Essays about: "social protest"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 119 essays containing the words social protest.

  1. 16. Mobilising environmentalists : A qualitative study of Swedish environmental social movements online

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Sociologi

    Author : Shawn Hedbom; [2022]
    Keywords : sociologi; sociology; collective identity; online; micro blog; netnografi; netnography; etnografi; ethnography; kvalitativ; qualitative;

    Abstract : Many studies on social movements aim to understand a moment on an international level. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the Swedish environmental movement and the collective identity that can be found in these movements. In an effort to do this, the study aimed to answer research questions. READ MORE

  3. 17. Political apathy in Japan: A study on how Japanese political parties address youth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Axel Bergman Engman; [2022]
    Keywords : Japan; Youth; Election; Political participation; Political apathy; Voter turnout; Discourse analysis; Discourse theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Political participation among Japanese youth has been on a steady decline since the peak of the major activist and protest movements of the 60s and 70s. Legislation, restrictions, and social realities have also contributed to the strained relationship between youth and politics. READ MORE

  4. 18. “Be a man”: Working with Masculinities as a Strategy to Prevent Gender-Based Violence in Bolivia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Victoria Morén; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how social constructions of masculinities are connected to the high prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Bolivian context. Moreover, the thesis aimed to uncover why a growing number of organizations in Bolivia have chosen to incorporate a “masculinity approach” in their GBV interventions, and to analyse the challenges and opportunities presented by this work. READ MORE

  5. 19. disorder, defiance & disobedience : negotiating the city through the confrontations of graffiti—tools for reimagining our rights within the built environment

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Sahlberg Ellen; [2022]
    Keywords : the built environment; anarchist architecture; graffiti; disorder in the built environment; critical architectural theory; critical urban studies; experimental spatial design; the right to the city; space and politics;

    Abstract : Architects imagine and reimagine utopia. It is a role with the task to produce cities that are liveable, beautiful, functional, flexible and inclusive. Spaces made for and together with people, and places that meet their needs and dreams. READ MORE

  6. 20. Police violence and the state: The negotiation of the boundaries between legitimated and illegitimate police violence in the context of the gilets jaunes protests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Merle Emrich; [2022]
    Keywords : police violence; protest movements; protest policing; gilets jaunes; loi anticasseurs; loi sécurité globale; France; Walter Benjamin; Hannah Arendt; discourse; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The French gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protest movement, sparked by a planned carbon fuel tax in 2018 is marked by numerous injuries and mutilations of protesters by police, and characterised by a shift towards a more confrontational protest policing strategy. Viewing protest policing and police violence as interlinked with political processes, this thesis explores the question of how the boundaries between sanctioned and unsanctioned police violence are (re-)negotiated in the intersections of law (enforcement) and politics in the specific context of the gilets jaunes movement. READ MORE