Essays about: "protest technology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words protest technology.

1. 1. The Promise of a Green Revolution : Conceptions of climate change and sustainability in local movements objecting to mining establishment

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Caroline Reinhammar; [2023]
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   Abstract : This study explores how vernacular understandings of climate change and sustainability are formed in relation to local disputes concerning mineral exploration. In a search for a solution to climate change, the interest in rare earth elements (REEs), and other metals used in green technology has resulted in granting mining companies processing concessions in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. 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. 3. Non-violent resistance movements in the light of digital repression

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

   Author : Anna Plaudina; [2022]
   Keywords : repression; digital repression; backfire effect; censorship; Belarus; digital revolution; mobilization; ICT; Telegram revolution;

   Abstract : Over the past decade, the success rate of non-violent resistance movements has decreased. With the development of information and communication technology (ICT), governments have taken repression into the digital realm to tamper with protest movements. READ MORE

5. 4. Digital Repression: Backlash or Deterrence of Dissent? : A quantitative analysis of the Middle East and North Africa region during 2000-2020

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

   Author : Perla Toubia; [2022]
   Keywords : MENA; state repression; digital repression; cyber regulation; dissent; mass mobilization; protest; information and communication technology ICT ; repression-dissent puzzle; backlash; deterrence;

   Abstract : Digital Repression: Backlash or Deterrence of Dissent? is a quantitative analysis of the MENA region between the years 2000 and 2020. By distinguishing, theoretically as well as empirically, between nonphysical and physical aspects of state repression, this study aims to fill an identified research gap and contribute to the literature on the repression-dissent puzzle. READ MORE

6. 5. The double-edged sword? A quantitative analysis of authoritarian stability in the digital context.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Daniel Pakzad Kasra; [2021-03-31]
   Keywords : Authoritarian stability; Modern Information and Communication technologies ICTs ; Repression;

   Abstract : Ever since its introduction the relationship between the modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) and authoritarian stability has been a topic of discussion. We have witnessed how the tools these technologies brought with them have been used to mobilize protest and topple dictators, at the same time we are seeing how authoritarian leaders use the technologies for the benefit of their own through enhancing surveillance and propaganda efforts. READ MORE