Essays about: "Autocracy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 essays containing the word Autocracy.

  1. 11. Political Engagement Against the Odds : The case of Syrian students at the University of Jordan

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Matilda Cadei Fritz; [2022]
    Keywords : political engagement; political participation; refugees; asylum seekers; immigrants; children of Jordanian mothers; university students; autocracy; global south; Syria; Jordan;

    Abstract : This study examines political engagement among Syrian students at the University of Jordan who are either refugees, asylum seekers or children of Jordanian mothers. By adopting Ekman and Amnå’s conceptualization of political participation and analysing 15 semi-structured interviews, I find that the Syrian students are both engaged in manifest and latent forms of political participation. READ MORE

  3. 12. Non-violent resistance movements in the light of digital repression

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

    Author : Anna Plaudina; [2022]
    Keywords : repression; digital repression; backfire effect; censorship; Belarus; digital revolution; mobilization; ICT; Telegram revolution;

    Abstract : Over the past decade, the success rate of non-violent resistance movements has decreased. With the development of information and communication technology (ICT), governments have taken repression into the digital realm to tamper with protest movements. READ MORE

  4. 13. Social Cleavages, Conflict, and the Fates of Autocratic Regimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Teodor Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Autocracy; social cleavage; economic inequality; ethnic cleavage; conflict; non-state conflict; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This article focuses on two specific social cleavages, ethnic and economic inequality and analyses their respective effects within autocratic regimes. The primary mechanism that was tested was the relationship between these two, and non-state conflict, (defined as a conflict with more than 25 combat fatalities, and the state not directly taking part). READ MORE

  5. 14. Revolutionary Transitions - To What? A quantitative analysis at the intersection of revolution and democracy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Berzell; [2022]
    Keywords : Autocracy; Democracy; Democratization; Electoral democracy; Regime type; Regime transition; Revolution; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Revolutions are historically recurring events, from the French Revolution to the Arab Spring. This thesis explores two plausible pre-revolution connections to post-revolution democracy levels, measuring democracy as a spectrum rather than a threshold. READ MORE

  6. 15. Promoting digital authoritarianism : A study of China’s Digital Silk Road

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Andrea Wahlberg Scott; [2021]
    Keywords : Digital authoritarianism; Autocracy promotion; Digital Silk Road; Belt and Road Initiative; China; Human rights;

    Abstract : China’s influence is increasing steadily in all corners of the world. One of China’s foreign policy goals is to become a technological superpower by 2025. An important part of that goal is the Digital Silk Road (DSR), a sub-project to China’s massive infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative. READ MORE