Essays about: "social movement to political party"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words social movement to political party.

  1. 1. “Freedom not Fear, truckers not Trudeau” : Antagonism as Populism: Against the Liberal Consensus in Canada

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Mattias Törnell; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis is investigating the rise of populism in Canada, and how the Freedom Convoy 2022 changed the political landscape allowing for populism to be mainstreamed. Populism as a political force is reshaping liberal democracies, and by analysing how populism as a counter movement against the liberal hegemony is constructed, this thesis, while focused on Canada, will show how societal polarization and the construction of political frontiers is expanding the populist zeitgeist. READ MORE

  3. 2. Far Right Populism Beyond Borders and Party Politics : The German Identitarian Movement and its Transnational Advocacy Network

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Hannah Katinka Beck Beck; [2022]
    Keywords : Populism; Transnational Advocacy Network; Far Right Mobilization; Populist Social Movements;

    Abstract : In 2017, the far right populist, transnational movement “Generation Identity” (GI) embarked on an activist “mission” in the Mediterranean Sea to stop non-European migrants from reaching the European continent. This paper presents a study of how GI was able to do so, analysing the empowering network of support that evolved during the movement’s “Defend Europe” campaign. READ MORE

  4. 3. Where Boundaries are Drawn

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Ian-Sebastian Winther; [2022]
    Keywords : Social anthropology; collective identity; performance; politics; communism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this paper I will be analyzing a Scottish political party and their collective identity. This includes the party’s history and how their collective identity is created by drawing boundaries, as well as showing solidarity. I will be using an anthropological approach and anthropological theory to help define their collective identity. READ MORE

  5. 4. When Activism Meets Party Politics : How the Movement Party Volt Europa Attempts to Strengthen European Democracy: A Case Study Analysis

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Franziska Fink; [2022]
    Keywords : European Union; Democracy; Social Movements; Movement Parties;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the movement party Volt Europa attempts to strengthen European democracy. Using the theory-generating approach of grounded theory, a case study analysis is conducted to assess the prospects of Volt Europa's attempt. READ MORE

  6. 5. Be better than nationalism: overcoming economic inequality for international solidarity. Using social movement theory to deconstruct the cultural ideology of the Alternative for Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Lisa Neidl; [2021]
    Keywords : Economic Inequality; International Solidarity; Social Movement Theory; Sustainability Science; Alternative for Germany AfD ; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis advocates for the evaluation of current sociopolitical conflicts through the lens of social movement theory, as a decisive path to deconstruct the premises of the German right-wing party Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD). The party is conceptualized as an institutionalized social movement, which is insufficiently answering public material grievances caused by economic inequality with the cultural response of nationalistic solidarity. READ MORE