Essays about: "Charles Tilly"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Charles Tilly.

  1. 1. Is this a country? The Candlelight movement protests as a force impacting democracy in Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Elsa Ström; [2021]
    Keywords : social movements; democracy; South Korea; Candlelight protests 2016-2017; corruption; Park Geun-Hye; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : South Korea has gone from a military dictatorship to being the highest-ranking Asian country in terms of democracy over the last 35 years. In 2016, massive social movement protests broke out after media uncovered accounts of widespread corruption by then President Park Geun-Hye. READ MORE

  3. 2. Women’s Movement in Contemporary Georgia and The Role of Facebook in Developments of the Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Nino Vadatchkoria; [2018]
    Keywords : Women’s movement; Facebook; social movement; Georgia; campaign; feminism; mobilization; NGO; Charles Tilly; Sidney Tarrow; femicide; quota; legal gender recognition; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a theoretical debate among social movement scholars around an increasing concern with the role of technology in terms of key social movement activities, including mobilization, running and engaging in campaigns and making claims on authorities. This research deals with this debate and contributes to it with this case study on the Georgian women’s movement. READ MORE

  4. 3. A fossilized democracy : the fossil free movement’s work in liberating democracy from the fossil fuel industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Cherry Tsoi; [2016]
    Keywords : Charles Tilly; sustainability science; fossil free; democratization; social movements; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The science of climate change stipulates that fossil fuels must be kept in the ground in order for earth's global temperature to stay below the 1.5 degrees' Celsius increase pre-ordained as safe for continued human civilization, and to avoid catastrophic natural, social, and economic disasters. READ MORE

  5. 4. New Perspectives on Identity Processes in Hobsbawm and Tilly : Intellectual Foundation, Identity Formation and Construction, and Implications for European Identity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Benny Wilbrink; [2014]
    Keywords : Identity; European Identity; Charles Tilly; Eric Hobsbawm; Identity Processes; Identity Construction; Identity Formation; Social Constructionism; Intellectual History; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 'Identity' is a frequently used concept within the field of European studies, which has resulted in a myriad of different perspectives on what its meaning entails. As such, the meaning of identity is often claimed to be ambiguous, which causes problems for methodology related issues. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Back way to Europe : A case study about why young men in Gambia are prepared to risk their lives to get to Europe

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Frida Strand Jagne; [2014]
    Keywords : Gambia; Young men; Back way; Migration; Irregular migration;

    Abstract : Irregular migration is one of our times challenge and the news about migrants dying in the Mediterranean Sea seems to be more and more common these days. African migrants are risking their lives migrating by routes through the desert on trucks packed with migrants to get to Libya; this route is called the back way. READ MORE