Original title: Osvobození nebo represe? Občané Francie a absence protestů proti vývozu zbraní do autoritářských států
Translated title: Acquiescence or repression? French citizens and the absence of protest against arms exports to authoritarian states
Authors: Leclercq, Valentin ; Hardman, Helen (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2021
Language: eng
Abstract: This dissertation explores the individual and structural rationales involved in the production of citizen non-participation in protest against unethical weapons exports. Arms exports control has traditionally been viewed in the literature as a product of states and state-centred international bodies, but it is increasingly recognised that in democracies citizens have a major role to play in terms of democratic constraint. However, in the case of France, evidence shows that hardly any citizens seek to constrain the government and pressure it to change its arms export policy, despite the fact that most of its clients are human rights violators. This raises a question that this dissertation aims to answer: Why do French citizens not mobilise and protest against their country's arms exports to countries that violate human rights? A survey experiment was conducted with French citizens to probe and discover the different causal mechanisms explaining non-participation. It was found that insufficient information, active shunning of participation and emotional responses are the most prevalent causes of non-participation among French citizens. Therefore, this dissertation highlights the need for a holistic approach to the study of non-participation, and aims to provide a constructive basis for practitioners...

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
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Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/150354

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