Essays about: "African Union"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 84 essays containing the words African Union.

  1. 21. The Effect of International Organized Punishment of Foreign Policy : A study on the effects of sanctions imposed against the Government of Zimbabwe between 2002-2020

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Amanuel Yokabel; [2021]
    Keywords : Zimbabwe; ZANU-PF; United States; European Union; sanctions; effect;

    Abstract : In the early 2000 the government of Zimbabwe was targeted by sanction and restrictive measures imposed by the United States and the European Union. Sanctions have for decades been used as a method to delegitimize and isolate wrongdoers in order to promote democratic transitioning. READ MORE

  2. 22. Shaping Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Persons with Disabilities: A Policy Discourse Analysis of SRHR Policies from the African Union

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Jeanna Isacson; [2021]
    Keywords : African Union; discourse; power; policy analysis; problematisation; subjects; SRHR; women with disabilities; WPR approach; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) is suggested to be solved by policies and action plans. However, post-structural scholars argue that discourses shape policies, and their solutions. The policy discourse on women with disabilities’ SRHR needs has not been given much attention, especially in the context of Africa. READ MORE

  3. 23. PARTNERS IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT? EU-UN cooperation in the DRC and Chad

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Giselaldina Duro; [2020-05-04]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to explain the reason why international and regional organisations have started to cooperate, especially after the Cold War. Cooperation amongst organisations has gained importance as a field of research in the last decade, but most of the scholars have rather given a descriptive contribution and recognised the legal implications on the matter. READ MORE

  4. 24. AU-led Peace Operations : The Case of the AMISOM KDF’s Local Peacebuilding Engagement in Southern Somalia, Jubbaland Region

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Philip Martinsson; Emil Thillberg; [2020]
    Keywords : AU-led Peace Operations; Peacekeeping; Counterinsurgency; Peacebuilding; System-thinking; AMISOM; KDF; Somalia; Jubbaland;

    Abstract : Contemporary peace operations are deployed to increasingly complex, high-risk environments where localised armed groups, often those that can influence the trajectory of the conflict are not at the table, at the same time militaries are mandated to facilitate social, economic and political transformative processes in recovered areas. By the opening of the twenty-first century, the distinction between peacebuilding and military interventions converged both in policy and practice and increasing pressure are placed on the troop contributing countries to adapt to the dynamics of ‘multidimensional peace operations’. READ MORE

  5. 25. A Critical Discourse Analysis on the Concept of Partnership in AU-EU Relations

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Safi Sabuni; [2020]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; development; communication; partnership; discourse; European Union; African Union; AU-EU partnership;

    Abstract : Recent history on global north and south relations demonstrate years of inequality in the practice of development cooperation – a field often criticized for its Eurocentric ‘donor-receiver’ approach. In 2021, the African Union and European Union set out to renew their 20 yearlong partnership, and a new discourse of “partnership of equals” has been strongly promoted by the EU, suggesting a change of approach. READ MORE