Essays about: "left-wing extremism"

Found 4 essays containing the words left-wing extremism.

  1. 1. Terrorist Threats in Scandinavia: A comparative study of the most significant terrorist threats in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway between 2001-2022

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ulrikke Dyrholm; [2023]
    Keywords : Terrorist threats; intelligence agencies; Scandinavia; securitization theory; threat assessment; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Scandinavian countries have neither been a focus area in terrorism nor intelligence studies, even though the Scandinavian intelligence agencies perceive the terrorist threats as rather present in their countries. This thesis aims to examine the similarities and differences within the assessment of the most significant terrorist threats in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway between 2001-2022 based on the threat assessment reports published by the Scandinavian intelligence agencies. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Securitization of Extremism Threats in the Swedish Government : What Actual Significance does the Alleged Identification and Classification of a Security Threat have for Swedish National Security?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Mathilda Marklund; [2022]
    Keywords : School attacks; violence-promoting extremism; Islamist extremism; right-wing extremism; left-wing extremism; lone-actor of extremism.; Skolskjutningar; skolattacker; våldsbejakande extremism; våldsbejakande islamism; högerextremism; vänsterextremism; ensamagerande våldsverkare;

    Abstract : The new phenomena of “school attacks” has emerged in Sweden since 2015. Between 2015 and today (2022), Sweden has been a subject of four “school attacks”, whereas three of these attacks have occurred within a period of seven months. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Conquest of YouTube: Counter-Ideological Strategies In A New Digital Left

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Noah Saarela; [2020]
    Keywords : LeftTube; Online activism; Right and Left Politics ; Feminism; Gender; Onlineaktivism; Höger och Vänster Politik ; Genus; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the last few years, the user-generated video-sharing online platform YouTube has been recognized by the academia as well as mainstream media as an arena for predominately rightwing political content, and radicalizing far-right extremism in particular. This thesis introduces and explores the construction of a new digital left in the left-wing phenomenon LeftTube on YouTube. READ MORE

  5. 4. Countering pro-violent extremism – compromising contentious political engagement : a critical discourse analysis of the Swedish counter extremism initiative and its impact upon local political practices and contentious left wing political engagement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Rebecca Asmundsson Fristedt; [2017]
    Keywords : CDA; Pro-violent extremism; Antagonism; Counter-democratic civic culture; Power; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis builds upon a critical discourse analysis and ethnographic methods such as interviews and participatory observation, in an effort to contribute with original research about how the Swedish counter radicalization project discursively constructs political engagement as “pro-violent” and “anti-democratic”, and how these constructions impacts local political practices. The analysis reveals contradicting discourses within the core concepts used by the preventative project, and that these have various forms impacts within a variety of dimensions. READ MORE