Essays about: "Political Liberties"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 33 essays containing the words Political Liberties.

  1. 16. Rawls problem of securing political liberties within the international institutions

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Samuel Malm; [2018]
    Keywords : John Rawls; Law of Peoples; International institutions; Political Liberties; Theory of Justice;

    Abstract : In Law of Peoples Rawls tries to work out a theory that will ensure a fair interaction between the world’s ‘peoples’ (synonymous with “nations”). By this he means a description of international rules that both liberal and non-liberal peoples can accept, with the purpose of eradicating political injustices in the world; which Rawls believes is the big cause of the greatest evils in the world. READ MORE

  3. 17. Power and Public Goods to the People : A cross-national study on the effect of democracy on climate change policy output

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Johansson; [2018]
    Keywords : democracy; collective action; climate change policy; sustainable development;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates in what way democracy affect climate change policy output. The aim of the study is to test the positive correlation between democracy and climate change policy output that Bättig and Bernauer (2009) found. READ MORE

  4. 18. Bipartisan Politics, The Media and The Impact on National Security Policies

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Günther Kiefer; [2016]
    Keywords : national security; bipartisan politics; media propaganda; terrorism; CIA; CSIS; ISIS; political discourse analysis; Patriot Act; Bill C-51; neoliberal; political realism;

    Abstract : This research will analyze the impact of bipartisan politics and the media's conflicting role in influencing public perceptions regarding national security issues. The central focus is on popular media narratives, critically examined as an impediment to fostering unified public solidarity or opposition regarding the enactment of controversial legislation. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. Temporary Restrictions on Travel: How the United Kingdom deals with foreign fighters and how it affects the individual's Human Rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Gehlin; [2015]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Criminal Law; Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I februari 2015 antog det Brittiska parlamentet the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, i syfte att fylla ut luckor i den tidigare kontra-terror lagstiftningen. De temporära reseförbud som därmed infördes riktas mot det tilltagande problemet med så kallade foreign fighters och består av två delar. READ MORE