Sökning: "individual legal activism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden individual legal activism.

1. 1. Judicial Review and Individual Legal Activism : The Case of Russia in Theoretical Perspective

   Författare :Anna Jonsson; Anders Fogelklou; Thomas Bull; Katlijn Malfliet; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Constitutional law; Judicial review; judicial protection; individual rights; individual legal activism; democracy; support structure; standing rules; legal aid; public law adjudication; civil society; Council of Europe; access to justice; Russia; post-Socialist; legal transition; Konstitutionell rätt; Constitutional law; Konstitutionell rätt; Konstitutionell rätt; Constitutional Law;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with judicial review of governmental action and individual legal activism. It investigates whether judicial protection of individual rights and individual legal activism, within the field of public law, can be seen as an alternative or complement to electoral control of political and administrative powers. LÄS MER

3. 2. Trans and Sex Change in Contemporary Iran : A Socio-Legal Study of Gendered Policies and Practices

   Författare :Zara Saeidzadeh; Liisa Husu; Jeff Hearn; Sofia Strid; Surya Monro; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Embodiment; Feminist politics; Gender sex; Iranian legal system; Islamic law; Misrecognition; Practices; Sex change; Shi’a jurisprudence; Trans men; Trans women;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a result of a qualitative study that investigates the socio-legal status of trans persons who undergo sex-change surgery in contemporary Iran. It examines how social practices of gender shape the lives of trans men and trans women in Iranian society. LÄS MER

4. 3. Chains of Trust : Networks of Persistent Resistance in Digital Activism

   Författare :Philip K. Creswell; Hannah Bradby; Tora Holmberg; Cristina Flesher Fominaya; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; collective action; connective action; digital activism; hacktivism; social movements; social movement theory; high-risk activism; Anonymous; digital scenes; network theory; tie-strength; solidarity; micromobilization; commitment; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : Digital manifestations and their networks are seen as agile, but fragile, with the Internet facilitating fast, low-cost activism by bridging actors, distributing information, and circumventing gatekeepers. From this perspective, mediated collective action and digital activism are theorized through the understanding of the Internet as a medium which affords lowered costs and risks for activists. LÄS MER

5. 4. Call for Protection : Situating Journalists in Post-Cold War Romania in a Global Media Development Discourse

   Författare :Urban Larssen; Karin Norman; David A. Kideckel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; journalism; Romania; public sphere; development; NGO activism; protection; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

   Sammanfattning : This study deals with the development of journalism in post-Cold War Romania, and it does so with a particular interest in the transnational dimension this entails.Many NGOs and international organizations are currently seeking to monitor journalists’ situations in countries around the world, while at the same time aiming at having the whole world aligned with international standards of the journalistic profession. LÄS MER

7. 5. Perplexities of the personal and the political : how women's liberation became women's human rights

   Författare :Valgerdur Palmadottir; Sara Edenheim; Lena Eskilsson; Clare Hemmings; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Feminist theory; Women’s liberation; Human rights; Women’s rights; People’s tribunals; Consciousness raising; the personal is political; International feminist activism; Feminism; politisk teori; personligt och politiskt; privat och offentligt; politiska subjekt; mänskliga rättigheter; medvetandehöjande; folkliga tribunaler; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

   Sammanfattning : In this dissertation, I analyze understandings and employment of the idea that ‘the personal is political’ and how it appears in feminist politico-theoretical thought and activism in the period from the late 1960s until the middle of 1990s. My focus is primarily on the uses of personal stories in activism at the intersections of politics and legal discourse. LÄS MER