Essays about: "state-society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word state-society.

  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. The roots of Arab Islam as a state identity; A numismatic approach to the emergence of Arab Islam as a public identity in the Near East during the rule of ‘Abd al-Malik (685-705 C.E.)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Amer Sare; [2023]
    Keywords : Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences; Arts and Architecture; History and Archaeology; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : The ideas and interests of how to move forward with the new religion and its new caliphate during the first century of Islam, were often varied and were in conflict. In the year 77 A.H (696-697 C.E. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Empowering the powerless: Investigating the sustainability of climate change adaptation through the lens of empowerment in Char Shakhahati, Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Tahura Farbin; [2019]
    Keywords : Empowerment; collective agency; Climate Change Adaptation; mainstreaming adaptation; Chars; Bangladesh; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate Change Impacts are a major concern for Bangladesh. The country is expected to face an increase of 11% in precipitation, drier winter periods causing droughts, extremely high temperatures, sea level rise changing the dynamics of discharge of water from rivers, etc. intensifying poverty. READ MORE