Mainstream American journalism emphasizes accurate, objective reporting in a fair and balanced manner. Its adherence to these standards varies immensely, however, in treating those at society's margins. By examining news standards, news narratives, news frames, and ritual, this …
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This thesis is the first to focus on grassroots political opposition to fracking development in a city-region. It examines the political space opened by activists in Greater Manchester between 15th November 2013 and 12th April 2014, situating their political struggle in a broade…
This thesis explores how agonism can emerge through participatory art practice. The practice-based research is contextualised by Chantal Mouffe s political theory of agonism, and the instances in which she applies agonism to art practice (2001-2013). The research highlights the …
This dissertation examines the official writings and personal experiences of U.S. diplomats since the end of World War Two who have disagreed with fundamental aspects of the nation's foreign policies, including the militarization of the Cold War, the refusal to cooperate with th…
The focus here is on explaining the variation in the frequency (how much), intensity (how severe) and types (violent and nonviolent) of protest directed at democratic states and state response. To explain this variation, I focus on the effects of institutional structures and sta…
The events of September 11, 2001 were tragic and life changing for the people of America. This date became a line of demarcation in public thinking as time became divided into pre-9/11 and post-9/11 days. This divide was used to advantage by an administration seemingly intent to…
Reactions to events of the past several years, including the attack on the World Trade Center and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, have reawakened public and academic concern with emancipatory politics, political freedom, and transformative or revolutionary change. In part…
This dissertation investigates cases of authoritarian regime breakdown and persistence in the Arab world, a region where political regimes are typically considered to exhibit exceptional durability. Chapter two presents a deductive model linking variations in opposition movement…
This dissertation examines the role of the janissaries in social and political life of the early nineteenth century Istanbul. In contrast to the mainstream historiography which has treated the Janissary Corps exclusively as a military institution, this study attempts to explore …
Examining rhetorical constructions that resist the dehumanization and alienation of others into enemies should improve our ability to articulate alternatives to war. Accordingly, this dissertation focuses on identifying humanizing constructions of soldiers and enemies that resis…
Cyber-dissent, is defined in this study as the usage of the Internet to express political dissatisfaction, criticize the government, organize political dissent activities (i.e. protests and rallies), expose government behavior and articulate alternative political ideals. Blogosp…
According to Sabine Hake, Fatih Akin's films can be counted among a number of cinematic works produced during the last decade that have moved toward a new "cinema of dissent." I argue that the first two installments of Akin's much-lauded "love, death, and the devil trilogy"--Geg…
ABSTRACTHOUSES DIVIDED: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON ANTIWAR DISSENT IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
American politics and law, like other liberal democracies, couches itself in the protection of the free individual, one who possesses both “beliefs” and the unalienable right to those “beliefs”. The “freedom of religion” guaranteed to U.S. citizens in the Establishment and Free …
The period of Revolution and Toleration in England was filled with rapid change, political uncertainty, and ecclesiastical volatility. Still recovering from the strife of Civil War and a divisive Restoration, the relationship between the Church of England and Nonconformists rema…
It will be argued in this thesis that the fatwas of condemnation derive principally from an attempt by Muslim authorities to define and fix the limits of dissent and spare the Islamic community what are viewed as the detrimental effects of actions, doctrines, or movements seen n…
This thesis is a study of the development of the Babi movement and the political implications embodied in its religious teachings. The thesis basically assumes that in its early development (1844-1848), the movement may be seen merely as religiously dissenting from the mainstrea…