Essays about: "Alexandra Håkansson Schmidt"

Found 2 essays containing the words Alexandra Håkansson Schmidt.

1. 1. An alternative agenda for gender just peace? : social justice and women’s peace advocacy amid the consolidation of Bangsamoro autonomy in the Southern Philippines

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

   Author : Alexandra Håkansson Schmidt; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Justice; Peacebuilding; Bangsamoro; Philippines; Islam; Feminism; Counter-hegemony; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Although the Bangsamoro peace-process in the Southern Philippines has been valued for its gender commitments and potential to build just and sustainable peace, discrimination of the Bangsamoro peoples and other minorities prevail. This thesis uncovers how women peace advocates understand social justice and its remedies in the context of the Bangsamoro peace-process, and which opportunities they have to advance a transformative agenda for justice in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). READ MORE

3. 2. Aiding Democracy in Tension: A study of the relationship between Official Development Assistance and Quality of Democracy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Alexandra Håkansson Schmidt; [2016]
   Keywords : Democracy; Democratic quality; Development; Foreign aid; Trade-offs; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to bring further understanding to the contested relationship between development aid and democracy. By introducing quality of democracy as an alternate measure to the ones previously used, the ambition is to approach the subject from a new perspective. READ MORE