Essays about: "military coups"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words military coups.

  1. 1. The West African Coup Trap : A qualitative case study of military coups d'état in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Guinea

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Joy Hansen; [2024]
    Keywords : Coup d état; Mali; Niger; Burkina Faso; Guinea; External impact; Climate change; Political instability; France; Russia;

    Abstract : Africa is the continent having the most coups d'état. From 2020 to 2022, there were six coups and three coup attempts on the continent. This study aims to investigate the causes of these coups d'état in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Guinea, four former French colonies in West Africa. READ MORE

  3. 2. Conspiracy theories in cyberspace

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Damir Zizic; [2023]
    Keywords : Conspiracy theories; QAnon; disinformation; social media; cyber warfare;

    Abstract : The introduction of social media platforms influenced the social dynamics by changing the way individuals are exposed to information. The straightforwardness of social media communication resulted in an overwhelming amount of information for users, and the variety of sources of the information is limiting users’ ability to assess what information is genuine and what is disinformation. READ MORE

  4. 3. ''You may exile the journalist, but you can not exile journalism" : a case study of exiled journalists from Turkey living in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Irem Cörekci; [2023]
    Keywords : exile journalism; diaspora; diasporic ambivalences; identity; freedom of expression; censorship; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Turkey, the country of failed and "successful" military coups, experienced the latest coup attempt on July 15, 2016, in which it is still unclear how, why, and by whom it originated. However, after this critical event, Turkish media and critical journalists were subjected to very strict censorship and repression. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Re-emergence of Military Coups in Africa : An Analysis of the African Union Response to the Unconstitutional Change of Government in Chad in 2021

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

    Author : Mamadou Jawo; [2022]
    Keywords : Chad; Suspend; Sanction; Intervention; Constitutive act; Pragmatism; Principle;

    Abstract : In April 2021, the military in Chad seized power upon the death of its President Idriss Deby whiles in the field fighting the rebel group Fighters of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT). By the end of 2021, soldiers had toppled elected governments in Mali, Guinea Conakry, and Sudan. READ MORE

  6. 5. The new wave of takeovers occurring in democracies

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sara Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : The third wave of autocratization; Coup d’état; democracies;

    Abstract : Democracies worldwide are facing a third wave of autocratization, in which a new model tactic has emerged to end democracies. During previous waves coup d’état have been the main reason why democracies breakdown. READ MORE