Essays about: "transnational activism"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words transnational activism.
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6. Connectivity in Action: Activist Comments as Evidence of a Pan-European Public Sphere on Social Media. A Case Study of the European Commission’s Instagram Page
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : The features of social media platforms not only enable the communication between citizens and political actors or institutions, in the form of comments, but also help in magnifying citizens’ voices and opinions and facilitating mass mobilization or political protests. The European Union institutions seem to understand the capacity of social media as a locus for citizen engagement, be it activism or deliberation, and have thus developed a strong presence across platforms. READ MORE
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7. How do left anti-systemic groups in the European Union meet the challenges of a changing transnational political system?
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This paper aims to research how left anti-systemic groups in the European Union meet the challenges a transnational political system creates for them. System critical movements have existed for a long time, but in times of an increasingly transnational multi-level polity it is important to consider how system criticism changes. READ MORE
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8. Transnationalism, an idea of human rights approach to violence against vulnerable groups (case study LGBT communities in Uganda)
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This paper investigates the development of transnational human rights activists’ networks and how they operate and influence LGBTI human rights activist networks in Uganda against violence on the Ugandan LGBTI communities. The case study, employs semi structured interviews to investigate, how transnational networks are used as a mobilization too in promoting LGBTI human rights in Uganda. READ MORE
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9. “I AM DALIT, HOW ARE YOU?”: IDENTITY REPRESENTATIONS IN DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : This thesis looks at the Dalit transnational activism that advocates Dalit human rights. It analyzes the representation of the collective Dalit activists' identity. The primary data (interviews and representational data) was collected during the fieldwork in two organizations, the NCDHR and the IDSN, which are the focus of this thesis. READ MORE
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10. Resettlement of Karen Refugees - the Creation of Karen Transnationalism and its' Limitations: a Minor Field Study May-July 2007
University essay from Lunds universitet/SocialantropologiAbstract : The thesis is investigating creation of Karen transnationality as a result of mass-resettlement of Karen refugees to third countries focusing on transnational identity and political, social and economic activism towards the territory of origin. The methodology used for the purpose of the study is ethnographic fieldwork, field observations, semi-structured interviews and statistical data. READ MORE
