Essays about: "post conflict work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 essays containing the words post conflict work.

  1. 1. Pursuing Peace: Strategies Employed by INGOs to Foster Trust between Tamil and Sinhala Communities in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Perla Gabay; [2023]
    Keywords : Sinhala; Tamil; Strategy; Governmentality; Discourse; Foucault; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine how INGOs in Sri Lanka work to increase social capital and trust between two specific ethnic groups- the Tamils and Sinhala. The study uses a qualitative approach, where this dissertation draws on Michel Foucault’s Discourse Analysis with the concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality as central themes in the empirical data. READ MORE

  3. 2. Let’s talk about history! : An exploratory case study on potential ways to engage the public  towards a formal history education in Lebanon.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Minnie Brashear; [2023]
    Keywords : History education; Lebanon; national curriculum; post-conflict; formal history.;

    Abstract : This qualitative exploratory case study covers Lebanon’s conflicted history that has left its people with unfulfilling history education. The purpose was to explore potential stakeholders and possible factors to motivate participation in Lebanon’s process towards a formal history education. READ MORE

  4. 3. Foreign State Actors and Domestic Factors Influencing Iraq's Democratic Process, 2014-2023

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : akon baker; [2023]
    Keywords : Iraq; Clan; Ethnic; democracy; sectarianism; Post-conflict; Post-war; ISIS;

    Abstract : Since the classical work of Samuel Huntington tilted the Third Wave of Democratisation, the question of how a country becomes a democracy and why others do not have been of interest to social scientists, notably political scientists. With more than three decades since the publication of this seminal work, empirical research has focused on several regions in the world and have provided various explanation for why some countries transition to democracy and why other fail. READ MORE

  5. 4. Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina : A comparison across time between the views of political elites and the general population

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Paulina Budny; [2023]
    Keywords : Transitional Justice; Reconciliation; Bosnia and Herzegovina;

    Abstract : This thesis examines views on reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and how these have changed over time, in an attempt to elucidate if transitional justice can promote reconciliation in the aftermath of ethnic conflict in systems that entrench ethnonational insecurity. Drawing upon literature from the field of social psychology, the paper argues that the work of transitional justice mechanisms is interpreted through a sociopsychological infrastructure of conflict which hinders the intended effects from being realized. READ MORE

  6. 5. Father Michael’s Gangsters: An Ethnography of Musical Community After Gang Life

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Genni Guglielmetti; [2023]
    Keywords : priest; religion; music; gang members; ethnography; interpretivism;

    Abstract : This qualitative exploratory case study covers Lebanon’s conflicted history that has left itspeople with unfulfilling history education. The purpose was to explore potential stakeholdersand possible factors to motivate participation in Lebanon’s process towards a formal historyeducation. READ MORE