Essays about: "non-violent"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 46 essays containing the word non-violent.

1. 1. A Camouflaged Weapon : Coercive Engineered Migration against Europe by Armed Nonstate Actors in Libya

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Rebecka Rönnegård; [2024]
   Keywords : armed non-state actors; coercion; foreign policy; Libya; weaponized migration;

   Abstract : In a world witnessing unprecedented levels of forced displacement, the weaponization of migration has emerged as a potent and unexplored tool in the foreign policy arsenals of states and non-state actors. Challenging traditional state-centric perspectives in international relations, this thesis delves into the realm of Coercive Engineered Migration (CEM) employed by armed non-state actors. READ MORE

3. 2. Negotiating Peace: Analyzing Rebel Group Compliance with International Humanitarian Law

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

   Author : Nicole Kouwenhoven; [2024]
   Keywords : rebel compliance; IHL; commitment problem; negotiation; non-violent conflict behavior; international humanitarian law; costly signaling; NPFL; El Salvador; FMLN; Liberia;

   Abstract : The negotiation process of a peace agreement is an uncertain period where adversaries can have a difficult time credibly guaranteeing their commitment to an approaching agreement. However, violence is often ceased before a peace agreement is signed, demonstrating their importance for understanding non-violent and violent behavior by warring actors. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. The Structural Brain Correlates of Psychopathy and Violent Crime

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Zaynab Abas Hashmi; Wilma Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Psychopathy; Antisocial personality disorder; Violent crime; Magnetic resonance imaging;

   Abstract : Psychopathy is a frequently reported personality trait among violent offenders, and psychopaths have a higher rate of recidivism than inmates without psychopathic features. This systematic review aimed to investigate whether structural brain differences, measured with magnetic resonance imaging, are observed in violent offenders with psychopathy compared to violent offenders without psychopathy or healthy non-violent controls. READ MORE

6. 5. Fight the Power : Effect of Post-Election Anti-Government Action upon the Probability of Incumbent Replacement

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

   Author : Robert Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Electoral violence; anti-government; opposition; post-election.;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to answer the research question as to whether post-election antigovernment actions lead to increased probability of incumbent being replaced. The theoretical argument is that the anti-government groups can choose to use violence or non-violence to force the government to give concessions, the ultimate one being replacement of the incumbent. READ MORE