Essays about: "state-society relations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words state-society relations.

  1. 1. China’s Crisis Governance and Evolving State-Society Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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

    Author : Ning Ao; [2023]
    Keywords : China; zero-COVID policy; state-society relations; civil rights; interest alignment; evolutionary governance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Existing studies on China’s COVID-19 response have gravitated to a macro-level, formal institutional analysis, focusing either on the effectiveness of the policy in early-stage virus containment or on the growing negative impacts of COVID policy practices on China’s socio-political landscape at the late stage. Using serial interviews accompanied by online observations and documents, this thesis redirects its attention to the micro-level, individual response to China’s crisis governance and COVID policy practices. READ MORE

  3. 2. Multifinality in Ontological Security Theory : A Methodological Framework

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Frida Lampinen; [2023]
    Keywords : Ontological security; OST; Multifinality; China;

    Abstract : This thesis problematizes the incomplete understanding of multifinality in ontological security theory. The literature suggests two different interpretations of OST, but the relationship between these has so far received insufficient attention. READ MORE

  4. 3. Political Order and Disorder in Weak States : Comparing Explanations of State Failure and non-Failure in two West African and two Central Asian States

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Samuel Horgby; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : States that lack complete control of peripheral regions might be qualified as weak, and previous research suggests that they face an increased risk of state failure. Yet, in the periphery of many states, authority is shared by the government and non-state actors. READ MORE

  5. 4. Inducing Cosmopolitan Dialogue in the 21st Century: The Role of Web 2.0, Ideals and Practices of the New Public Diplomacy In the Case of the U.S. Mission to Denmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Airlangga Soediono; [2013]
    Keywords : the new public diplomacy; the public sphere; cosmopolitan citizenship; participation; architecture of the web 2.0; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In carrying out foreign policy in the 21st century, it is indispensable for a global force such as the United States to focus on decisions made by the civil society. Particularly, by implementing foreign policy that balances between hard power and soft power diplomacy, the practices of the new public diplomacy enable nation-states to interact with the public culturally and personally by encouraging and facilitating participation in the global dialogue. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Role of the State in Development: A Case Study of Food Security and Vulnerability among Beneficiaries of India's Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Louise Lykke Hvam; [2013]
    Keywords : State Intervention; State-society Synergy; Vulnerability; Food Security; TPDS; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses the role for states and centralised government policies in development intervention. The topic is explored through a case study of India’s Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), a large-scale government intervention to enhance food security among India’s poorest households. READ MORE