Members of the diaspora are conflict actors with an agency that is important to include in conflict theories and analysis of international relationships. Scholarship suggests its origins, and thereafter changes in the conflict cycle effect decision-making and mobilization in the diaspora, but the conditions and mechanisms that inform these processes are undertherorized. The Sri Lankan conflict and its Toronto based diasporas are used to explore processes of diasporization and mobilization in the context a changed political landscape. A series of semi-structured interviews and a short survey asks respondents to assess their motivations for mobilization. The comparative work is within and between ethnic groups. New Institutionalism underscores this project. Butler’s (2001) epistemology, Brinkerhoff’s (2005) identity-mobilization framework, the political process model and insights from the New Social Movement literature are used to situate politicized identities and political activism directed toward the homeland. Attention is paid to factor processes.

This research examines the revolution of 2010 in Tunisia due to the paucity of empirical research on the subject and to resolve analytical problems that plague research on similar events. The research is based in both the cultural turn in social movement research and the state constructionist theory of revolutions. The methodology employed is a case study which combines a content analysis of an Al Jazeera news program called Al Hassad Al Maghrebi with data from two public opinion surveys conducted in Tunisia shortly after the revolution, and pre-existing academic research. The findings indicate that Al Jazeera did play a role in increasing mobilization against the Ben Ali regime by broadcasting the spread of protests and regime concessions. This was facilitated by the censorship practices of the Ben Ali regime which caused a popular news channel like Al Jazeera to rely purely on opposition sources for its broadcasts.

This study is an examination of mobilization processes, with a particular focus on how people come to contemplate and ultimately embrace or reject veganism. It is a response to social movements scholarship that has called for examinations of how identity interacts with mobilization. Engaging the narratives of 34 interview participants who interacted with vegan advocacy networks in Greater Philadelphia, the study accounts for how prospective vegans negotiate forces, such as social networks and ties, that activate or hinder their mobilization; and for how they prioritize veganism amid competing priorities. Among other manners, participants came to contemplate the prospect of becoming vegan upon recognizing veganism as congruent with their other priorities. Participants who became vegan were more likely than participants who did not to prioritize altruism and to seek information that motivated and empowered them. Rather than prioritize their veganism over competing priorities, the vegans more often sought to harmonize their veganism with competing priorities. The study also measures the capacity of people from socioeconomically and racially contrasting neighborhoods in Philadelphia to engage in a behavior and a movement such as veganism. Results from a sample of 335 survey participants suggest that people from impoverished neighborhoods may be less capable because they are less likely to know people who practice veganism. The study's findings suggest that participation in movements is contingent on how prospective participants prioritize, on the incentives with which they contemplate participation, and on their capacity to participate. / Sociology

Nonadherence to best practice guidelines in early mobilization in acute stroke increases the time from admission to mobilization and may increase residual long-term stroke effects. Early mobilization following an acute stroke is known to decrease long-term and secondary disability. The purpose of this project was to decrease the time from admission to mobilization in the acute stroke patient population by improving knowledge of best-practice guidelines in early mobility using an educational intervention for advanced practice nurse practitioners, physicians, and registered nurses. The practice-focused question for this project asked whether a staff educational program based on best-practice guidelines would decrease the time from admission to early mobilization in the acute stroke patient within the first 48 hours of admission. Rosswurm and Larrabee 6-step model was used for this staff education project. A review of the literature indicated sources of evidence from peer-reviewed journals, which were used to support the staff education project and establish best practices in mobilization for the acute stroke patient. A before-and-after design was used to evaluate time from admission to mobilization within the first 48 hours in 40 acute ischemic stroke adult patients following educational intervention for 35 acute stroke staff. Data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings revealed a decrease in time from admission to mobilization by 18.59%. Findings may be used to promote best practices in other units within the hospital and may be used to decrease the residual long-term effects of a stroke, improve activities of daily living, decrease the length of hospital stay, and decrease the long-term cost and burden of stroke.

The main purposes of this study are to elaborate on the concept of ethnic military mobilization and to identify the factors that contribute to its occurrence.

This thesis aims to analyze how low-income communities in Cali, Colombia, responded to the pressures and constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis of 2020 and 2021. The emergency measures that the Colombian government implemented to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus, such as lockdowns and quarantines, as well as the increase on violence from state actors and illegal armed organizations during the summer of 2021, put unprecedented pressures and constraints upon low-income communities in Cali. For this reason, this thesis investigates how civil society groups in low-income communities in the Highlands and in the Agua Blanca District in Cali organized and mobilized during the pandemic crisis to respond to these challenges. This thesis uses ethnographic methods to explore how low-income communities in Cali engaged in processes of social mobilization during the pandemic crisis, giving special attention to the neighbourhoods of Polvorines, Pampas del Mirador, Alto Jordan, and Potrero Grande. This thesis also investigates particular forms of social organization that low-income communities in Cali employed during the pandemic crisis, such as community kitchens.

La mobilisation des ressources humaines figure parmi les principales préoccupations des entreprises françaises, quels que soient leur taille et leur secteur d’activité, révèle la Fondation Nationale pour l’Enseignement et la Gestion des Entreprises (FNEGE). Une préoccupation tout-à-fait légitime au regard du manque à gagner que représente la non-mobilisation des personnes au travail en matière de performance. Car, grâce aux efforts dépassant les attentes normales et conformes aux objectifs organisationnels qu’ils fournissent, les salariés mobilisés participent au renforcement de la performance globale de leur entreprise. De plus, puisqu’ils sont ouverts à l’amélioration continue, ils adhèrent au changement et sont force de proposition. Dans un contexte où les entreprises sont obligées de changer constamment pour faire face à la concurrence et assurer leur survie, l’appréhension et la facilitation de la mobilisation de leurs collaborateurs constituent un enjeu majeur pour elles. Comment appréhender la mobilisation des salariés ? Comment la favoriser suite à des transformations organisationnelles ? Cette thèse s’efforce de répondre à ces questions. Elle vise, non seulement, à comprendre et expliquer les comportements de mobilisation suite à des transformations organisationnelles, mais aussi, à aider les praticiens des ressources humaines et les managers à agir sur ce phénomène dans ce contexte et éventuellement, au-delà. Pour observer la mobilisation des personnes au travail dans un contexte post-changement, nous avons effectué une recherche-intervention dans une PME française, filiale d’un grand groupe pétrolier mondial. L’interprétation et l’analyse de l’observation de ce phénomène ont été guidées par la théorie de l’échange social et la norme de réciprocité couplées avec l’analyse socio-technique et la théorie de la structuration. Les résultats ont montré que la mobilisation des ressources humaines est un phénomène complexe aux sources multiples, compensatoires et multiplicatrices. / According to the National Foundation for Business Education and Management (FNEGE), the mobilization of human resources is one of the main concerns of French companies, whatever their size and activity. This concern is absolutely legitimate in view of the shortfall that results from the non-mobilization of people at work in terms of performance. Because, thanks to their efforts which exceed the normal expectations and consistent with the organizational objectives, the mobilized employees contribute to enhance the overall performance of their company. Furthermore, they adhere to change and often make suggestions, since they are open to continuous improvement. In a context where companies are forced to change constantly in order to face the competition and ensure their survival, the apprehension and the facilitation of the mobilization of their employees constitute for them a major challenge. How to apprehend the mobilization of the employees? How to foster their mobilization following organizational transformations? This dissertation seeks to answer these questions. It aims not only to understand and explain mobilization behaviors following organizational change, but also to help human resources practitioners and managers to act on this phenomenon within this context and possibly, beyond. To observe the mobilization of people at work within a post-change context, we conducted an intervention research in a French SME, a subsidiary of a major world oil group. The interpretation and analysis of the observation of this phenomenon were guided by the social exchange theory and the norm of reciprocity coupled with socio-technical analysis and the theory of structuration. The results reveal that the mobilization of human resources is a complex phenomenon with multiple, compensatory and multiplying sources.

This thesis explores the history of student activism at the University of Chile from 1976 through 1985, during the middle period of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. I utilize the category "student" as a lens to draw new conclusions about the nature of resistance under authoritarian rule. I trace student activities in three organizations at the University of Chile: the Agrupación Cultural Universitaria, or Cultural University Group (ACU), the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile, or Student Federation of the University of Chile (FECH), and the Federación de Centros de la Universidad de Chile, or Federation of Student Centers of the University of Chile (FECECH). My analysis of these organizations reveals that military violence neither ended all organized opposition, nor students' political motivations in the university setting.

In Peru, the rapid expansion of extractive activities has led to increased mobilization by peasant communities. In remote rural areas, the mediating efforts of the state between communities and corporations are often weak, and corporations have played an important role in dealing with communities’ demands and protests through different strategies. These processes are illustrative of a broader trend in which private corporations engage in governance processes by assuming state-like functions in relation to citizens. This study investigates how communities’ mobilization and scope of influence is affected by their interactions with corporations. Based on interviews and written primary sources, the study provides a detailed empirical account of the multifaceted relations and negotiations between corporations and communities in the context of two macro-economically significant Peruvian mining projects – Rio Blanco and Las Bambas. In this way, the study contributes to the empirical and theoretical debates on the political role of corporations and the implications for social movements and democratic influence. The study shows that the presence of private corporations alters the conditions for mobilization by creating opportunities as well as constraints, with significant impact on mobilization structures and framing of demands. However, communities relate to those opportunities and constraints differently, depending on how state-society relations and other forms of private dynamics have played out historically at the subnational level.

Purpose of this study was to investigate the Alcoholics Anonymous strengths and weaknesses, their policy of total abstinence after treatment and strategies for sobriety. The study was conducted by two focus group interviews with women and men living in a twelve-step treatment. Also a single interview was made with a woman from the staff at the women's homes. The results were analyzed with the theories of social mobilization and how group processes affect individuals. The result shows that the key strategies is to work in the twelve steps, going to meetings, and accept the concept of disease to achieve sobriety. Replacing unhealthy social circles is important. Community given in Alcoholics Anonymous give the individual strengths to break out of addiction. The analysis of a group perspective showed that the community has impact on the individual's choice. It thus leads also to change to new sober socializing, given within the movement, which can change behavior. / Denna studies syfte var att undersöka Anonyma Alkoholisters styrkor och svagheter, deras policy den totala avhållsamheten efter behandling och strategier för nykterhet. I studien genomfördes två fokusgruppintervjuer med kvinnor respektive män boende på ett tolv- stegsbehandlingshem. Även en enskild intervju gjordes med en kvinna ur personalen på kvinnornas hem. Resultatet analyserades med teorier om social mobilisering och om hur grupprocesser påverkar individer. Resultatet visar att centrala strategier är att arbeta i de tolv stegen, gå på möten, och acceptera sjukdomsbegreppet för att uppnå nykterhet. Byte av osunda umgängeskretsar är viktigt. Gemenskapen som ges inom Anonyma Alkoholister ger individen styrka att bryta sig ur missbruket. Analysen med ett grupperspektiv visade att gemenskapen har påverkan på individens val. Det leder således också att byte till nytt nyktert umgänge, som ges inom rörelsen, kan ändra en individs beteende.