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  1. 6. Countdown to Extinction : A comparative case study of ethnically motivated and climate change-induced communal conflict in Nigeria and Bangladesh

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Gustav Niläng; [2021]
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    Abstract : Seven years ago, Wegenast and Basedau (2014) refurbished the greed and grievance theory made famous by Collier and Hoeffler, and championed an argument that ethnic fractionalization combined with an abundance of natural resources could especially spur internal conflict in a society. Their theory is the inspiration for this thesis which theorizes that climate change-induced decrease of, and subsequent competition for, natural resources and arable land will risk escalating to communal conflict, which is an underrepresented form of plausible conflict in climate change-triggered settings. READ MORE

  3. 7. Destructive Conflicts Generating Reconstructive Empowerment of Women and Opportunities for Peace?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Savic; [2021]
    Keywords : WPS; Post-Conflict; Peacebuilding; sub-Saharan Africa; Economic Empowerment; Socioeconomic Development; Rwanda; Burundi; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Conflicts are destructive for humans and societies, but are openings for rebuilding a more inclusive and sustainable society presented in the aftermath of conflict? This paper contributes to the growing research field and examines the link between conflict and window of opportunity for development, through a gender lens. Further, this study seeks to understand how conflict affected women’s socioeconomic situation in Rwanda and Burundi. READ MORE

  4. 8. Conditions for Cooperative Water Resource Management in a conflict affected society : A case study of the Ibër River Basin

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Astrid Berne; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Water Resource Management; Transboundary Waters; Conflict Affected Societies; Environmental Peacemaking.;

    Abstract : Kosovo is a disputed territory, in conflict with Serbia, the country it declared independence from in 1999. The two states share water resource, in the form of the Ibër river. Kosovo is facing issues of water scarcity and the water it has access to is heavily polluted with untreated wastewater metallurgy waste. READ MORE

  5. 9. Kvinnors deltagande och hållbar fred En kvantitativ studie av betydelsen av gender sensitive provisions i fredsavtal och hållbar fred

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Karlsson; [2019-10-09]
    Keywords : women; durable peace; peace agreements; gender sensitive provisions;

    Abstract : Women’s participation in peace processes is meaningful in order to bring about a durable peace. Previous research shows that peace agreements signed by women have a higher implementation rate than peace agreements signed by only men. READ MORE

  6. 10. Sustainable Capitalism in the Making? The Marshallian Citizenship Conceptualisation Expanded in a European Circular Economy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Louise Warenius; [2018-02-07]
    Keywords : circular economy; citizenship; sustainable growth;

    Abstract : In contrast to a linear system of take-make-dispose when it comes to production and consumption patterns, a circular economy aims at preserving and using resources to its maximum, promoting a longer durability of products and stands for the minimising of waste. This can be seen as a part of a broader paradigm of sustainable economic growth, which the European Commission and many of the European Union’s member states on the national level aim at integrating into society as a whole. READ MORE