Essays about: "mobilisation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 108 essays containing the word mobilisation.

1. 16. Women, Protest and Democracy:Analysing the Role of Women in Nonviolent Resistance Movements and Democratisation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Maud Kuijpers; [2022]
   Keywords : Nonviolent resistance; women’s participation; democratisation; egalitarian democracy;

   Abstract : This study aims to shed light on the gendered dynamics of nonviolent resistance and democratisation. Illuminating the role that women can play in the democratisation processes can help underline the importance of women's empowerment. READ MORE

3. 17. Order in disorder? : The role of information communication technology on disorganised violence within civil resistance movements

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Forogh Akbari; [2022]
   Keywords : Nonviolence; civil resistance; information technology; protests;

   Abstract : Nonviolent movements have been noted as one of the most successful forms of civil resistance. Thus, it is important for dissidents to maintain their nonviolent discipline to ensure their success. However, as communication technologies become cheaper and more accessible it is important to study how it can affect civil resistance movements. READ MORE

4. 18. Of Legal Mobilisation and Active Citizenship: Examining NGO Litigation in India to Eradicate Manual Scavenging

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Alena Kahle; [2022]
   Keywords : active citizenship; Dalit rights; legal mobilisation; litigation; manual scavenging; neoliberal governance; public interest litigation; sanitation; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : For decades, manual scavengers – people cleaning and engaging with human faeces as part of the sanitation chain, most of whom are Dalits – in India have been protesting against the severe health risks and exploitation associated with their work. Despite the enactment of stricter laws and high-profile court cases and wins, manual scavenging persists rampantly. READ MORE

5. 19. "If they win, we disappear": An interview study of local mining opposition in northwestern Ecuador

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : John Jederlund; [2022]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; Mining; Extractivism; Cultural politics; Ecological imaginary; Development; Social fabric; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : In the contemporary globalised era, social and economic development is being increasingly associated with extractivism. Opening up resource markets to multinational extractive industries is a common strategy used by Latin American states for promoting economic growth and reducing poverty. READ MORE

6. 20. Fostering collective action effectiveness for local rural development : Conceptualizing purposive interaction of social and human capital between decision-makers and project-owners/managers in northern Swedish NUTS-SE33 LEADER-territories

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Erik Oehme; [2022]
   Keywords : CLLD; Effectiveness; LEADER; Rural Development; Social Capital; CLLD; Effektivitet; LEADER; Landsbygdsutveckling; Socialt kapital;

   Abstract : Aiming to contribute to its collective action in informing about the problem of an organisation-internal weak and amorphous interaction-gap and its recommended solution, this thesis utilises the discussion and conceptualisations of territorial, human and social capital to derive an analytical insight into roles, relations and interactions within a Local Action Group (LAG) and LEADER. The European rural and local development methodology is studied with abductive and deductive research strategies, making use of a NUTS-SE33 case-study, extensive questionnaire and document analytical methods. READ MORE