Essays about: "explanatory power"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 372 essays containing the words explanatory power.

  1. 1. Prevalent Discord. Exploring and estimating the prevalence of the type of user disagreement on news media Facebook posts discussing the Colombian peace process (2020-2022)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Luis Felipe Villota Macias; [2024]
    Keywords : Agonistic peace; antagonism; big data analytics; binary logistic regression; computational content analysis; Colombia; Colombian peace process; discord; Facebook; machine learning; peace process; public opinion and sentiment; social media; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is dedicated to exploring and understanding public reactions within negotiated peace settlements based on social media data. Concretely, to modeling public opinion and sentiment within the context of the Colombian peace process using a curated dataset of N= ~1. READ MORE

  3. 2. Class and Nonideal Social Ontology : Social Power, Hegemony, and the War of Positions

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Gustav Hedlund; [2024]
    Keywords : class; nonideal; social; ontology; Marx; Gramsci; Burman; economic; institution; structure; Haslanger;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to elaborate the analysis of economic class within Burman’s  ontological framework. To alleviate some shortcomings of Burman’s framework, I will make  use of concepts presented by Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci. READ MORE

  4. 3. Chinese Expansionism : A case study on the Chinese expansionist initiative in the South China Sea during the last decade

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Måns Nilsson; [2024]
    Keywords : The South China Sea; Realism; Balance of Power; Regional Hegemony and Elements of National Power.;

    Abstract : The Asian renaissance in the twentieth first century, constituted by astronomical economic growth combined with the ambitious and authoritarian leadership of Xi Jinping's reign, has led China in the direction of proactive international policies. The South China Sea is one of the major arenas where such policies are taking place. READ MORE

  5. 4. Galli Non Grata in Mali? Explaining why France left Mali in August 2022

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Julyan Paillard Borg; [2024]
    Keywords : Sahel; Mali; France; Russia; Operation Barkhane; Task Force Takuba; Coup d’État; transition; jihadist; civil-military relations.;

    Abstract : Based on the understanding that Mali and Russia will be unable to contain the jihadist security threat in Mali, this paper explains why France withdrew from Mali in 2022 and why the latter intensified its cooperation with Russia. Existing literature points to operational obstacles and grievances directed towards France’s presence in Mali, however, it falls short of explaining whether these are explanatory for France’s withdrawal, or why France wouldn’t have left earlier considering these hurdles. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Malin Ridström; [2024]
    Keywords : the Arctic; Russia; China; the United States; great power behaviour; offensive realism; defensive realism; power transition theory; grand strategy; qualitative content analysis; Arctic exceptionalism;

    Abstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE