Essays about: "collective action"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 342 essays containing the words collective action.

1. 21. "We are not leaving." Tunisian civil society organisations in the context of democratic backsliding.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Linnea Bernö; [2023]
   Keywords : democratic backsliding; civil society; civil society organisations; Tunisia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Recent decades have seen the emergence of a global trend of democratic backsliding, in which authoritarianism is gaining traction, leading to a weakening of democratic practices, institutions, governance, and norms. Interestingly, this trend is noticeable in Tunisia, which just over a decade ago experienced a political revolution and began a democratisation process in which civil society played a central role. READ MORE

3. 22. In search of a posture of peace : Exploring the humanitarian response to nuclear weapons

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Tijmen Hoekstra; [2023]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Action; Nuclear Weapons; Disaster; Prevention; Posture of Peace; War; Security;

   Abstract : Nuclear weapons pose a threat to humanity and a disaster waiting to happen; should tragedy occur the humanitarian sector will undoubtedly be among the first to respond to the needs of the victims. The scale and scope of a nuclear disaster is bound to be far beyond the capability and capacity of states to adequately address, let alone humanitarian organizations. READ MORE

4. 23. Destruction or Protection? A discursive institutionalist study of the ideas behind the different responses to the Minimum wage directive in Sweden and Finland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Niklas Hjelm; [2023]
   Keywords : Sweden; Finland; Minimum wage directive; Discursive institutionalism; ideas; discourse; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study seeks to understand and explain why Sweden and Finland voted differently in the Council of the European Union on the proposal of a minimum wage directive. The two countries share a labor market system, based in collective bargaining and important roles for trade unions and employer organizations, without a legally set minimum wage. READ MORE

5. 24. “If Men Acted Like Women Do, There Would Be Riots in the Streets” : Personalized and Collective Action Framing in the Incelopshere

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ebba Wallin Eriksson; [2023]
   Keywords : Incels; Online movement; Contentious action networks; Frame analysis; Connective action; Antifeminism;

   Abstract : In recent years, several high-profile acts of violence linked to the virtual incelosphere have sparked public concern and scholarly interest. Yet, scant attention has been paid to whether these perpetrators can be understood as lone-wolf attackers or as members of a collective. READ MORE

6. 25. The Mobilization of Civil Disobedience : A qualitative content analysis of the collective action framing of the civil disobedience movement Återställ våtmarker

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Ellinor Röjne; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental movement; Collective action; Core framing tasks; Emotions; Social media; Civil disobedience; civil olydnad; social rörelse; miljörörelse; sociala medier;

   Abstract : The study “The Mobilization of Civil Disobedience” intends to shed light on how environmental movements frame climate change issues, present solutions and mobilize climate action through their communication on the social media platform Instagram. This study will examine the case of Återställ våtmarker (Restore wetlands), a Swedish movement known for its civil disobedience protests. READ MORE