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Showing 1 to 20 of 631 for “"Protest"”.
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To protest or not to protest? : Zimbabweans' willingness to protest
… the willingness of Zimbabweans to use protest participation as an alternative route to the democratisation of Zimbabwe. A set of theoretical determinants from the literature are tested against individual reports of protest participation usmg the Afrobarometer survey: Round 3. …
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Protest from below: Activists experience of the student protest Dublin, 2010
… our knowledge of how activists experience a protest event and protest policing. The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) protest in 2010, against the raising of registration fees and the cutting of the maintenance grant ended in violence, and clashes between students and an Garda Siochana. This …
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Protest Beyond Representation: The Vitalism of Digital Protest Art's Political Aesthetics
… that political expression can enact change. Protest art, or acts of creative expression intended to resist dominant powers, forces, and structures, models the potential for political expression to create change that is not immediate, direct, or obvious, but rather "moves the social" through …
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Protest without repression : protest policing and nonviolent resistance in the US
… as a key mechanism through which peaceful protests can successfully achieve political change. This view has been affirmed by a body of research showing that the violent repression of protest can raise awareness of and build support for the protesters. And US history has many examples of …
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Gewalttätiger Protest im Vormärz
… eines historisch-soziologischen Zugangs sozialen Protest im Vormärz, es schließt an Arbeiten der historischen Soziologie und Sozialgeschichte an und entwickelt dazu einen stringenten historisch-soziologischen Erklärungsansatz.
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The Power of Protest Messages: An Information Model on Protest Participation in China}
<p>This project explores how protest messages affect audiences' decision to join policy oriented protests in an authoritarian context. By proposing an information model, I argue that citizens' participation is affected by the behaviors of the government and the protesters included in the protest …
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Protest Music of the Vietnam War: Description and Classification of Various Protest Songs.
<p>The Vietnam War and subsequent protest movement remains one of the most tumultuous times in U.S. history. This thesis is an attempt to define and describe the protest movement as well as the varied popular protest songs that came from this era. Building on a previous study written by Elizabeth …
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Language Policy, Protest and Rebellion
… that language discrimination contributes to protest and/or rebellion is tested. Constitutional language policy regarding administrative/judicial, educational and other matters is measured on three separate scales developed for this study; the status of each minority group's language under its …
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Student protest in France, 1986-1999 : an interpretation using theories of protest and social movements
… explores the nature and significance of student protest in France between 1986 and 1999 by drawing on theories of protest and social movements. The thesis provides a historical account of seven episodes of student protest in upper-secondary and higher education that is based on empirical …
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Three Essays on Protest and Negotiations
… dissertation explores the conditions under which protests successfully coerce political leaders into compromise, and the causal mechanisms by which protests succeed or fail. Although the conventional wisdom suggests that protests mobilising more resources, such as people, money, facilities, and …
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State repression, nonviolence, and protest mobilization
… understanding of how state repression impacts protest mobilization and historical processes of social change. After initially problematizing Gene Sharp’s notions of power and consent with aid of political discourse theory, and two case studies of the 1905 Russian Bloody Sunday Massacre and the …
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Type Image and the Art of Protest.
… of type and image in the production of social protest art, as it relates to historical and contemporary art as well as my own. Methods used in gathering the data include references from books, periodicals, websites, and hands-on application of the artistic process. Conclusions found within this …
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Political movements : three case studies of protest
Experience and observation reveal that people are conditioned by usage, custom, convention and law - the social regulators of a person's behaviour. People do what is familiar, what is usual, and what is routine. They have certain ideas as to what is proper: they may act according to convention out …
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Political movements : three case studies of protest
Experience and observation reveal that people are conditioned by usage, custom, convention and law - the social regulators of a person's behaviour. People do what is familiar, what is usual, and what is routine. They have certain ideas as to what is proper: they may act according to convention out …
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A spatial history of protest in Boston
The location of a protest is a crucial element in protesters' ability to make their grievances or demands heard. Despite the significance of protest location and scholars' emphasis on the importance of urban space in social movement mobilization, there is limited research on the spatial patterns of …
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Driving Demands of a Successful Protest: A Comparative Analysis of Drivers That Leads To a Successful Outcome of Protest
… the world, with Europe having the most riots, protests, and strikes. Extant literature suggests that protest is a web of interconnected demands that sends a weak signal to policymakers or the intended target. I examine some of the drivers of protest that are likely to impact the chances of …
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Social protest in three novels of Carlos Fuentes
<p>Carlos Fuentes is one of Mexico' s current fiction writers and to many he is controversial in that he delves into several of Mexico's great preoccupations: the Revolution, the search for lo mexicano and the future for this growing country.</p> <p>This thesis is an endeavor to expose and explain …
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