Essays about: "state repression"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 54 essays containing the words state repression.

  1. 6. Abortion Rights in Poland: EU and Oppositional Groups vs Law & Justice and the Socialization of Human Rights

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Louise Lundberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Poland; Law Justice; EU; Federa; Abortion;

    Abstract : Abstract: This thesis is investigating the situation regarding abortion in Poland since the conservative party Law & Justice came into power. It does so by applying the theory of socialization of human rights, developed by Risse, Ropp & Sikkink (1999). READ MORE

  3. 7. Social Support and Repression: An Exploration of the Governing of Social Problems in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Bengtsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Governing; Repressive and Social Measures; Desistance; Social Problems; Wacquant; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There is a great belief in the use of repression and increased state control to combat social problems, particularly crime, in current Swedish crime policies, visible through the 34-points program in which most points are aimed at longer penalties and increased state authority. At the same time, the government claims the need for promotion of desistance. READ MORE

  4. 8. Defending the Defenders: International Protection for Local Human Rights Defenders in the Global South

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Timothy Lincoln Reeves Jr; [2022]
    Keywords : Human Rights Defenders Global South International Regional Human Rights Systems Attacks violations Protection; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Local human rights defenders play a significant role in the realization and enjoyment of human rights. Working alone or in association with others, they peacefully advocate for and promote fundamental freedoms and human rights for themselves and for their fellow citizens. READ MORE

  5. 9. When Hybrid Autocratic Regimes Abuse the “Constitutional State of Emergency” : Repression Towards Social Movements

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

    Author : Afaf Doleeb; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Movement; Constitutional State of Emergency “CSoE”; hybrid regime; Political Collective Action “PCA”; threat; repression; coercive repression; channeling repression; and process tracing;

    Abstract : Global awareness of governments’ abuse of the Constitutional State of Emergency “CSoE” took place after the COVID-19 pandemic, although it is not a new phenomenon and is widely used, especially by hybrid autocratic regimes. However, few studies have studied its impact on social movements’ Political Collective Action “PCA” and were limited to the analysis of single deviant cases. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Strategic Use of Hard and Soft Power

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Razan Al-Shammari; [2022]
    Keywords : Iranian state influence; Iran; pro-government militias PGMs ; Popular Mobilization Forces PMF ; Iraq; repression; repressive violence; soft power; hard power.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis will research the Iranian state influence on repression in Iraq. In particular, it is a case study that will explore the Iranian state influence, in the form of ideological and financial influence, on pro-government militias in Iraq between 2014 and 2020. READ MORE