Essays about: "occurrence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1429 essays containing the word occurrence.

  1. 1. Gender Equality and Electoral Violence : A Qualitative Analysis of Gender Equality and its Effect on Government-initiated Electoral Violence in Democratizing Societies

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

    Author : Alexander Tiedermann; [2024]
    Keywords : Electoral Violence; Gender; Gender Equality; democratization; election; violence;

    Abstract : Electoral violence in democratizing countries results in hundreds of deaths each year and undermines democratic practices and the legitimacy of elections. Although identifying several societal and institutional factors increasing the risk of electoral violence, prior research has largely failed to consider gender equality when exploring the causes of electoral violence. READ MORE

  3. 2. How Storytelling Drives Activism and Resistance? : Mobilization behind the Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Suad Sadullahi; [2024]
    Keywords : Resistance; SLAPP; Activism; Space; Storytelling; Power relations; Mobilization;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on the stories of activists in Kosovo and why and how they resist in a context where powerful actors increasingly use strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) as a new mode of exercising power. The thesis seeks to understand resistance and new ways of exercising resistance in the context of SLAPP. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Exploitation by the Blue Helmets : A Qualitative Cross-Case Comparison of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic and the United Nations Mission in Burundi

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

    Author : Elsa Svärd; [2024]
    Keywords : United Nations; Peacekeeping; Sexual Violence; Transactional sex; Internal displacement; Unemployment;

    Abstract : UN peacekeeping operations have received a significant amount of backlash during the past decades when allegations of sexual misconduct conducted by its personnel against civilians have unravelled. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How does unemployment amongst internally displaced women, within the host state, affect the probability of United Nations peacekeepers perpetrating Transactional Sex against them? The suggested hypothesis yields that a high level of unemployed internally displaced women has a positive effect on peacekeeper-perpetrated transactional sex occurrence. READ MORE

  5. 4. A temporal Hawkes process model for shooting occurrences in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statistiska institutionen

    Author : Sara Kopelman; [2024]
    Keywords : Point processes; stochastic processes; statistics; conditional intensity; crime; shootings; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : The Hawkes process, also referred to as a self-exciting point process, is a class of point processes where the intensity is conditioned on previous events. More specifically, an event occurrence excites the process, temporarily increasing the probability of more events occurring. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reporting Trends in Sustainability and Climate Change Discourse : A corpus study about reporting verbs in global news

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Pontus Jaktlund Gunnarsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Corpus; Linguistics; Reporting Verbs; Media; Metonymy; Quantitative Analysis; Qualitative Analysis.;

    Abstract : In news reports, journalists often make references to what spokespersons from public organizations have announced. While doing so, reporting verbs are not an uncommon occurrence (Li, Zhao & Lou, 2023: 2). READ MORE