Essays about: "civil resistance movement"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words civil resistance movement.
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1. “What Else Can We Do?” An examination into sustained anti-authoritarian mobilization in Hong Kong’s Yellow Economic Circle
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Civil liberties and freedoms have diminished globally due to the last decades’ deepened authoritarianism. Concurrently, mobilizations countering this development have decreased. READ MORE
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2. THE REVOLUTION WILL (NOT) BE NEGOTIATED : CIVIL RESISTANCE AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Scholars that study civil resistance mainly focus on factors that explain success or democratisation yet overlook what shapes an important link between the two: negotiations. This study asks why some civil resistance movements enter extensive negotiations with the regime while others do not and argues that the decision to negotiate in nonviolent campaigns is a function of a movement’s organisational capacity. READ MORE
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3. Standing Up While Sitting Down : Researching the foundations of nonviolent civil resistance movements and its effect on democratic transitions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This thesis paper set out to investigate the research puzzle of why some nonviolent conflicts lead to democratisation while others do not, as well as what explains this variation. A time series, cross-case comparison between the Arab Spring revolutions of Tunisia and Egypt was conducted exploring the link between organisational structure of prominent organisations participating in the movement and the success or failure of the countries’ later democratisation efforts. READ MORE
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4. “NONVIOLENCE IS FINE AS LONG AS IT WORKS” : A study of the relationship between civil society and processes of radicalization
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The radicalization literature within the field of social movement research which studies the phenomenon of primarily nonviolent protests becoming primarily violent has mapped a variety of mechanisms that drive or underlie the radicalization of nonviolent resistance. To date, little attention has however been directed at the potential role of civil society influencing the trajectories of protests. READ MORE
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5. 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 konfliktforskningAbstract : 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
