Essays about: "scholars"

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1. 1. IS THE SEED OF REVOLUTION REPRESSION? A quantitative study of the relationship between government repression and anti-government mass mobilization

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emma Albertsson; [2024-03-25]
   Keywords : Government repression; Anti-government mass mobilization; Authoritarian regimes; Protests;

   Abstract : Throughout history, authoritarian regimes have used repression to avoid the opposition to flourish and to retain power. However, in the case of the protests for Mahsa Amini against the regime in Iran, it has been demonstrated that government repression instead, can be positively associated with anti-government mass mobilization. READ MORE

3. 2. Movement towards socioecological change: The case of Ecosomatics

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Wilma Lagerman; [2024-03-19]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Several scholars both within and outside the field of human ecology argue that the perceptual human-nature divide contributes profoundly to patterns of unsustainability and weak sustainability visible in the world today. Deliberately engaging in conscious bodily-felt contact with the natural environment is suggested to uncover appropriate, embodied angles to approaching ecology and the environmental crisis. READ MORE

4. 3. Marginalisation of bisexual asylum seekers: a discourse analysis of Swedish case law

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Matilda Olstedt; [2024-03-15]
   Keywords : bisexuality; marginalisation; Sweden; asylum procedure; case law;

   Abstract : Bisexual individuals are often construed as ‘half homosexuals’, and thus seen as less vulnerable to sexual minority intolerance and persecution. According to bisexuality scholars, however, bisexual individuals are subjected to double discrimination, as they are marginalised both by the heteronormative society and the homosexual minority group. READ MORE

5. 4. Constructing Capabilities : Military Strategies of Small States in an Age of Transition: Examining the Influence of Strategic Culture

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Lara Kristjansdottir; [2024]
   Keywords : Strategic culture; neorealism; military strategy; defence planning; small state security; Sweden and Denmark.;

   Abstract : Scholars tend to approach small states’ military strategies in terms of restraints and opportunities in the external security environment, largely overlooking the influences of a state’s domestic particularities. This thesis aims to explore how the theory of strategic culture, regarded here as an inherent, domestic context in which strategy is formulated, can add nuance to such realist analyses of how small states build and adjust their defence capabilities. READ MORE

6. 5. Sweden´s Process to Enter the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) : Decision-making and Bounded Rationality in Times of Crisis

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Moa Hartman; Nadia Akrami Hasan Kiadeh; [2024]
   Keywords : Bounded Rationality Theory; Sweden´s NATO process; Government in Crisis; Sweden´s NATO application; Decision-making Process; NATO Debate; Non-alignment; Non-belligerency; Begränsad Rationalitetsteori; Sveriges NATO-process; Regering i Kris; Sveriges NATO-ansökan; beslutsprocess; NATO-debatt; alliansfrihet; icke-krigsförande;

   Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 set Europe in sorrow, distress, and emergency. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is something Sweden has refrained from joining due to the country’s neutral stance. However, despite Sweden's long-standing neutrality of over 200 years, it was abandoned within only weeks. READ MORE