Essays about: "referent power"

Found 5 essays containing the words referent power.

  1. 1. Motives behind securitization : -a study on the securitization of terrorism

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Anders Vallin; [2020]
    Keywords : Securitization; motive; referent object; terrorism; USA; EU; World Health Organization; WHO;

    Abstract : Since securitization processes are agued to be able to create excessive power to actors, there are arguments that claim that securitization is a negative process. By combining aspects of the original securitization theory with Juha Vuoir’s theory of illocutionary force, this thesis makes an attempt at finding what different actors claimed was threatened in their respective securitization of the issue terrorism. READ MORE

  3. 2. Resilience as Governmentality: The DFID's Discourse of Resilience as a New Field of Power

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fadi Daouk; [2014]
    Keywords : resilience-discourse; the DFID; risk-management; liberal governmentality; bio-power.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the relation between resilience as a discourse and governmentality. Drawing on theory by Foucault, a comparison and application of liberal governmentality will be made with contemporary resilience policy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Securitizing Libya: The securitizing aspects of UN:s and NATO:s justification of Operation Unified Protector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Christian Norelius; [2014]
    Keywords : Securitization; Referent Object; Securitizing Actor; Securitizing Speech Act; Military Intervention; Libya; UNSC; NATO; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : One of the toughest challenges for the international community is to justify military interventions in sovereign states. Echoing in terms of post-colonialism, underlying interest and power domination, military interventions must be argued for and legitimized in order to gain support from both public and institutional opinion. READ MORE

  5. 4. Authentic Authority: The Heart of Effective Teaching

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen (LUT)

    Author : Kristina Nordahl; [2009]
    Keywords : effective teaching; classroom management; referent power; expert power; on-task learning;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis paper is to explore the elements of effective teaching. The main research questions that are dealt with regard how teachers can establish themselves as authentic authorities in the classroom and what strategies are conducive to effective teaching. READ MORE

  6. 5. Dispatch modelling of a regional power generation system : Integrating intermittent generation

    University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Lisa Edqvist; [2006]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The climate change issue has raised the interest for renewable energy technologies, amongst which wind power is the fastest growing. The introduction of wind power to a power system implies intermittency on the production side. READ MORE