Essays about: "non-violent civil disobedience"

Found 2 essays containing the words non-violent civil disobedience.

1. 1. Environmental Activism- a Threatening Outside? A Discourse Analysis of a Non-violent Civil Disobedience Protest in Stockholm, Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Kandra Wahlgren Eales; [2023-11-08]
   Keywords : securitisation; discourse analysis; non-violent civil disobedience; poststructuralism; hegemony; deliberative democracy; neoliberalism;

   Abstract : This study examines the identity construction of environmental activists in discourse following a political protest in Stockholm, Sweden. More specifically it aims to understand how environmental activists have been subjected to securitisation, and what underlying ideology supports this perception. READ MORE

3. 2. The Recipe for Engagement in a Direct-Action Climate Movement for the Future of Humanity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Elisabet Dahlstrand; [2020]
   Keywords : Extinction Rebellion; Motivation; Social Movements; Climate Activism; Climate Justice; Climate Emergency; Civil Disobedience; Collective Action; Emotions; Social Identity; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate scientists have sounded the alarm for decades, making increasingly frightening predictions about the coming effects of climate change, yet world leaders have largely failed to address the climate change crisis. As the real time effects of climate change are starting to be felt around the world, citizen activists are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, adding pressure on governments to act swiftly and forcefully. READ MORE