Essays about: "rebel compliance"
Found 5 essays containing the words rebel compliance.
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1. Negotiating Peace: Analyzing Rebel Group Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The negotiation process of a peace agreement is an uncertain period where adversaries can have a difficult time credibly guaranteeing their commitment to an approaching agreement. However, violence is often ceased before a peace agreement is signed, demonstrating their importance for understanding non-violent and violent behavior by warring actors. READ MORE
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2. Is it sometimes safer to be alone? : A qualitative analysis of civilian agency and its effects on rebel tactics.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Despite an increasing interest in civil agency and its role in armed conflict, little is known about the effect it might have on rebel groups' patterns of behaviour. In this study I explore the theory of collective action capacity, which is the population's ability to cooperate and forego short term incentives to preserve long term cooperation, and its effect on rebel groups' method of generating compliance in new territory. READ MORE
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3. Conflict Related Sexual Violence and Rebel Group Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Sexual violence is not an inevitable part of war, not all armed actors rape. Why do some rebel groups engage in conflict related sexual violence while others do not? Previous research suggest a number of explanations pertaining to i.e. actors characteristics and conflict types. READ MORE
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4. Why do some rebel groups commit acts of sexual violence, while others do not? : A qualitative study on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Why do some rebel groups commit acts of sexual violence, while others do not? This thesis investigates the variation in the strategic use of sexual violence by rebel groups in armed conflict. The main argument is that strategic sexual violence should be less prevalent in legitimacy-seeking rebel groups’ repertoire of violence, as such groups aim to gain legitimacy from international and national communities. READ MORE
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5. Forced Sustainability - a stated preferences study investigating expected compliance with an externally imposed diet restriction
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistikAbstract : The municipality of Gothenburg aims to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions stemming from meals served within the public sector, partially by substituting meat with plant-based alternatives within the schooling system (Göteborgs Stad, 2014). The emission target is set at a 40 percent reduction, and if this is to be met solely through change of diet, three out of five school lunches would have to be vegetarian. READ MORE
