Essays about: "Nonviolent Action"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Nonviolent Action.

  1. 1. Organising Civil Resistance : Understanding the effects and dynamics of organisational structures on the outcome of civil resistance campaigns

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

    Author : Lars Heuver; [2021]
    Keywords : Civil resistance; campaigns; organisational structures; nonviolent tactics; collective action;

    Abstract : The use of nonviolent tactics has become the most common way to achieve change. The field of civil resistance has been predominantly focussed on the dynamics related to the outcome, however, about the types of organisational structures that are most effective, is no general consensus, yet. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nonviolence Under the Microscope: A multipurposed study of nonviolent action in South Sudan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Viktor Strangert; [2021]
    Keywords : Nonviolent Action; South Sudan; Vinthagen; reflexivity; abduction.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Nonviolent action is a historically pervasive, yet misunderstood phenomenon. Despite its success stories, of which Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. remain the most famous examples, nonviolent action has been overlooked in literature, especially by peace and conflict scholars. READ MORE

  4. 3. Building Peace from Within : Perspectives of Syrian Youth

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Södergren Wall; [2019]
    Keywords : peace; peacebuilding; youth participation; education; humanitarian action;

    Abstract : This study is based on the perspectives of Syrian youth, on how they can contribute to and participate in future peace initiatives for Syria. The purpose of the study is to investigate opportunities and barriers to youth’s participation for peace, as well as the instrumental role of education in learning about nonviolent pathways for change. READ MORE

  5. 4. Farming, resistance and coping in the occupied West Bank : a study of Palestinian agricultural actors’ framing of farming

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mascha Wendler; [2018]
    Keywords : Palestine; West Bank; food security; food sovereignty; farming as resistance; agriculture; framing; collective action frames; patriotism;

    Abstract : Farming has a long cultural tradition in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) but today it is affected by the Israeli occupation. This thesis investigates how different agricultural actors in the West Bank frame farming as a practice and what collective action frames they have developed connected to their understanding of farming. READ MORE

  6. 5. "We have whistles instead of guns" : Nonviolent resistance in the 21st century

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Lærke Arvedsen; [2015]
    Keywords : Nonviolence; resistance; Middle East; North Africa;

    Abstract : Nonviolent resistance has been found to be more effective in bringing about societal and political transformation than violent insurgency. Nonviolent resistance as a nonconventional form of engagement in conflict, furthermore attracts more people, encourages diversity in participation, has the moral high ground and has positive longterm effects on a society, in terms of citizenship skills, civilian peace and democratisation. READ MORE