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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. The Demographic Objection and the Limits of Competence

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

    Author : Samuel Granholm; [2024-02-23]
    Keywords : Practical philosophy;

    Abstract : Epistocrats argue that political power should be distributed according to competence. Under universal suffrage the electorate at any given election will be comprised of both competent and incompetent voters due to varying degrees of knowledge and rationality within the polity. READ MORE

  4. 3. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
    Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

    Abstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE

  5. 4. Peace Without Peace? The Colombian Quest to an Everyday Without Violence

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Dominique Keizer; [2024-01-30]
    Keywords : Environmental peacebuilding; development; indigenous knowledge; socio-environmental conflicts; human right;

    Abstract : Environmental peacebuilding (EP) as a field of study has attempted to transition from Western notions of peace and development by including ecological rights. By looking at the case of the Colombian Peace Agreement 2016 that followed EP premises, this thesis aims to question the liberal approaches to human rights and peacebuilding. READ MORE

  6. 5. Taiwanese Immigrants’ Perception of the Ethnic Hierarchy in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Yi-Chieh Chen; [2024-01-26]
    Keywords : Ethnic Hierarchy; Taiwanese Immigrants; Sweden; stereotype; social distance;

    Abstract : Ethnic hierarchy tends to exist in a multi-ethnic society. Sweden has a long history of receiving immigrants (Bentsen, 2021; Törngren, 2020). READ MORE