Essays about: "peace continuation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words peace continuation.

  1. 1. Democracies Do Not Fight Each Other : Dean Babst’s Hypothesis Revisited

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Alma Björkenstock; [2022]
    Keywords : Democratic peace; Dean Babst; wars; democracy; 21st century;

    Abstract : The democratic peace theory assert that democracies never or rarely fight each other in war. It is the closest we have to an empirical law in political science and peace and conflict studies as it contains the intellectual justification that by spreading democracy abroad, we can promote world peace. READ MORE

  3. 2. Continuing peace amidst changing contexts : A Sinn Féin case study on institutional resilience

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Märta-Stina Lindqvist Käll; [2019]
    Keywords : Institutional resilience; Northern Ireland; Sinn Féin; IRA; sustainable peace building; rebel to party transformation; peace continuation; Brexit;

    Abstract : The transitioning of armed actors into political parties following a peace accord is not a new phenomenon and the debate for how we can facilitate such a transition is well explored. A grey area of the debate, however, concerns transitioned actors’ long-term commitment to peace, as relapses are known to have occurred on many occasions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Legitimizing the Legislation: Peace and Security for all? Constructing a narrative of inevitability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Georgia de Leeuw; [2018]
    Keywords : Legislation for peace and security; Collective self-defense; Narrative; Proactive pacifism; UNMISS; Recognition; Peacekeeping; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Japan continuously attempts to reinterpret war-renouncing Article 9 while at the same time stressing its devotion to pacifism, most recently through the Legislation for Peace and Security. The new Legislation allows Japan to engage in collective self-defense, which was considered unconstitutional for 70 years. READ MORE

  5. 4. Could democracy be a trigger for conflict? : The case of democratic violence in Liberia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Madeleine Fagerström; [2017]
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    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to prove the hypothesis that liberal democracy could trigger conflict when implemented to a post-conflict country. During the last decades there has been a debate regarding whether the implementation of liberal peacebuilding and liberal democracy is a mean for peace or a mean for conflict. READ MORE

  6. 5. Prospects and Pitfalls in the Pursuit of Peace

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Samuel Hallin Veres; [2015]
    Keywords : peace process; conflict; development; inequality; Colombia; FARC; positive peace; Galtung; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis presented an in-depth qualitative case study of the peace process between the Colombian state and the FARC guerrilla from 2012 and onwards. The purpose of it was to problematize the peace process by investigating the prospects and pitfalls of negotiating peace within a neoliberal development model, by asking what reasons there are to believe that the process will lead to peace, contrasting past experiences. READ MORE