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Digital democracy: is technology empowering those who need to be heard? Two case studies from Chile and Brazil
(2015)
Digital democracy has become a popular topic in current political debates. The relation between technology and theories of participatory and deliberative democracy has been analysed by a variety of scholars. The internet ...
Open wounds can’t heal : challenging Spain’s Pact of Oblivion in today’s consolidated democracy
(2015)
The human rights abuses committed under Franco’s dictatorship have been silenced since time of the Spanish democratization process, in accordance with the transition agreement known as Pact of Oblivion. Nonexistent political ...
The donor ‘human rights’ schizophrenia : aid cuts for human rights violations or the high costs of having good intentions
(2014)
This thesis is devoted to challenging the idea that human rights violations should be a reason to cut foreign aid. While the issue is regarded as a matter of individual donor policy, if any, some provisional theoretical ...
The end of the end of history? : the Western concept of liberal democracy and Russia's struggle for normative hegemony : analisys of Russia's official discourse on democracy
(2016)
By annexing a territory of the sovereign neighbouring state, Russia contradicted the very ideas that underpin the Western concept of liberal democracy, which sets the core principles cementing post-Cold War order. In the ...
Let’s boost democracy and human rights: the use of the social media and its impact on the venture of enhancing democracy and human rights in an era of social turbulence
(2016)
The use of the social media has seen an uprising the last few years. The outcome of their extensive use has been reflected in the Egyptian Revolution, the Occupy Movement, the case of WikiLeaks and the case of the ...
Listening as a first step to real democracy : a case study in two Padua schools
(2016)
This research is a study using qualitative research through focus groups, with the aim of investigating the act of listening as a different process to the act of hearing using a democratic method in two different schools ...
Sovereignty, borders and refugees : the crisis of democracy and human rights in Europe
(2016)
The thesis examines the current political situation of refugees at the European border, arguing that the refugee is herself to be understood as a consequence of the border control practices that are put in place in order ...
Multipliers for peace : how peace education can contribute to conflict transformation
(2016)
Violence represents threats to people’s lives and dignity and, yet, many still choose this path as response to conflicts. Global movements call upon peace education to stand as an alternative, transforming individuals’ ...
A game theoretical analysis of surveillance in democracies : it’s all fun and games until somebody loses a spy
(2014)
The extent of the mass surveillance being carried out by the US National Security Agency (NSA), as revealed by Edward Snowden, presents a puzzle in terms of costs and benefits. This project uses a game theoretical approach ...
'City' and 'human rights' in a pot : impacts, opportunities and challenges of the multi-actor structure of 'the right to the city'
(2017)
The Right to the City is a complex term to understand and realize in terms of its content, context and implications. The Right to the City is a claim for an ideal that does not exist today. This claim refers to a unitary, ...