Essays about: "Civil resistance"

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1. 1. We Didn’t Start the Fire… Right? - How external support affects the use of violence in political movements

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

   Author : Hugo Rousselet; [2024]
   Keywords : Nonviolent resistance; external support; civil wars; self-determination movements; foreign support; nonviolent struggle; NAVCO;

   Abstract : Abstract: What explains the use of violence in extra-institutional political campaigns? Domestic groups challenge host states using both nonviolent and violent tactics. While Gandhi’s struggle for India’s independence is perhaps the most famous example of nonviolence, many of today’s bloody civil wars also started out as nonviolent movements. READ MORE

3. 2. Beyond the Terrorist Label : How Five Palestinian CSOs Experience and Resist Terrorist Allegations

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Alma Michold; [2024]
   Keywords : Palestine; Shrinking civic space; Terrorist designation; Resistance; Ontological counter-securitization;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the terrorist designation issued by Israel against six Palestinian civil society organizations in 2021. The organizations are based in the West Bank and remain designated as terrorist organizations according to Israeli law, despite rejections and condemnations by the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN), and the United States (US). READ MORE

4. 3. Civil society organizations in a complex institutional landscape : Investigating institutional logics in Swedish civil society organizations work with social impact measurement

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

   Author : Hanna Franziska Fischer; [2023]
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   Abstract : The role of civil society has been discussed frequently as of the last decades, and with growing influence of new public management and related market-oriented reforms in public sector, civil society organizations have become welfare service providers too. As part of this development, social impact measurement has been a way for financers to prove and private actors to invest in social change. READ MORE

5. 4. The International Criminal Question in Uganda : An analysis of the International Criminal Court Interventions in Uganda

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Kenneth Mundu; [2023]
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   Abstract : Abstract The conflict in northern Uganda between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) began in 1986 and lasted for more than twenty years, despite efforts for a peaceful resolution. The contribution  of civil society, including religious groups, traditional organizations, and community self-help groups shouldnot be under estimated in promoting grassroot peace building in northern Uganda. READ MORE

6. 5. The Interplay Between the Agency of Civil Society Organizations and Foreign Aid : What does Analyzing the Agency of Civil Society Organizations in Lebanon Reveal About the Possibilities for Transforming the Hegemonic Relationships Within Foreign Aid?

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Mohamad Aljounde; [2023]
   Keywords : Hegemony; Aid; civil society; International organizations; Lebanon; MENA;

   Abstract : The flow of political aid into civil society organizations has sparked extensive debates and controversies surrounding the impact of foreign aid on the efficacy of said organizations in recipient countries. These discussions explore foreign aid through theoretical and empirical lenses, investigating its implications on global, regional, and national levels of analysis. READ MORE