Essays about: "Paris attacks November 2015"

Found 5 essays containing the words Paris attacks November 2015.

1. 1. Analysing Evil : A Comparison of Christian and Islamist Terrorist Acts

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Felix Franzino; [2021]
   Keywords : terrorism; religious terrorism; Christian and Islamist acts of terrorism; Anders Behring Breivik Norway 2011; Paris attacks November 2015; IS;

   Abstract : Although terrorism is an area that has been the subject of much research, systematic searches in databases reveal that a focus on actors and movements that find their motivation in Christian beliefs, is, by and large, lacking. Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attack, Islamist terrorism has been the major focus. READ MORE

3. 2. The Threat of Terrorism: Putting Human Rights to the Test : Assessing the Counterterrorist Policies of France in the Aftermath of the 13th of November 2015 Terrorist Attacks 

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik

   Author : Fiore Poidevin; [2016]
   Keywords : terrorism; counterterrorism; human rights; Paris attacks; war; crime; restrictions; slippery slope; security; state of emergency; applied ethics;

   Abstract : The terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris on the 13th of November 2015, mark a shift for counterterrorism in France. Indeed, the magnitude of the terrorist attacks persuaded the French government to call for stricter counterterrorist policies. However, the effects of these measures on human rights have been interrogated widely. READ MORE

4. 3. The effect of the perfect enemy : Anonymous' representation in the news media

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Emily van de Bunt; [2016]
   Keywords : Anonymous; media representation; second level agenda setting; normative representation; ISIS;

   Abstract : After the attacks in Paris on November 13th 2015, the movement Anonymous has declared a cyber war to terrorist group ISIS that claimed responsibility for these attacks. According to Klein (2015) Anonymous has earlier been framed by the news media as malicious prankster, because their choice of targets did not align with western standards. READ MORE

5. 4. Being (dis)obedient: An analysis of the climate justice movement's use of civil disobedience at COP21 in the light of the French state of emergency

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

   Author : Julian Wortmann; [2016]
   Keywords : climate justice movement; COP21; Red Lines protest; civil disobedience; nonviolence; power; policing protests; state of emergency; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Within the climate justice movement there is a clear tendency in the last years towards actions of civil disobedience. The Red Lines protest in Paris during COP21 was meant to be one of the main events of the movement in 2015. READ MORE

6. 5. On the justification of states of exception in liberal democracies - A discourse analysis of how the Hollande Administration fixated the discourse on the State of Emergency in France after the 2015 Paris attacks

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Victoria Lecomte; [2016]
   Keywords : State of Emergency; France; State of Exception; Discourse Theory; Liberty; Security; Rule of Law; Necessity; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : On the night of November 13, 2015, after the attacks perpetrated by the so-called Islamic State against France in Paris and Saint-Denis, President François Hollande decreed the state of emergency. This state of emergency is a state of exception which restricts certain civil liberties such as the freedom of assembly, as several NGOs and UN rapporteurs denounced. READ MORE