Essays about: "mass mobilization"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the words mass mobilization.

  1. 11. One felon, no vote: The role of racial threat in felon disenfranchisement laws across the United States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Klara Fredriksson; [2017]
    Keywords : Felon disenfranchisement; Group threat theory; Voting rights; Racial resentment; Criminal justice; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis looks at the role played by racial threat mechanisms in the persistence of felon disenfranchisement laws across the 50 American states. The US has a long history of disenfranchising its felons, and the motivations behind implementation of these laws has been mixed. READ MORE

  3. 12. Agenda-setting of the truth behind the pineapple production in Costa Rica: A Minor Field Study of the communication strategies of a rural opposition movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Johanna Niva; [2016]
    Keywords : Social movement; online mobilization; strategic communication; ICT; C4D; ICT4D; Pineapple industry; Costa Rica; environmental issues; Agenda Setting.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is a result of a Minor field study, which was carried out in Costa Rica during two months between March 25th and May 27th in 2014. The field study was financed by a scholarship from SIDA (The Swedish international development cooperation Agency). READ MORE

  4. 13. The Gezi Protest : A study of different processes behind the mass mobilization

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Kent Asterlund; [2014]
    Keywords : the Gezi Protest; collective action; social media; group dynamics; collaboration processes; organization;

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  5. 14. Preparing for the Roll-Out of Electric Vehicles: Exploring how cities can become plug-in ready

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Jonas Sonnenschein; [2010]
    Keywords : sustainable transport; electric cars; Malmö; Aachen; Denver; electric vehicles; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The mass production of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) is expected to start in the coming years. Climate change, peak oil and the automotive and economic crisis have put a significant pressure on the current transportation regime. READ MORE

  6. 15. One Man - One Desire - A Study of the Reasons of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and its Mobilization Process

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Saam Beik; [2008]
    Keywords : Iran; Iranian Revolution ; Ayatollah Khomeini ; Mobilization; Revolutions; Contentious Politics ; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Iran, a country generally seen as abusing the laws of human rights in favour of the Islamic laws and where women is being punished if not wearing headscarves in public. However, the great opposition against this country's laws is probably not aware of the revolution in 1979 that formed the contemporary society of Iran. READ MORE