Essays about: "The State, People and Conflict"

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1. 21. Peace in the peaks? Changes in water and land distribution in Colombia’s southern highlands during the Post-Peace Agreement phase

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Laura Betancur Alarcón; [2019]
   Keywords : Colombia; highlands; peace agreement; armed conflict; water; political ecology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Governance of environmental resources plays a key role in enhancing or hindering progress towards peace in post-conflict societies. Two years after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government of Colombia, new dynamics on natural resource and land-use are leading to environmental harm in some regions. READ MORE

3. 22. Peacebuilding In Myanmar: A Case Study of State Influence on Civil Society in Karen State

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Mara van der Kamp; [2019]
   Keywords : Civil Society; State Influence; Peacebuilding; Democratization; Myanmar; NGOs;

   Abstract : Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been going through a democratization process since 2011, despite different stages of conflict in several regions. In Karen State the main ethnic armed group, has signed the National Ceasefire Agreement in 2015. With the democratization process came a lot of changes for civil society. READ MORE

4. 23. “We the various races” : Developing Role theory: The Bakun dam case

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Summer Isaacson; [2019]
   Keywords : Role theory; Constructivism; Power; Bakun dam; Indigenous people; Sarawak;

   Abstract : This descriptive essay aims to develop constructivist Role theory. Specifically, it examines the potential of applying role analysis to a case of two types of actors; marginalized citizens and their state decision makers. READ MORE

5. 24. A greener peace: Ensuring environmental sustainability in post-conflict Colombia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Alejandro Valencia; [2019]
   Keywords : Deforestation; substitution of illicit crops; alternative development; environmental justice; glyphosate; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite its small size Colombia hosts 10% of the planet’s biodiversity, in the over 53% of its territory which is covered by different types of tropical and Andean forests. However, decades of war have had devastating effects on the country’s environment, which is threatened with deforestation for the clearing for agriculture areas, mostly for illegal crops; as well as on its population, which has seen forced displacement of an estimated 8. READ MORE

6. 25. Neoliberal ethics messing with sustainability? An analysis of the fundamental conflict between neoliberal ethics and sustainability measures and its consequences

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Lucia Betzler; [2019]
   Keywords : sustainability science; neoliberal ethics; hegemonic ideology; social inertia; climate change mitigation; climate change adaptation; critical discourse analysis; Friedrich A. Hayek; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite all of the detrimental effects predicted in the event of non-action regarding climate change, a large number of people in the Global North are in a state of social inertia and openly criticise climate change mitigation (CCM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) measures. Most explanatory approaches of this phenomenon do not question the basic beliefs that our system is based on in their analysis. READ MORE