Essays about: "iran power"

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1. 1. IS THE SEED OF REVOLUTION REPRESSION? A quantitative study of the relationship between government repression and anti-government mass mobilization

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emma Albertsson; [2024-03-25]
   Keywords : Government repression; Anti-government mass mobilization; Authoritarian regimes; Protests;

   Abstract : Throughout history, authoritarian regimes have used repression to avoid the opposition to flourish and to retain power. However, in the case of the protests for Mahsa Amini against the regime in Iran, it has been demonstrated that government repression instead, can be positively associated with anti-government mass mobilization. READ MORE

3. 2. Is there a proper way to combat corruption? : A comparison of the anti-corruption strategies of Iran, Thailand, Denmark, and Singapore

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Solsaga Johansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Corruption; Anti-corruption strategies; Singapore; Denmark; Iran; Thailand;

   Abstract : Corruption exists in all societies, and often takes place behind closed doors. Corruption can take many different forms, such as when public employees demand or accept payment or favours in exchange for their services, when politicians misuse public funds or give public contracts or jobs to their friends, family, or sponsors, or when businesses bribe officials to secure advantageous agreements (Transparency, n. READ MORE

4. 3. Hurtful Augenblick: Affect’s Doing in a Series of Instagram Stories of Resistance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Samaneh Mohseni Hosseinabadi; [2022]
   Keywords : affect theories; photographic image; embodied simulation; Iran; social media; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the affective qualities in a set of Instagram stories juxtaposing photos of the pre- and after 1979 Iranian revolution protests. It poses the central question: ‘How can the power of photographic images in an era of social media be elucidated based on theories of affect?’ By asking this, another subsequent question arises: ‘How is an affective reading of a type of material of mixed and complex nature formulated?’ These two questions shape the structure of this thesis. READ MORE

5. 4. Smart Power in Iran’s Foreign Policy Towards Arab National Security in the Middle East 2003-2015 : Case Studies of Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ali Al Mohammad; [2022]
   Keywords : Smart Power; Foreign Policy; Arab National Security; Islamic Republic of Iran; Iraq; Yemen; Lebanon;

   Abstract : The theme of this research is smart power in Iran’s foreign policy toward Arab national security in the Middle East [Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen]. This important and influential topic was explained and analyzed on the regional and international political scene. READ MORE

6. 5. The Strategic Use of Hard and Soft Power

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Razan Al-Shammari; [2022]
   Keywords : Iranian state influence; Iran; pro-government militias PGMs ; Popular Mobilization Forces PMF ; Iraq; repression; repressive violence; soft power; hard power.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis will research the Iranian state influence on repression in Iraq. In particular, it is a case study that will explore the Iranian state influence, in the form of ideological and financial influence, on pro-government militias in Iraq between 2014 and 2020. READ MORE