Sökning: "state repression"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden state repression.
1. Training for Model Citizenship : An Ethnography of Civic Education and State-Making in Rwanda
Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses how government in Rwanda plays out in practice and how it affects lived experiences of state power and citizenship. Two decades after the genocide, Rwanda has come to be associated both with security, development, and stability, on the one hand, and with state repression and coercion, on the other. LÄS MER
2. Sustaining Authoritarianism : Clientelism and Repression in Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan and Tanzania
Sammanfattning : Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan and Tanzania share a past and present as authoritarian states. Dominant parties are in power in Tanzania and Kazakhstan, while elections are competitive but not democratic in Kenya and Kyrgyzstan. LÄS MER
3. Islamic Activism in Azerbaijan : Repression and Mobilization in a Post-Soviet Context
Sammanfattning : Post-Soviet Azerbaijan is often portrayed as a very secular country. Thus the mobilization of mosque communities in the late 1990s and their conflictual relationship with the authorities came as a surprise. LÄS MER
4. Ofridstid : Fäders våld, staten och den separerande familjen
Sammanfattning : The present thesis explores intersectional and institutional conditions for counteracting domestic violence in the Swedish welfare state. Empirically, the study focuses on professional discourses and practices concerning fathers’ violence against mothers and children in the context of separation, in three domains of practice: 1) Children’s education; 2) Disputes concerning custody, contact and residence; and 3) Welfare benefits such as financial aid. LÄS MER
5. Coercion and its Effects : Evidence from the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Sammanfattning : Counterinsurgency, state repression and other forms of coercion have multiple adverse effects. Although a state’s use of threats and force should deter an opposition group, these measures often stimulate resistance. LÄS MER