Essays about: "master thesis in peace and development studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words master thesis in peace and development studies.

  1. 1. Enabling Wet strength agent-reductions through CMC-addition; A case study investigating the possibilities to lower PAE in packaging board with CMC.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för kemiteknik

    Author : Sara Christenson; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 different sustainability development goals. These goals were set for the global community to be guided by – but also to follow thus slowingdown climate change, prevent inequality, end poverty and make sure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity. READ MORE

  2. 2. To fight with words instead of guns: Reincorporation, subjection and political agency in the case of women ex-combatants of the Farc-EP

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Lisa Stalder; [2020]
    Keywords : Women ex-combatants; reincorporation; political agency; DDR; Farc-EP; Colombia; peace process; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the social position and political agency of women excombatants of the Farc-EP who laid down their arms after the 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Farc-EP. I show how, through the laying down of arms and reincorporation, women ex-combatants come to occupy a specific social position under historical and global power relations and intersecting forms of social inequality. READ MORE

  3. 3. Is less more after civil war? Examining the impact of rebel group cohesiveness on the post-conflict state-building trajectory defined by order

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Marius Grob; [2019]
    Keywords : El Salvador; Uganda; rebel governance; post-conflict; cohesiveness; state-building; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Why some civil wars end for good and others start up again is a complex question that inhibits many factors. This thesis argues, that the cohesiveness of rebel groups is one of the important ones in the post-conflict phase. During civil war the rebel groups can build up their political, military, and societal profile. READ MORE

  4. 4. Ontological (In)securities in Turkey and Israel: Unpacking the Nation-Building, Security Culture, and Conflict Resolution Triangle

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Umut Can Adisönmez; [2017]
    Keywords : ontological security theory; nation-building; security culture; mistrust formation; strategic communication; Turkey; Israel; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study explores two intertwined stages: a) the various processes contributing to Turkey’s and Israel’s historical development of national self-images and security cultures, b) how these conflictual dynamics and processes playing themselves out vis-à-vis two key conflict resolution initiatives taken in both countries. In order to study these stages, ontological security theory is applied to grasp: a) the impact of the psychological driving forces in the shaping of Turkish and Israeli national identities and security routines, b) and the leverages of these historically shaped notions on Turkey’s and Israel’s preferred conflict resolution agendas and mistrust perception towards the minorities, namely Kurds and Palestinians. READ MORE

  5. 5. Understanding Illiberal Peace-building: an Analysis of Conflict, Peace and Reconciliation in North Maluku Province, Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Martin Björkhagen; [2016]
    Keywords : North Maluku Province; North Halmahera Regency; illiberal-peacebuilding; decentralisation; neo-patrimonialism; colonial legacies; reconciliation; communal violence; adat; Reality Check Approach; in-depth interviews; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The main research problem in this thesis is the lack of a holistic understanding of how neo-patrimonialism, colonial legacies, decentralisation, illiberal peace-building and the revitalisation of traditional reconciliation practices have affected conflict, peace and development in North Maluku Province (NMP). This is important to study, given the negative impacts inherent in the conflict-development nexus. READ MORE