Essays about: "Violent Threats"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words Violent Threats.

1. 1. Environmental Activism- a Threatening Outside? A Discourse Analysis of a Non-violent Civil Disobedience Protest in Stockholm, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Kandra Wahlgren Eales; [2023-11-08]
   Keywords : securitisation; discourse analysis; non-violent civil disobedience; poststructuralism; hegemony; deliberative democracy; neoliberalism;

   Abstract : This study examines the identity construction of environmental activists in discourse following a political protest in Stockholm, Sweden. More specifically it aims to understand how environmental activists have been subjected to securitisation, and what underlying ideology supports this perception. READ MORE

3. 2. Principals’ and teachers’ experience and strategies in handling student violence in secondary schools: Examples from Sweden.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Hubert Nkongchu Njicha; [2023-08-07]
   Keywords : student violence; violent behaviour; secondary schools; principals; teachers;

   Abstract : This study examines principals’ and teachers’ experiences in dealing with school violence in Sweden. Threats and violence in Swedish schools increased fivefold between 2013 and 2017, according to Sveriges Television. Statistics from the Work Environment Agency also revealed that school violence and threats have increased. READ MORE

4. 3. The Howl of the Lone Wolf

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Jonna Rolfsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Lone Wolf; Manifesto; Narrative; Targets; Right-wing; Underdog; Ideology; Social System; Social Order; Crisis; Violence; Mass-harm; Replacement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Attacks of mass-harm perpetrated by lone actor terrorists, also known as lone wolves which they are called in this study, have been increasing in the last few decades and has become one of the main national security threats in Sweden. With the increase in attacks, so has the research on this type of terrorism, looking at ideological reasons, target selection and the radicalisation process as well as comparisons to group-based terrorism. READ MORE

5. 4. NOVA: Automated Detection of Violent Threats in Swedish Online Environments

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

   Author : Kevin Lindén; Arvin Moshfegh; [2023]
   Keywords : Violent Threats; BERT; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Automated Text Classification;

   Abstract : Social media and online environments have become an integral part of society, allowing for self-expression, information sharing, and discussions online. However, these platforms are also used to express hate and threats of violence. READ MORE

6. 5. Wake the Sleepwalkers! An Exploratory Analysis of Ontological (In)Security in Czechia and Slovakia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kathryn Rose Dolan; [2023]
   Keywords : Ontological Security; Critical Situations; Biographical Narrative; Czechia; Slovakia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In light of the current situation in the EU, after the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine, Europe is undoubtedly facing a critical situation. This thesis conducts an exploratory analysis of ontological (in)security in Czechia and Slovakia to investigate a region where very few academics have analyzed it from an ontological security perspective. READ MORE