author : Samir Shalabi; [2015]
   Keywords : Hezbollah; ideology; Arab revolts; social movement; framing; terrorism; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : In the years prior to what became known as the Arab Spring, regional public opinion strongly favored Hezbollah due to its principled commitment to the liberation of Palestine. As popular upheavals swept through the Arab Middle East in 2011, this sentiment continued as the movement gave its support to the initial uprisings. READ MORE

4. 3. Democratic Transition and The Arab Spring: A comparative study on gendered agency and women's empowerment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sebastian Hellberg; [2015]
   Keywords : the Arab spring; democratic transition; transitional justice; gender; agency; women’s empowerment; Tunisia; Egypt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : After the Arab spring, states in the MENA-region that were enrolled in the popular uprisings are now entering different settings. Some have been more successful, and reaching all the way to democratic consolidation. Others like Egypt are currently experiencing severe backlashes. READ MORE

5. 4. Struggling nation : Baltic refugees in the Swedish party press, 1906

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Martin Karlsson; [2015]
   Keywords : Nation; nationalism; Sweden; party press; democracy; journalism; immigrants; refugees; representation; class; gender; ethnicity; Critical Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : In 1906 groups of Baltic refugees were arriving in Stockholm, fleeing repression after popular uprisings against the nobility and the Russian tsar in the Baltic provinces of the Russian empire. Their arrival coincided with major social transformations in Swedish society, where groups whom were denied to participate in Swedish politics called the concept of nationhood into question. READ MORE

6. 5. Diffusion of popular uprisings across countries

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Hugo Brändström; Axel Lindberg; [2014]
   Keywords : Diffusion; Popular uprisings; Revolutions; Spatial econometrics; Africa;

   Abstract : A common but unsubstantiated notion is that popular uprising, like those witnessed during the Arab Spring, diffuse across countries. To date, academic research centres on intrastate determinants of political unrest, largely neglecting international considerations. READ MORE