Essays about: "violent campaign"

Found 4 essays containing the words violent campaign.

  1. 1. Campaigning With (Non)Violence : A quantitative study on the effect of regime on tactic type in unconventional politics

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

    Author : Anna Svedin; [2020]
    Keywords : campaign; violent campaign; nonviolent campaign; regime type; political opportunity structure;

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  3. 2. When Ethnics Rebel Nonviolently : Evaluating Opportunities for Civil Resistance in Ethno-Exclusive Regimes

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

    Author : Micaela Wannefors; [2020]
    Keywords : nonviolence; civil resistance; ethnic conflict; qualitative comparative analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to understand which opportunities make excluded ethnic groups use nonviolence. The research question is: Under which conditions do politically-excluded ethnic groups initiate nonviolent resistance rather than violent resistance? The study challenges an existing assumption that ethnic exclusion creates opportunities for violence and hinders nonviolence, by exploring if constraints to violence favor nonviolence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Understanding state repression in the light of gender equality : Exploring under which conditions states use violent repression toward violent and nonviolent dissent

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

    Author : Jenny Larsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Gender equality; repression; dissent;

    Abstract : States respond to dissent with repressive means to stay in power. However, there are observed variations in how violently this repressive behavior actually is. READ MORE

  5. 4. Arbitrary Power and the Weakening of the Rule of Law in Duterte's War on Drugs: a qualitative interview study with members of the Filipino Human Rights Community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Nadine Flatt; [2018]
    Keywords : War on Drugs; Philippines; rule of law; rule of men; arbitrary power; extrajudicial killings; Skype interviews; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rodrigo Roa Duterte was elected president of the Philippines in 2016. He launched a violent War on Drugs only one day after his assumption of the presidency. In his inaugural speech, Duterte described his adherence to the rule of law as uncompromising. READ MORE