Essays about: "police power"
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1. Credible and knowledgeable Enforcers
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialhögskolanAbstract : In many of Sweden’s major cities, the majority of apartments in the suburbs are managed and owned by municipality-owned public housing companies. A number of these suburbs are defined by the National Operations Branch (NOA) of the Swedish Police as vulnerable or particularly vulnerable. READ MORE
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2. I am ashamed that I reacted rudely to my colleague – my harasser: : A qualitative study of attribution of responsibility for harassment in metoo testimonies from the Swedish police
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för temaAbstract : This master’s thesis studies testimonies gathered by the #nödvärn initiative – the metoo call from2017 by the Swedish police department for their current and former employees, as well as traineesand students. The thesis contributes to filling an existing research gap about sexualharassment/violence from the perspective of the harassed/victim, by analyzing their description oftheir own experiences and how they attribute responsibility for the harassment. READ MORE
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3. Racist Police Practices, Mobilities, and the Production of Urban Space : Power, Resistance, and Subjectification in the City of Malmö
University essay fromAbstract : This study aims to explore the relationship between racist police practices and the production of space in the city of Malmö, Sweden. Acknowledging the systemic inequalities inherent in Nordic welfarism and how past Swedish colonialist efforts inform such systems, it presupposes that racist police practices should be considered structural rather than dependent on individual actors. READ MORE
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4. Protecting the Self : Reproduction of Chinese Collective Memory through Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Until the 1980s, the People’s Republic of China was principally opposed to United Nations peacekeeping, understanding the institution to be a thinly veiled excuse for powerful states to intervene in the sovereign affairs of others. However, the meaning the country attributes to peacekeeping has changed drastically since then. READ MORE
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5. Tipping the scales of power: Analysing hybrid security governance in Cape Town
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : When police and state services fail to provide security, other actors often take on the role of making their communities safer. By exploring the different constellations of actors providing security, this thesis seeks to understand the variation of urban violence on a local level. READ MORE