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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Pro-democracy"”.
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Labour Unions, Political and the Development of the Swazi Labour Movement 1939-2014.
… workforce due to the growth in investment and production, the political developments of decolonisation struggles, the emergence of Pan-Africanism and the emergence of an authoritarian non-party Tinkhundla state led to the development of the Swazi labour movement in Swaziland. Whereas different …
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Political organisation, leadership and communication in authoritarian settings: Digital activism in Belarus and Russia
… hierarchical arrangements to advocate for pro-democracy changes. I analyse how the affordances of digital media help activists to organise, to select and to protect their leaders, as well as to distribute information. I use interviews, content analysis and participant observation to study …
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Polarization in the Era of News Media Metamorphosis: A Critical Exploration of Implications for Democracy and Human Rights
… seek to secure their privilege and undermine democracy. A cruel and bigoted ideology associated with USA President Donald Trump works to legitimize the cultural oppression of disabled, racialized, and queer people. Polarization is on the rise as democracy and human rights recede. The news …
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Contesting Discourses: Framing, Power, and Counter-Hegemony in Hong Kong’s 2019 Anti-ELAB Movement
… grounded in media framing theory, the protest paradigm, and the concepts of hegemony and counter-hegemony, this thesis provides a comprehensive examination of ideological contestation within Hong Kong’s hybrid political environment. Methodologically, the thesis combined quantitative …
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Media reform and democratization in post-Mao China : a television case study
… communist state are a simultaneous, dialectical Process of the revival of socioeconomic dynamism on the one hand, and the abandonment of Party-state praxes on the other. As a result, the Party-controlled media system is bound to proceed to organic transformation. However, by using the medium of …
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Hong Kong’s Executive–Legislative Gridlock: Filibuster, Fragmented Politics and Chinese Influence after 2016
… various forces interacted in the legislative process. With the development of fragmented politics, there was more room provided for radical legislators and the gradual acceptance of council struggles against the administration. Furthermore, although Hong Kong is implementing the principles of …
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The Panopticon, the State and Non-Profit Organisations in South Africa: A Systematic Review of Literature
The role of civil society, including non-profit organisations (NPOs), in promoting and protecting democratic processes is one of the key global debates about democracy. One indicator of the development of an enabling democratic environment is the nature of the relations between NPOs – especially …