Essays about: "civil resistance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 70 essays containing the words civil resistance.

1. 11. Necesitamos vivas a nuestras hijas [We need our daughters alive]: Tensions to the functioning of the human rights mechanism of AVGM - the role of civil society and impact of societal accountability in its activation - in the state of Ciudad de México

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Amanda Jäverfelt; [2022-01-21]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This study explores critical perspectives on the functioning of the mechanism of Alerta de Violencia de Género Contra Las Mujeres, a legal-institutional mechanism on the prevention and elimination of feminicidal violence in México. The study uses a case study of the Mexican state of Ciudad de México, and explores the functioning of the mechanism in relation to societal accountability, and rights consciousness as a means for participation. READ MORE

3. 12. Are Pious Protesters Powerful? : A quantitative analysis assessing the effect of religious support on the success of unarmed civil resistance campaigns

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

   Author : Utami Sandyarani; [2022]
   Keywords : nonviolent campaigns; protest; unarmed civil resistance; unarmed civil insurrection; civil disobedience; religion; religious institution; religious actors; mobilising structure; resilience; large-N study;

   Abstract : There is an ample body of literature which seek to investigate the role of religion in armed conflict. Yet, the role of religion in unarmed civil resistance has not received an equal amount of scholarly attention. READ MORE

4. 13. Order in disorder? : The role of information communication technology on disorganised violence within civil resistance movements

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

   Author : Forogh Akbari; [2022]
   Keywords : Nonviolence; civil resistance; information technology; protests;

   Abstract : Nonviolent movements have been noted as one of the most successful forms of civil resistance. Thus, it is important for dissidents to maintain their nonviolent discipline to ensure their success. However, as communication technologies become cheaper and more accessible it is important to study how it can affect civil resistance movements. READ MORE

5. 14. Resisting Corporations : Violent and Nonviolent Conflict in the context of Natural Resource Extraction

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

   Author : Jakob Faller; [2022]
   Keywords : civil resistance; nonviolent resistance; violent resistance; natural resource extraction; oil; multination corporations; MOSOP; MEND; U’wa; ELN;

   Abstract : Corporations in the resource extraction industry are frequently criticized and their operations opposed by local communities demanding more benefits, compensation for negative consecuences or oppose resource extraction altogether. Research has focused extensively on nonviolent and violent resistance campaigns that target state and quasi-state actors attempting regime change or self-determination. READ MORE

6. 15. THE REVOLUTION WILL (NOT) BE NEGOTIATED : CIVIL RESISTANCE AND NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES

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

   Author : Theodora Benesch; [2022]
   Keywords : nonviolent campaign; civil resistance movement; negotiation; organisational capacity; Algeria; Sudan;

   Abstract : 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