Essays about: "violent resistance"

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  1. 1. We Didn’t Start the Fire… Right? - How external support affects the use of violence in political movements

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

    Author : Hugo Rousselet; [2024]
    Keywords : Nonviolent resistance; external support; civil wars; self-determination movements; foreign support; nonviolent struggle; NAVCO;

    Abstract : Abstract: What explains the use of violence in extra-institutional political campaigns? Domestic groups challenge host states using both nonviolent and violent tactics. While Gandhi’s struggle for India’s independence is perhaps the most famous example of nonviolence, many of today’s bloody civil wars also started out as nonviolent movements. READ MORE

  2. 2. Principals’ and teachers’ experience and strategies in handling student violence in secondary schools: Examples from Sweden.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Hubert Nkongchu Njicha; [2023-08-07]
    Keywords : student violence; violent behaviour; secondary schools; principals; teachers;

    Abstract : This study examines principals’ and teachers’ experiences in dealing with school violence in Sweden. Threats and violence in Swedish schools increased fivefold between 2013 and 2017, according to Sveriges Television. Statistics from the Work Environment Agency also revealed that school violence and threats have increased. READ MORE

  3. 3. Violence, Resistance and the Border Regime: Shedding Light on the Reality at the Patras Settlement : Daily Struggles of People on the Move Through the Eyes of Volunteers

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Alexia Rebeyrolle; [2023]
    Keywords : Migration; Patras; Greece; Legal Limbo; Borderscape; Refugee camp; Volunteering; Borders; Violence;

    Abstract : The securitisation and externalisation of Europe's borders have had devastating consequences for people trying to cross them. As Greece is on the periphery of the European Union, its role in this process and in the journey of people on the move is crucial. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Humanitarian Border – A Paradox? : A Conceptual Analysis of Ambiguities and Contradictions in the Border Regime of the European Union

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

    Author : Gina Linnert; [2023]
    Keywords : Mediterranean Sea; European Union; Humanitarian Border; Humanitarian Borderwork; Borders; Mobility; Conceptual Analysis;

    Abstract : People have been migrating across the Mediterranean Sea between Africa and Europe for thousands of years. Since the 1990s, the Mediterranean has often been the only route for people to reach the EU due to the tightening of the EU border regime. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Diminished Success of Nonviolent Conflicts : A quantitative analysis

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

    Author : Jonas Holmberg; [2022]
    Keywords : nonviolent conflict; nonviolent resistance; nonviolent struggle; success; mobilization; resilience; leverage; NAVCO;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the decline in success of nonviolent conflicts. While nonviolent conflicts are known to have higher efficacy compared to violent conflicts, this disparity has decreased since the 1990s. READ MORE