Essays about: "war on drugs"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words war on drugs.

1. 6. Coping with a war on drugs : Bachelor Thesis

   University essay from Institutionen för socialvetenskap

   Author : Arman Ahmadzadeh; Hannes Rytkönen; [2018]
   Keywords : War on drugs; Stigma; Labeling; Coping;

   Abstract : After the 2016 election of president Duterte, the Philippines have been actively fighting a war on drugs inside their own country according to the new policies developed by the newly chosen regime. These policies have led to the several thousands of dead in police operations which are by many called out as extrajudicial executions. READ MORE

3. 7. 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

4. 8. The Drug Free Society: Drug Politics as a Field of Struggles : A Discourse Analysis of the Drug Politics Debate in Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Nyheter, 1992-2018.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Daniela Trocilo Tavares Genovez; [2017]
   Keywords : Drug Politics; Discourse; Sweden; Field; Bourdieu; Foucault;

   Abstract : New ways to deal with the drug problem seems to be emerging in western countries. Sweden, however, holds on to its strict zero-tolerance approach. READ MORE

5. 9. Canadian mega-mining in Central Mexico: Ecologically Unequal Exchange, Violence and Organized resistance 1992-2016

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Ingrid Altamirano Vazquez; [2017]
   Keywords : Ecologically unequal exchange; coloniality; colonial domination; environmental load displacement; geostrategic mineral reserves; political ecology; colonial elite; national interest; sovereignty; accumulation by dispossession; militarization; armed neoliberalism; environmental degradation; environmental racism; poverty; violence; systemic violence; state violence; war on drugs; repression; extractivism; sustainability; culture; power structures; economic dependency.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the historical dynamics of ecologically unequal exchange, coloniality of power, and systemic violence embedded in mining activities. With the use of a combined Marxist and De-colonial critical approach, it accomplishes a political ecology analysis of Canadian mega-mining in central Mexico and the socioenvironmental conflicts related to it, particularly in Cerro de San Pedro and the sacred territory of Wirikuta, between 1992-2016. READ MORE

6. 10. A new course or simply discourse? : The security discourse strategies of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and Enrique Peña Nieto in the Mexican war on drugs

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Petter Ölfvingsson; [2017]
   Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; Mexico; security; war on drugs; Cal derón; Peña Nieto;

   Abstract : Since the beginning of the Mexican war on drugs in late 2006, violence has increased dramatically. By examining six presidential speeches from different years and with an analysis grounded in the work of Norman Fairclough and his Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this thesis analyses the security discourse strategies used by the two Mexican Presidents Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and Enrique Peña Nieto. READ MORE