Essays about: "Dissent"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the word Dissent.

  1. 11. Digital Repression: Backlash or Deterrence of Dissent? : A quantitative analysis of the Middle East and North Africa region during 2000-2020

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

    Author : Perla Toubia; [2022]
    Keywords : MENA; state repression; digital repression; cyber regulation; dissent; mass mobilization; protest; information and communication technology ICT ; repression-dissent puzzle; backlash; deterrence;

    Abstract : Digital Repression: Backlash or Deterrence of Dissent? is a quantitative analysis of the MENA region between the years 2000 and 2020. By distinguishing, theoretically as well as empirically, between nonphysical and physical aspects of state repression, this study aims to fill an identified research gap and contribute to the literature on the repression-dissent puzzle. READ MORE

  3. 12. THE CONTRADICTORY ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN AUTOCRACIES Exploring differences between reactive and proactive online repression

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ella Turta; [2021-07-20]
    Keywords : online repression; mass mobilization; asymmetrical control; internet policy; digital authoritarianism;

    Abstract : Ever since the early days of the Internet the “freedom of the Internet” has been a subject for debate. Is it characterized by an anti-authoritarian ideology that fosters public dissent and challenges the authoritarian rule? Or are autocrats using modern technology for their own illiberal purposes? Recent research argues that viewing modern communication technology as inherently liberative or repressive undermines the fact that the Internet functions in a constantly evolving political context. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Internet's Role in the Creation of Political Protests – A Few Theoretical Reflections

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Adrian Ganic; [2020]
    Keywords : Authoritarian state; Internet; Political protest; Weak Ties; Space; Tool; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The current vagueness within the literature makes it difficult for empirical social science to adequately assess how the Internet affects (the creation of) political protests. The purpose of this study is, to circumvent this problem, to refine, extend and critically evaluate existing theory within the field. READ MORE

  5. 14. Surevillance in public space : a social space perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Alvida Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : social space; public space; surveillance; the right to the city; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2019, a national incident operation was introduced by the Swedish police to reduce gun-shootings in public space, and to achieve public safety and security. The operation - known as Operation Rimfrost - introduced a new intelligence-based method to combat crime, which involved the use of different surveillance technologies in public space. READ MORE

  6. 15. Gardens of Compost

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Anton Lindström; [2020]
    Keywords : anthropocene; storytelling; deleuze; haraway; critical; theory; environmentalism; rhizome; SF; string figures; care; painting; feminism; dystopia; apocalypse;

    Abstract : An interrogation of architecture's prevailing myths, and a practice for how to live and die well as an architect in the Anthropocene epoch.  It is an effort to combine joyful representation and speculation (because architecture is both too serious and not nearly serious enough), with philosophy, for still possible pasts, presents and futures. READ MORE